TY - JOUR
T1 - Medical treatment at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport after hurricane Katrina
T2 - The experience of disaster medical assistance teams WA-1 and OR-2
AU - Sanford, Christopher
AU - Jui, Jonathan
AU - Miller, Helen C.
AU - Jobe, Kathleen A.
PY - 2007/7
Y1 - 2007/7
N2 - In the week following Hurricane Katrina, over 3000 patients were evacuated by air from a triage and medical treatment station at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. This represents the largest air evacuation in history. Over 24,000 additional evacuees were transported from the airport to shelters. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) from several US states were deployed to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to provide medical care to those evacuated from New Orleans. Despite warning from the US National Weather Service of catastrophic damage to New Orleans, adequate medical staffing was not attained at the airport triage station until 6 days after the hurricane struck. Organizational lapses, including inadequate medical and operational planning, understaffing of medical personnel, and failure to utilize Incident Command System, diminished the effectiveness of the Hurricane Katrina New Orleans Medical Operation.
AB - In the week following Hurricane Katrina, over 3000 patients were evacuated by air from a triage and medical treatment station at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. This represents the largest air evacuation in history. Over 24,000 additional evacuees were transported from the airport to shelters. Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMATs) from several US states were deployed to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to provide medical care to those evacuated from New Orleans. Despite warning from the US National Weather Service of catastrophic damage to New Orleans, adequate medical staffing was not attained at the airport triage station until 6 days after the hurricane struck. Organizational lapses, including inadequate medical and operational planning, understaffing of medical personnel, and failure to utilize Incident Command System, diminished the effectiveness of the Hurricane Katrina New Orleans Medical Operation.
KW - Complex humanitarian emergency
KW - Disaster medicine
KW - Flood
KW - Hurricane
KW - Katrina
KW - NDMS (National Disaster Medical System)
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.tmaid.2007.03.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 17574144
AN - SCOPUS:34250003526
SN - 1477-8939
VL - 5
SP - 230
EP - 235
JO - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
JF - Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
IS - 4
ER -