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Katrina's legacy: Rethinking medical disaster planning
The storm served as a wake-up call, prompting physicians, hospitals and government officials to re-examine how to best deliver care in catastrophic conditions.
By Kevin B. O'Reilly, amednews staff. Posted Sept. 6, 2010.
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"...At a minimum, physicians should know how to protect themselves and their families, how to interact with public health and emergency management officials, and how to plan to keep their practices going after disaster strikes, said Raymond E. Swienton, MD, co-director of the Section on Emergency Medical Services, Homeland Security and Disaster Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas..."
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http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/09/06/prsa0906.htm#s2
The storm served as a wake-up call, prompting physicians, hospitals and government officials to re-examine how to best deliver care in catastrophic conditions.
By Kevin B. O'Reilly, amednews staff. Posted Sept. 6, 2010.
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"...At a minimum, physicians should know how to protect themselves and their families, how to interact with public health and emergency management officials, and how to plan to keep their practices going after disaster strikes, said Raymond E. Swienton, MD, co-director of the Section on Emergency Medical Services, Homeland Security and Disaster Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas..."
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http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/09/06/prsa0906.htm#s2