Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 505-514, April 2009

Houston's Medical Disaster Response to Hurricane Katrina: Part 1: The Initial Medical Response From Trauma Service Area Q

  • Douglas R. Hamilton, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Douglas R. Hamilton, MD, PhD, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 3701 Kirby, Suite 600, Houston, TX 77098; 713-477-6851, fax 713-798-3644
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  • Thomas F. Gavagan, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
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  • Kieran T. Smart, MD

      Affiliations

    • FSU College of Medicine, Sarasota, Department of Family Medicine and Rural Health, Sarasota, FL
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  • Lori A. Upton, RN, BSN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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  • Douglas A. Havron, RN, BSN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Southeast Texas Trauma Regional Advisory Council, Houston, TX
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  • Nancy F. Weller, BSN, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Umair A. Shah, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services
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  • Avrim Fishkind, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority of Harris County, Houston, TX
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  • David Persse, MD

      Affiliations

    • City of Houston's Emergency Medical Services, Houston, TX
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  • Paul Shank, MBA

      Affiliations

    • San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Alamosa, CO
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  • Kenneth Mattox, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Received 9 February 2007; received in revised form 3 August 2007, 28 December 2007, 25 March 2008 and 29 May 2008; accepted 24 September 2008. published online 12 January 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Kathy J. Rinnert, MD, MPH

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication dates: Available online January 10, 2009.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)01898-2

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.014

Refers to article:

  • Houston's Medical Disaster Response to Hurricane Katrina: Part 2: Transitioning From Emergency Evacuee Care to Community Health Care , 12 January 2009

    Douglas R. Hamilton, Thomas Gavagan, Kieran Smart, Nancy Weller, Lori A. Upton, Douglas A. Havron, Avrim Fishkind, David Persse, Paul Shank, Umair A. Shah, Kenneth Mattox
    Annals of Emergency Medicine April 2009 (Vol. 53, Issue 4, Pages 515-527)

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 505-514, April 2009

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