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To the Editor: In their article on the medical disaster response after an earthquake (Feb. 15 issue),¹ Schultz et al. propose an early response by volunteer physicians who have been given supplemental training and are equipped with medical backpacks. These physicians are intended to function in "solo-treatment areas" for the first hour or so. Such a force could readily offer sophisticated first aid and possibly manage a few more advanced field resuscitation techniques. It is unrealistic, however, to expect such personnel to be able to locate, reach, and resuscitate, let alone extricate, victims trapped in collapsed structures.

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