Physiology and biochemistry of human subjects during entrapment

• Published in: Journal of breath research Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 16004 - 16014
• Main Authors: Agapiou, A, Mikedi, K, Karma, S, Giotaki, Z K, Kolostoumbis, D, Papageorgiou, C, Zorba, E, Spiliopoulou, C, Amann, A, Statheropoulos, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 01.03.2013
• Subjects: building collapse; Building failures; Confined Spaces; Disasters; Earthquakes; Explosions; Forensic Pathology; human chemical signatures; Humans; Metabolism; Neurosecretion; Postmortem Changes; Stress, Psychological - metabolism; Survivors; urban search and rescue (USaR) operations; VOCs; Volatile organic compounds; volatile organic compounds (VOCs); Volatile Organic Compounds - metabolism; Wounds and Injuries - metabolism

A classification of various categories of entrapped people under the ruins of collapsed buildings after earthquakes, technical failures or explosions is proposed. Type and degree of injury at the moment of building collapse and duration of entrapment are the two basic parameters in this classificati...