Management of Crush-Related Injuries after Disasters

Acute renal failure after massive disasters such as earthquakes is one of the few life-threatening complications of crush injuries that can be reversed. This article considers lifesaving aspects of medical care that can be related to both global and local coordination of the treatment of such complications and that are based on the experiences of the authors during disasters such as the earthquakes in Marmara, Turkey, and Bam, Iran.