More than 70% of the buildings in the hardest hit area collapsed.

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[Reporter Xu Lijuan/Kaohsiung Report] A strong earthquake hit the border between Turkey and Syria on the 6th. Taiwan’s special search and rescue team assembled and set out to rescue on the same day. Nurse Lin Yiting was interviewed today (16th) and said that on the way to Adiyaman, the hardest-hit area, the streets along the road were covered with dust and fog. On the snowy streets, homeless people could only burn firewood by the roadside to keep warm. , feeling quite heavy.

Physicians Wang Ziyi and Zhang Bomin from the Department of Emergency Medicine of Chung Ho Memorial Hospital affiliated to Kaohsiung Medical University and nurses Lin Yiting and Chen Suhong went to Turkey for disaster relief with the Pingtung Fire Brigade. Wang Ziyi said that the most important task of the medical team is to ensure the health of each team member. Health, no matter from before duty to after returning to duty, to ensure a good physical and mental state, the body temperature, blood pressure, psychological stress, drinking water, and even urine volume, urine color and fatigue level of nearly 70 team members should be monitored every day in Turkey wait.

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The search and rescue team set up a temporary base on the road-separated island, where all command, medical treatment, and accommodation are located.

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Wang Ziyi said that the collapsed buildings seen at the scene were not collapsed as a whole, but were stacked layer by layer from top to bottom like a mille-feuille pie, and the aftershocks were even bigger than the main shock. He was afraid of jeopardizing the safety of the team members, so he didn't feel relieved until yesterday when all the staff arrived at Taoyuan Airport safely. It was also the most touching moment in the whole process. Everyone's stress response is different. In order to prevent post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD), psychological stress monitoring will be carried out continuously for half a year.

Wang Ziyi said that when they arrived at Istanbul Airport, the United Nations had set up a receiving and dispatching center, and the search and rescue teams from various countries would be dispatched after reporting. They first transferred to Adana Airport, and then pulled a car to Adiyaman, the hardest-hit area. More than 70% of the buildings collapsed. Due to the heavy dust, the streetscape was gray. In the snowy and sub-zero temperature, the homeless people could only burn firewood by the roadside to keep warm. Everywhere was very dilapidated and quite shocking.

Physician Wang Ziyi (right) and nurse Lin Yiting from the emergency department of Gaoyi Hospital returned from Turkey yesterday. The two said that they felt very heavy when they were in the disaster area.

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When they arrived in the disaster area to be rescued, as soon as the supplies arrived, they immediately set up a base on a separated island with a road width of about 10 meters. The command and accommodation were all in the base. At that time, we saw that large-scale machinery was digging, and because the speed was too fast, everyone was very anxious, fearing that the number of survivors would decrease once the excavation took place.

Regarding the medical rescue at the scene, Wang Ziyi said that in addition to the physical and mental monitoring of the team members, most of them were mainly dealing with trauma. During the rescue, some team members suffered large lacerations on their hands and were also worried about subsequent infection. The people waiting for help in the cracks of the building are doing medical treatment. There are also local people asking for help because of high blood pressure and throat discomfort. Some family members even cried and fainted when they saw the dead body.

Rescuers rescued survivors from the collapsed building.

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Nurses Lin Yiting and Chen Suhong are the only women in the Taiwan team. Lin Yiting said that she saw many victims at the scene, and because large machinery was being excavated and there was dust everywhere, she felt very heavy. The 2 people must go together. The bigger problem is going to the toilet. Although there are toilet tents and simple toilets, they still avoid going to the toilet and drink less water.

The rescue team brought in their own food and daily necessities. However, Wang Ziyi said that the local people still enthusiastically provided hot soup and bread. After returning to China, the team members ate salty crispy chicken yesterday. This is what everyone misses the most. Taiwanese Food.

Four doctors and nurses from Gaoyi went to Turkey with the Pingtung special search team to support disaster relief medical treatment. They said that the most touching moment was the moment when all the staff set foot on Taoyuan Airport safely.

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Huang Shangzhi (left), vice president of Gaoyi Hospital, presents certificates of appreciation to the medical staff who went to Turkey for disaster relief.

(Photo by reporter Xu Lijuan)

When the Taiwan team arrived at Istanbul Airport, the multinational search and rescue team also reported on the scene.

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