Citation

Bouland AJ, Selzer J, Yogman M, Callaway DW. Disaster Med. Public Health Prep. 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Emergency Medicine, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/dmp.2019.107

PMID

31631831

Abstract

On September 1, 2019, Hurricane Dorian made landfall as a category 5 hurricane on Great Abaco Island, Bahamas. Hurricane Dorian matched the "Labor Day" hurricane of 1935 as the strongest recorded Atlantic hurricane to make landfall with maximum sustained winds of 185 miles/h.1 At the request of the Government of the Bahamas, Team Rubicon activated a World Health Organization Type 1 Mobile Emergency Medical Team and responded to Great Abaco Island. The team provided medical care and reconnaissance of medical clinics on the island and surrounding cays….

Language: en

Keywords

EMT 1 mobile; disaster medicine; hurricane