Citizens who think about how to help earthquake victims may act unconsciously. Mistakes made without realizing it can cause the death of people who are rescued alive from the rubble. Turkish Kidney Foundation, warning about earthquake victims, said, “Crush syndrome, which can be seen in earthquake victims, can cause permanent damage to the kidneys, health teams and expert rescue teams should intervene in order to save people who have been under the collapse for a long time, and fruit juice as a liquid for the disaster victims. It would be right not to give it,” he said.
The Turkish Kidney Foundation explained the risk of crushing syndrome in earthquake victims as follows:
“Crush syndrome is seen in people who are saved alive after their body is under pressure under the rubble. The syndrome manifests itself with symptoms such as arrhythmia, heart rhythm disorder, weakness, low blood pressure, edema and brown urine. People who survive the dent and seem healthy at first, potassium and crushed tissue. “After a while, he has difficulty in breathing because the proteins mix with the blood and affect organs such as kidneys, heart, lungs. The drop in blood pressure and respiratory failure also cause earthquake survivors, who seem healthy at first, to die unexpectedly.”
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF CRUSH SYNDROME?
The most common symptoms in people with crush syndrome are brown urine, edema, weakness, arrhythmia, and low blood pressure. The person who came out of the wreckage appears healthy at first, but the potassium (K) and crushed tissue proteins mix into the blood; It affects organs such as kidney, heart and lungs, and after a certain period of time, a drop in blood pressure, respiratory failure and death occur.