Citation

Wilson JA, McKenzie LK, McLeod WT, Darsey DA, Craig J. Disaster Med. Public Health Prep. 2017; 11(5): 600-604.

Affiliation

3Department of Health Protection,Mississippi State Department of Health,Jackson,Mississippi.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/dmp.2016.192

PMID

28303773

Abstract

We review the development of a disaster health care response system in Mississippi aimed at improving disaster response efforts. Large-scale disasters generate many injured and ill patients, which causes a significant utilization of emergency health care services and often requires external support to meet clinical needs. Disaster health care services require a solid infrastructure of coordination and collaboration to be effective. Following Hurricane Katrina, the state of Mississippi implemented best practices from around the nation to establish a disaster health care response system. The State Medical Response System of Mississippi provides an all-hazards system designed to support local response efforts at the time, scope, and scale required to successfully manage the incident. Components of this disaster health care response system can be replicated or adapted to meet the dynamic landscape of health care delivery following disasters. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;page 1 of 5).

Language: en

Keywords

disaster planning; emergency preparedness; emergency service; hospital; public health