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Placing engineering in the earthquake response and the survival chain
Luis Ceferino1,2, Yvonne Merino3, Sebastián Pizarro4,5
1University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA. ceferino@berkeley.edu.
Abstract:
Earthquakes injure millions and simultaneously disrupt the infrastructure to protect them. This perspective argues that the current post-disaster investigation paradigm is insufficient to protect communities' health effectively. We propose the Earthquake Survival Chain as a framework to change the current engineering focus on infrastructure to health. This framework highlights four converging research opportunities to advance understanding of earthquake injuries, search and rescue, patient mobilizations, and medical treatment. We offer an interdisciplinary research agenda in engineering and health sciences, including artificial intelligence and virtual reality, to protect health and life from earthquakes.
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