Hurricane Katrina's first responders: The struggle to protect and serve in the aftermath of the disaster

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Osofsky, Howard J ^a   Osofsky, Joy D ^a   Arey, James ^b   Kronenberg, Mindy E ^a   Hansel, Tonya ^a   Many, Michele ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b New Orleans Police Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster; First responder; Hurricane Katrina; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DISASTER; FIRE FIGHTER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; FIREFIGHTERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE;

EID: 80052772827     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/dmp.2011.53     Document Type: Review

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