tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: " Hurricane Katrina – one hospital’s experience"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Hurricane Katrina – one hospital’s experience. | Available online http content 10 1 109 Commentary Hurricane Katrina - one hospital s experience Robert G Aucoin Pharmacy Clinical Specialist Pediatrics PICU Department of Pharmacy Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Baton Rouge Louisiana USA Corresponding author Robert G Aucoin raucoin@ Published 14 December 2005 This article is online at http content 10 1 109 2005 BioMed Central Ltd Critical Care 2006 10 109 doi cc3941 Abstract Hurricane Katrina came ashore in Louisiana at approximately 07 00 hours on Monday 29 August 2005. The storm washed away a swathe of the Louisiana coastline destroyed large portions of the city of New Orleans and forever changed the state of Louisiana. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge Louisiana was one of the receiving hospitals for evacuees from the New Orleans area. This commentary briefly describes the hospital s preparation before the storm and the activities during and immediately after the storm came ashore. Author commentary of the process is included to cover anticipation of the patient surge transport of critical patients and communication across all agencies - interhospital local state and federal. It is beyond the scope of this report to judge the performance of agencies outside Our Lady of the Lake Hospital. Introduction Hurricane Katrina came ashore in Louisiana during the early morning hours of 29 August 2005. The coastline of Louisiana the city of New Orleans and the heart of the state changed that same day. This is a brief account of one hospital s role before during and after the storm. Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center OLOL is the dominant health care institution in the Greater Baton Rouge area. It is also the largest private medical center in Louisiana with 763 licensed beds. In a given year OLOL treats approximately 25 000 patients in the hospital and serves about 350 000 persons through outpatient locations with the assistance of .