A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the Aegean Sea in western Turkey recently at a depth of about 16.5 kilometers. The affected areas are in a very serious state, with houses collapsed and completely in ruins. The death toll from the quake now stands at 92, with another 994 people injured. A 3-year-old girl was buried in the rubble for 65 hours after the quake, but was finally rescued by a rescue team using specialized methods to get her out of the rubble of a collapsed apartment building, and her body was wrapped in a gold aluminum foil insulation blanket, and her ecological signs are normal, which was called a miracle of life by the crowd of onlookers.
I. Earthquake Rescue TeamsThe day of the earthquake in Turkey, their disaster and emergency management department sent more than 8,000 people and 25 search and rescue dogs, as well as 836 rescue vehicles to carry out rescues in the quake zone. Search teams are still continuing to look for victims in the collapsed rubble. Earthquake rescue teams will use search dogs and life detectors to find signs of life under the rubble, and then use folding snake eyes and folding acoustic detector, to the depths of the rubble to locate the search, locate accurately after the start of manual or machine excavation rescue, and finally the victims rescued, the need for medical institutions to diagnose the injuries, injury rescue. Earthquake rescue team in the rescue, will need to a lot of auxiliary rescue tools and rescue facilities, such as cranes, cutting machines and inflatable cushions, fireproof insulation clothing. At present, the Turkish rescue team has rescued a lot of survivors, the Turkish Minister of Environment and Urban Planning Qu also said that professionals are currently evaluating the condition of the houses in the earthquake area, but also to the loss of housing people affected by the distribution of disaster relief funds.
Two, the earthquake was buried how to save themselves.Earthquake if unfortunately buried under the rubble, only a very small space a dark, must not panic, to establish confidence in survival, believe that there will be people to save you, protect yourself well. After the earthquake, there may still be aftershocks occur, in order to avoid suffering new injuries, must try to improve the environment in which they are, you can use bricks, art sticks, etc. to support the debris. Conserve your strength, don't shout, and if you are injured, find a way to bandage it to prevent excessive bleeding. Water and food must be used sparingly, and if not, your own urine can serve to quench your thirst. You can use a stone to knock the sound, outward call for help signal, quietly waiting for the arrival of rescuers.
Turkey this earthquake, but also unexpected circumstances, many people did not have time to transfer in time, resulting in particularly heavy casualties, so it is recommended that we must always have an emergency kit at home. Fortunately for the 3-year-old girl, her two sisters and mother were also rescued from under the rubble by search and rescue workers, with normal ecological signs. But her 7-year-old brother was seriously injured and died after being taken to the hospital.