Lessons Learned Hurricane Katrina

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Lessons Learned Hurricane Katrina

• Robert Gougelet MD
• Assistant Professor
• Department of Medicine (Emergency Medicine)
• Dartmouth Medical School
• Medical Director Emergency Response
• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

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MODEL RESPONSE TIMELINE
Local Medical Response, MRCs, CERTs
Mutual Aid
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Pilot Project-Bennington
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Pilot Project-Bennington

• Community based hospital surge capacity
  model-moves surge patients to alternative care
  site-currently underway
• Pilot study currently underway-evaluate concept,
  costs, acceptance within the community
• Plan to expand to four State Police
  Districts-further expansion to be considered
• Cooperative effort with Bennington, VDH, and NNE
  MMRS

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Critical Issues

• Evacuation Planning
• Communications-include many different layers
• Incident Command
• Care of personnel affected by incident
• Security
• Do not build where hurricanes occur
• Move critical equipment from basement level, i.e.
  generators, electrical switching, medical records
• Resource mapping

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Contact Information

• Robert Gougelet MD
• New England Center for Emergency Preparedness
• Phone [phone]
• Rgougelet_at_dartmouth.edu