Transporting Children to Safety After Volcanic Eruption

• 2020

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• Michael Mueller; Mithun Suresh; Julie Rizzo; Leopoldo Cancio; Christopher VanFosson
PMID: 31977424DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.naj.0000654344.19330.a4

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This article describes in detail how the U.S. Army's Burn Flight Team conducted a medical evacuation mission to bring six critically injured pediatric burn patients from the Fuego volcano eruption in Guatemala (2018) to specialized care in Shriners Hospitals for Children in Galveston, Texas. The mission involved nurses, doctors, and other medical staff working together to ensure safe evacuation and treatment of these young patients while highlighting the challenges of such operations.

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Focus Areas: Natural Disasters; Severe Weather; Trauma

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Response

Collection: Disaster Research Literature Review

Keywords: Burns; Child; Disaster Planning; Guatemala; Military Personnel; Nurses; Transportation of Patients; United States; Volcanic Eruptions; Rescue Work

Institutions: U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research

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