Houston's Medical Disaster Response to Hurricane Katrina: Part 1: The Initial Medical Response From Trauma Service Area Q

作者：Hamilton Douglas R^*; Gavagan Thomas F; Smart Kieran T; Upton Lori A; Havron Douglas A; Weller Nancy F; Shah Umair A; Fishkind Avrim; Persse David; Shank Paul; Mattox Kenneth

来源：Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2009, 53(4): 505-514.

DOI：10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.014

After Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, thousands of ill and injured evacuees were transported to Houston, TX. Houston's regional disaster plan was quickly implemented, leading to the activation of the Regional Hospital Preparedness Council's Catastrophic Medical Operations Center and the rapid construction of a 65-examination-room medical facility within the Reliant Center. A plan for triage of arriving evacuees was quickly developed and the Astrodome/Reliant Center Complex mega-shelter was created. Herein, we discuss major elements of the regional disaster response, including regional coordination, triage and emergency medical service transfers into the region's medical centers, medical care in population shelters, and community health challenges. [Ann Emerg Med. 2009;53:505-514.]

• 出版日期2009-4
• 单位西北大学