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01-08-2013 | Commentary

Iranian 2012 earthquake: the importance of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) in assessing a huge mass of injured people

Authors: Farzad Kakaei, Sina Zarrintan, Reza Rikhtegar, Ali Reza Yaghoubi

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 4/2013

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The 2012 Iranian earthquakes took place in the cities of Ahar and Varzqan in East Azerbaijan province, on August 11, 2012, at 16:53 Tehran time. The twin earthquakes struck northwest Iran on magnitude scales of 6.4 and 6.3 Richter. The two earthquakes were separated by 11 min [1]. The earthquakes were strong enough to destroy 70–90 % of 100 villages, with 20 villages disappearing completely [2]. These twin earthquakes were disastrous events with significant medical and psychosocial consequences. …

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Title: Iranian 2012 earthquake: the importance of Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) in assessing a huge mass of injured people
Authors: Farzad Kakaei
Sina Zarrintan
Reza Rikhtegar
Ali Reza Yaghoubi
Publication date: 01-08-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Emergency Radiology / Issue 4/2013
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-013-1123-y

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