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After Hurricane Andrew: An EMS Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

William P. Johnson  and
Charles V. Lanza
William P. Johnson*
Affiliation:
Trauma System Utilization Administrator, Metropolitan Dade County Office of Trauma Services, Miami, Fla.
Charles V. Lanza
Affiliation:
Chief Emergency Medical Services Division, Metropolitan Dade County Fire Department, Miami, Fla.
*
Metropolitan Dade County Office of Trauma Services, 111 NW 1st Street, Suite 2520, Miami, FL 33128USA
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Extract

This manuscript serves as a brief overview of the prehospital and emergency medical care delivery system in the area devastated by Hurricane Andrew. There is unlimited information available from the hundreds of workers, both paid and volunteer, as well as, the residents and victims of the hurricane.

Keywords

air rescueambulance diversioncommunicationsdialysisdisasterdisaster responseemergency medical careevacuationfield hospitalfirst aidhelicoptershomelesshospitalshurricanemilitaryparamedicpatient transportpreplanningreconstructionvolunteers
Type
Case Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 169 - 171
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1993

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References

1. Rappaport, E: National Hurricane Center Preliminary Report of Hurricane Andrew. Miami, FL: National Hurricane Center, September 16, 1992, pp 1–28.Google Scholar
2. Metropolitan Dade County Office of Emergency Management: Office of Emergency Management Report: Hurricane Andrew Facts at a Glance. Miami: Metropolitan Dade County Office of Emergency Management, January 13, 1993, pp 1–3.Google Scholar
3. Metropolitan Dade County Fire Department, Management Information System Bureau. Weekly Alarm Summary. Miami: Metropolitan Dade County Fire Department, September 28, 1992, pp 1–3.Google Scholar