Five days after the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, rescue crews continue to find survivors. But experts have warned that chances of survival for those trapped in earthquake rubble decreases significantly as more time passes.
After a disaster like an earthquake, most rescues occur in the first 24 hours. Survival rates drop significantly after that – especially for individuals who have been severely injured.
"The survival ratio on average within 24 hours is 74%, after 72 hours it is 22% and by the fifth day it is 6%," Steven Godby, a natural hazards expert at Nottingham Trent University in England,The amount of time people are able to survive after an earthquake varies significantly. For a person who is trapped under rubble following a quake, survival depends largely on their injuries, where and how they are trapped, their age, preexisting health, weather conditions and other factors.
“Typically, it is rare to find survivors after the fifth to seventh days, and most search and rescue teams will consider stopping by then,″ Dr. Jarone Lee, an emergency and disaster medicine expert at Massachusetts General Hospital, told the Associated Press.
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