Citation

Bersch C. Clin. Chem. Lab. Med. 2010; 48(5): 599-602.

Affiliation

Medical Laboratory Observers, Venice, FL, USA. carren@verizon.net

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Walter de Gruyter)

DOI

10.1515/CCLM.2010.147

PMID

20450330

Abstract

Preparing for a natural disaster starts with a thorough understanding of the geography of your particular location, as well as its weather patterns. Early planning must also look beyond the disaster to examine the possible consequences of such a disaster. While no disaster/emergency preparedness planners like to think of the bleakest outcome (i.e., mass fatalities), building in solutions at the outset of a plan alleviates having to figure them out in the middle of an earthquake, a fire, or a hurricane. January's earthquake in Haiti holds lessons for anyone who is part of a first responder or healthcare profession, and those lessons have been hard ones for the world to learn.

Language: en