Speedy arrivals of medical teams and other first responders is essential for saving injured from dying and helping others to get care.
The estimates of fatalities distributed by email by the QLARM team of the International Centre for Earth Simulation Foundation (ICES)[REF] within 100 minutes of the Wenchuan earthquake[REF] was 55,000 ± 30,000, which includes the final toll of about 87,000 [REF].