http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Just over a year after an earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand, on February 22, 2011, injuring over 6500 people and killing 182 in the first 24 hours, an analysis of the initial medical response highlights how careful preparation for such a disaster helped to reduce death rates and the burden of injury. Despite the substantial difficulties of delivering medical care without electricity and with communication systems down, the emergency health-system response was very effective, concludes a Review published Online First in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-effective-local-medical-response-zealand.html Health Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:30:01 EST news253619896