Lessons from Hurricane Rita: The University of Texas Medical Branch hospital's evacuation

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 792-796

  Sexton, Karen H ^a   Alperin, Lynn M ^b,c   Stobo, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Texas Medicine   (United States)

^c Texas Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRATEGIC PLANNING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 34548451243     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3180d096b9     Document Type: Review

References (7)

1. Alperin LM. Custodians of the Coast: History of the United States Army Engineers at Galveston. Galveston, Tex: Galveston District; 1977.
2. Parrish AR, Oliver S, Jenkins D, Ruscio B, Green JB, Colenda C. A short medical school course on responding to bioterrorism and other disasters. Acad Med. 2005;80:820-823.
3. Lipton E. White House report advises revamping disaster response. New York Times. February 23, 2006:A16.
4. Berman MA, Lazar EJ. Hospital emergency preparedness - lessons learned since Northridge. N Engl J Med. 2003;348:1307-1308.
5. Crew Resource Management: A paper by the CRM Standing Group of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Available at: (http://www.raes-hfg.com/reports/crm-now. htm). Accessed April 11, 2007.
6. Pizzi L, Goldfarb NI, Nash DB. Chapter 44. Crew Resource Management and its Applications in Medicine. Available at: (http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ ptsafety/chap44.htm). Accessed April 11, 2007.
7. Helmreich RL. On error management: lessons from aviation. BMJ. 2000;320:781-785.