Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 580-588 , May 2007

Use of an Innovative Design Mobile Hospital in the Medical Response to Hurricane Katrina

  • Thomas Blackwell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Thomas Blackwell, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, PO Box 32861, Charlotte, NC 29232-2861; 704-355-8660, fax 704-355-9113
    • ,
  • Michael Bosse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC.

Received 5 January 2006 ,Revised 12 May 2006 ,Accepted 26 June 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Kathy J. Rinnert, MD, MPH

 Funding and support: Funding for the Carolinas MED-1 Project was provided by a grant from the Metropolitan Medical Response System of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

 Available online August 28, 2006.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00940-1

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.037

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 580-588 , May 2007

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