地震后脊髓损伤患者的救治与康复

地震是人类面临的严重威胁生命财产安全的突发性重大自然灾害之一,也给公共卫生安全带来巨大的挑战。地震由于房屋倒塌和重物坠落常造成大量的脊柱骨折患者,引起不同程度的脊髓损伤,导致终生残疾。而这些都与震后对脊柱骨折伤员的急救、临床治疗及全面康复密切相关。如何减轻震后大量脊髓损伤伤员的残疾,提高他们的生命质量,这是一个医学问题,同时又是一个社会问题。

Treatment and Rehabilitation of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury after Earthquake

Earthquake is one of the sudden major natural disasters,with a serious threat to human life and property safety,and also an enormous challenge to public health security.During earthquake the collapse of the houses and falling of heavy objects often resulted in a large number of patients with spinal fractures,which would create different levels of spinal cord injury(SCI),contributing to permanent disability.Those are closely related to the first aid of spinal fractures,clinical treatment and comprehensive rehabilitation post-earthquake.However,after earthquake,how to reduce the degree of disabilities of SCI patients and to improve their quality of life is not only a medical problem,but also a social problem.