Response to challenges and lessons learned from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: a national perspective.

San Antonio Mental Health Disaster Consortium: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, a personal perspective.

TOPIC This is the personal perspective of the author's experience during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. As a member of a professional mental health volunteer organization, this chronicles 3 months' experience in the local shelters. PURPOSE Difficulties with organizational support and structure hampered the effectiveness and functioning of this volunteer organization in the shelters. To identify...

To evacuate or not to evacuate: lessons learned from Louisiana nursing home administrators following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the "lessons learned" by Louisiana Nursing Home (NH) administrative directors (ADs) forced to make decisions relating to resident evacuation before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and determine how emergency planning has changed in those NHs. DESIGN Twenty in-depth telephone interviews followed by a focus group conducted in New Orleans. SETTING Louisiana NHs in parishes a...

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Equine rescue and response activities in Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

JAVMA, Vol 231, No. 3, August 1, 2007 T unprecedented devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita presented a uniquely challenging situation for animals and their owners in southern Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast region during the fall of 2005. Animal issues and concerns that arose during the disaster response and recovery were addressed through the National Response Plan and th...

Medical response to hurricanes Katrina and Rita: local public health preparedness in action.

Like more than 150 communities in Texas, our community participated in disaster response for Gulf coast citizens evacuated from hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We implemented and adjusted emergency operations plans that were designed to respond to a local disaster. Lessons learned will strengthen our disaster preparedness in the future, including the importance of a robust medical presence at evac...