Pediatric disaster preparedness in the wake of Katrina: Lessons to be learned

Margaret A. Dolan; Steven E. Krug

doi:10.1016/j.cpem.2006.01.004

Pediatric disaster preparedness in the wake of Katrina: Lessons to be learned

Margaret A. Dolan, Steven E. Krug^*

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Pediatrics

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Abstract

Hurricane Katrina exposed numerous gaps in disaster preparedness when it stuck the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005. Lack of coordination, communication failures and delays in the recovery responses of local, State and Federal disaster authorities resulted in increased morbidity and mortality for both children and adults. This paper focuses on some of the longstanding pediatric disaster preparedness issues that were exposed in the recent experience with Hurricane Katrina, the important lessons to be learned, and offers a series of recommendations towards improving pediatric disaster readiness.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	59-66
Number of pages	8
Journal	Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume	7
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpem.2006.01.004
State	Published - Mar 2006

Keywords

Children with special health care needs
Disaster response and recovery
Evacuation and reunification
Pediatric disaster readiness

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Emergency Medicine

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