The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,962 people in Nepal and injured 21,952 more. It occurred on Saturday April 25, 2015, with a magnitude of 7.8.
A team of two doctors, 5 RNs 4 paramedics and a pharmacist were assembled in the United States. A Nepali nursing student and several sherpas and guides helped translate and navigate through rough terrain. With Jeeps and buses the 10 Hour drive to the first village was made. Medications that had been donated from the United States as well as tarps, cooking oil, and rice purchased locally were transported.
There were many aftershocks and landslides on the way to the villages. Upon arrival, a clinic was established, and one hundred patients were triaged and treated in the first village and 250 patients in the second. Injuries such as lacerations and broken bones as well as upper respiratory and urinary tract infections were some of the maladies that were treated.
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-Ralph Waldo Emerson
The question is who will be standing after? The earthquake was devastating to the people of Nepal and treating the villagers, some of whom were no longer able to stand, was a gift afforded to the medical and ancillary staff who responded.
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