Table 1 Descriptions of injury severity levels
From: Real-time earthquake shake, damage, and loss mapping for Istanbul metropolitan area
Injury severity | Injury description |
|---|---|
Level 1 | Injuries requiring basic medical aid without requiring hospitalization |
Level 2 | Injuries requiring medical care and hospitalization that are not expected to progress into a life-threatening status |
Level 3 | Injuries that pose an immediate life-threatening condition if not treated adequately and expeditiously. The majority of these injuries are attributed to structural collapse and subsequent collapse or impairment of the occupants |
Level 4 | Instantaneous death or mortal injury |