Citation

Mattox KL. Crit. Care 2006; 10(1): 205.

Affiliation

Michael E DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, and Ben Taub General Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA. redstart@aol.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/cc3942

PMID

16420647

PMCID

PMC1550840

Abstract

The medical support for the coordinated effort for Harris County Texas (Houston) to rescue evacuees from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina was part of an integrated collaborative network. Both public health and operational health care was structured to custom meet the needs of the evacuees and to create an exit strategy for the clinic and shelter. Integrating local hospital and physician resources into the Joint Incident Command was essential. Outside assistance, including federal and national resources must be coordinated through the local incident command.

Language: en