Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 23-31, January 2010

Outside the Box and Into Thick Air: Implementation of an Exterior Mobile Pediatric Emergency Response Team for North American H1N1 (Swine) Influenza Virus in Houston, Texas

  • Andrea T. Cruz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Section of Infectious Disease, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Andrea T. Cruz, MD, 6621 Fannin Street, Feigin Center, Suite 1850, Houston, TX 77030; 832-824-5582, fax 832-825-1182
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  • Binita Patel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Michael C. DiStefano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Catherine R. Codispoti, MHA

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Joan E. Shook, MD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
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  • Gail J. Demmler-Harrison, MD

      Affiliations

    • Section of Infectious Disease, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Diagnostic Virology Laboratory, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
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  • Paul E. Sirbaugh, DO

      Affiliations

    • Section of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
    • City of Houston Emergency Medical Services, Houston, TX

Received 30 June 2009; received in revised form 28 July 2009; accepted 4 August 2009. published online 19 October 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Amy H. Kaji, MD, MPH, PhD

 Author contributions: ATC, BP, MCD, JES, and PES organized the study. ATC, BP, MCD, CRC, and GJD-H participated in data collection. ATC, BP, and MCD analyzed the data. ATC drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. ATC had had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. ATC takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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 Please see page 24 for the Editor's Capsule Summary of this article.

 Publication date: Available online October 17, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01400-0

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.08.003

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 23-31, January 2010

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