Citation

Smith RM, Dyer GS, Antonangeli K, Arredondo N, Bedlion H, Dalal A, Deveny GM, Joseph G, Lauria D, Lockhart SH, Lucien S, Marsh S, Rogers SO, Salzarulo H, Shah S, Toussaint RJ, Wagoner J. Injury 2012; 43(11): 1811-1815.

Affiliation

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.injury.2011.07.015

PMID

21868011

Abstract

In the aftermath of the devastating Haitian earthquake, we became the primary relief service for a large group of severely injured earthquake victims. Finding ourselves virtually isolated with extremely limited facilities and a group of critically injured patients whose needs vastly outstripped the available resources we employed a disaster triage system to organize their clinical care. This report describes the specific injury profile of this group of patients, their clinical course, and the management philosophy that we employed. It provides useful lessons for similar situations in the future.

Language: en