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It described in- juries suffered by civilians dur- ing the German bombing blitz of London in 1940-1941. running marathons might have experienced the same thing" ez plains Dr. Better. "Although it doesn't happen with everyone the degeneration of the muscles' of these soldiers released the myoglobin into the urine. Al. though it's not known why as yet, these soldiers required more flu- id intake than the rest of the troops." The medical profession, as well as national armies, are now well aware that after extensive mus- cle damage only early, aggressive intravenous volume replacement will prevent irreversible shock. During rescues from a collapsed building or wrecked auto, saline solution is infused as soon as one of the trapped person's limbs has been freed. It may be another45 Feeding to 90 minutes before the entire body is carefully freed and the in- fluids jured person is taken to a hos- pital. before The rescue team at the Tech- nion Crush Syndrome Center, excavation. the only academic center in Is- rael specializing in rescuing and Dr. Better has slides and pho- treating victims of mass disas. tos of those years. They show vic- ters, consists of civil engineers to tims being dragged out of the help clear the rubble and physi. rubble by their shoulders or legs. cians across disciplines areas. More than 40,000 civilians died. "When we hear of a disaster, Since that time, medical re- we generally call and offer our search has learned what happens services because at Technion when muscle tissue is injured we're prepared for disasters with and why the results can be so fa- large quantities of intravenous tal. fluid bags and related equipment When fallen cement, steel gird- for rapid transport to the site of ers or anything heavy lies on the a rescue operation," Dr. Better body and has the victim immo- says. bilized, the pressure from the He served in the Israel Army weight of the debris causes the during the 1948, 1956 and 1967 membranes around the muscles wars and for 10 years was a re- to stretch. Within an hour or so, serve regimental medical officer that pressure produces holes in in the Paratroop Brigade. He is the membrane. It is through now associated with the Section these holes that the body's fluids for Salvage Rescue of the Home- leak into the muscles and the front Command. muscles swell to a frightening "In disasters that occur in re- size. If left untreated, the limbs mote areas, we're prepared to air- become hard and must often be drop medical and paramedical amputated if the victim survives. personnel and equipment," says Eventually, the trapped vic- Dr. Better. "Our goal has always tim's body is left without fluids been to make ourselves available so that there is no circulation. As to disasters, wherever they hap a result, the victim goes into pen. The procedure was usedaf- shock. ter the bombing of the Jewish At the same time, two of the community center in Buenos substances that were in the mus- Aires and after SCUD missile at- cle begin to leak out through the tacks during the Gulf War. The holes. Potassium is one and, Israeli, Swiss and NATO military when it's no longer available, the have all adopted the procedure. victim's blood pressure rises Dr. Better founded the rapidly. nephrology transplant service at i Myoglobin is the second, and the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, begins leaking into the body as oversaw the first cadaver kidney the muscles degenerate. When transplant in Israel and estab- myoglobin reaches the kidney, it lished similar services in Cyprus is lethal. and on the West Bank. C:1 Dr. Better's response is to re- plenish the body's fluids as quick- ly as possible. The normal deadline for local Trained as a kidney specialist, news and publicity items is in the 1970s Dr. Better noticed noon Thursday, eight days that some of the elite troops in prior to issue date. The dead- the Israeli Army had traces of line for out-of-town obituar- myoglobin in their urine after ies is 10 a.m. Tuesday, three strenuous marches. days prior to issue date. 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