... and obstacles in pre-hospital medical response to earthquakes: a qualitative studyAhmadreza Djalali1†, Hamidreza Khankeh1,2†, Gunnar Öhlén3†, Maaret Castrén1† and Lisa Kurland1*†AbstractBackground: ... Thailand and Indonesia [27,43], theChi-Chi earthquake in Taiwan [16,39] and the Gujaratearthquake in India [44].As demonstrated, the army plays an important part in the early response to earthquakes. ... themilitary medical teams were facilitators of the earlyphase of the medical response. The main obstacles to the pre-hospital medical response were the lack of a dis-aster management plan, the absence...