Hurricane Katrina: Medical response at the Houston astrodome/reliant center complex

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 933-939

  Gavagan, Thomas F ^a   Smart, Kieran ^c   Palacio, Herminia ^c   Dyer, Carmel ^c   Greenberg, Stephen ^b   Sirbaugh, Paul ^c   Fishkind, Avrim ^c   Hamilton, Douglas ^c   Shah, Umair ^c   Masi, George ^c   Ivey, R Todd ^c   Jones, Julie ^c   Chiou Tan, Faye Y ^c   Bloodworth, Donna ^c   Hyman, David ^c   Whigham, Cliff ^c   Pavlik, Valory ^c   Feigin, Ralph D ^c   Mattox, Kenneth ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Speaker's Bureau for Pri Med Course

^c NONE

Author keywords

Disaster relief; Emergency medical response; Hurricane Katrina; Surge capacity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AMBULATORY CARE; ASTHMA; CHILD HEALTH; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISASTER; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GERIATRIC CARE; GOVERNMENT; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSTETRICS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RADIOLOGY; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GERIATRICS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NATURAL DISASTERS; PEDIATRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; RADIOLOGY; RELIEF WORK; TEXAS; TRIAGE;

EID: 33748774113     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200609000-00012     Document Type: Review

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