Getting Kids From the Big Easy Hospitals to Our Place (Not Easy): Preparing, Improvising, and Caring for Children During Mass Transport after a Disaster

• 2006

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• Susan Distefano; Jeanine Graf; Adam Lowry; Garry Sitler
PMID: 16735277DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2006-0099p

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The article discusses the devastating impact of Hurricane Katrina on the health care infrastructure in New Orleans, highlighting the unprecedented challenges faced and lessons learned in disaster preparedness. It focuses on critical areas such as communication failures, transportation issues, triage, personnel allocation, and resource management during the disaster. The narrative delves into the evacuation processes, including the use of helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft for transporting pediatric patients to safety. The importance of long-term disaster preparedness, effective communication strategies, leadership structure, patient evacuation protocols, and the role of health care personnel are emphasized throughout the article.

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Focus Areas: Infrastructure Failure; Natural Disasters

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Child; Child, Hospitalized; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Emergency Medical Services; Emergency Medicine; Hospitals, Pediatric; Louisiana; Patient Care Management; Pediatrics; Relief Work; Texas; Transportation of Patients; Rescue Work

Institutions: Texas Children's Hospital

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