Xinhuanet Chongqing May 13th (Reporter Liu Weihong) Member of the Earthquake Relief Medical Team of the Third Military Medical University and Director of the Emergency Department of Xinqiao Hospital, Professor Shi Zhong said that special attention should be paid to insect vectors after the earthquake. Prevention of infectious diseases, intestinal infectious diseases, contact and soil-borne diseases. Based on relevant information and clinical experience, he introduced some common sense of preventing infectious diseases that should be noted by people in earthquake-stricken areas and rescuers.
Professor Shi Zhong said that prevention of epidemic encephalitis, malaria, kala-azar and other insect-borne diseases should be based on comprehensive measures to eliminate mosquitoes, mosquitoes and vaccinations. During the disaster, you should mainly do personal protection to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. When sleeping at night or working in the field at night, it is best to apply anti-mosquito oil or use mosquito repellent for exposed skin.
He said that you should also pay attention to drinking water and food hygiene. Use bleaching powder or bleaching powder (water purifying tablets) to disinfect drinking water; do not drink raw water, wash hands before and after meals, do not eat foods that are spoiled or deteriorated by moisture, do not eat dead poultry, do not use dirty water to rinse mouth Or wash fruits and vegetables. It is necessary to eliminate garbage and dirt in time, do environmental disinfection, and manage feces and garbage.
Due to the collapse of earthquake houses, ground cracks, mountain collapse, river pollution, etc., people are traumatized, which may cause tetanus, leptospirosis and soil-borne diseases. Professor Shi Zhong said that people in the disaster areas should pay attention to the fact that damaged wounds should not be in direct contact with the soil. If conditions permit, people with skin damage caused by various reasons should promptly inject tetanus antitoxin, debride and suture the wound, and should be sent to hospital for treatment.
In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the monitoring of epidemics between people and between animals and animals, and to communicate with the animal husbandry and veterinary departments in time to effectively deal with the first epidemic, to prevent plague, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, anthrax, etc. The occurrence or prevalence of the disease.