Disaster relief efforts after hurricane Marilyn: A pediatric team's experience in St. Thomas

Damian, Frances J.; Atkinson, Carole C.; Bouchard, Allen; Harrington, Stella; Powers, Traci

doi:10.1016/s0099-1767(97)90267-1

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“…The prevention and treatment of secondary medical conditions and injuries in children in the aftermath of a disaster is another key component of a comprehensive disaster response. Secondary medical conditions typically include communicable infections, wound infections, gastroenteritis, dehydration and malnutrition (Damian et al, 1997;Quinn, Baker and Pratt, 1994). Children are more vulnerable to communicable diseases and environmental exposure than adults during humanitarian crises (Seaman and Maguire, 2005).…”

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Operation Child‐ID: reunifying children with their legal guardians after Hurricane Katrina

Brandenburg

Watkins

Brandenburg³

et al. 2007

Disasters

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Children constitute a vulnerable population and special considerations are necessary in order to provide proper care for them during disasters. After disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, the rapid identification and protection of separated children and their reunification with legal guardians is necessary in order to minimise secondary injuries (i.e. physical and sexual abuse, neglect and abduction). At Camp Gruber, an Oklahoma shelter for Louisianans displaced by Hurricane Katrina, a survey tool was used to identify children separated from their guardians. Of the 254 children at the camp, 36 (14.2 per cent) were separated from their legal guardians. Answering 'no' to the question of whether the accompanying adult was the guardian of the child prior to Hurricane Katrina was a strong predictor (27.8 per cent versus 3.2 per cent) of being listed as 'missing' by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). All the children at Camp Gruber who were listed as 'missing' by the NCMEC were subsequently reunited with their guardians.

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Operation Child‐ID: reunifying children with their legal guardians after Hurricane Katrina

Brandenburg

Watkins

Brandenburg³

et al. 2007

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“…Children are the most vulnerable population during such a major disaster 1 . According to the data on previous earthquakes, approximately one-third of earthquake victims are children, and the earthquake-related mortality rate is higher in pediatric cases than in adults 2 , 3 .…”

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“…According to the data released by the Turkish Ministry of Interior Affairs, the death toll in earthquakes rose to 50,096 and the number of injured to 107,204 on March 20, 2023. Children are the most vulnerable population during such a major disaster 1 . According to the data on previous earthquakes, approximately one-third of earthquake victims are children, and the earthquake-related mortality rate is higher in pediatric cases than in adults 2,3 .…”

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A needful, unique, and in-place evaluation of the injuries in earthquake victims with computed tomography, in catastrophic disasters! The 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes: part I

Çakır

Şengül

Bekçi

et al. 2023

Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras.

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SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: This study was carried out to evaluate the injuries in pediatric earthquake victims due to the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes with computed tomography and determine the anatomotopographic distribution of injuries. METHODS: The material of this retrospective study consisted of the computed tomography findings of 257 pediatric cases injured in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes, and those were divided into subgroups based on their age group, i.e., 0–4, 5–9, 10–14, and 15–18 years, and the type of injury, i.e., head, maxillofacial, thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, and spinal injuries. RESULTS: Earthquake-related injuries had been detected in 102 (39.6%) patients. Of the 29 patients with multiple injuries, 17, 10, and 2 had injuries in two, three, and four topographic regions, respectively. The most common injury was a head injury, which was detected in 48 (18.7%) cases, followed by thoracic injury, spinal injury, pelvic fracture, abdominal injury, and maxillofacial fracture, which were detected in 40 (15.6%), 22 (8.5%), 19 (7.4%), 10 (3.9%), and 6 (2.3%) patients, respectively. The cranial bone fractures and intracranial injuries were significantly more frequent in the 0–4 years age group compared with other age groups (p=0.028 and p=0.024, respectively). The rib fractures with spinal and pleural injuries were significantly more common in the 15–18 years age group compared with others (p=0.016, p=0.004, and p=0.002, respectively). CONCLUSION: The head injury was the most common earthquake-related injury in pediatric cases. Herein, it was more common in younger children compared with other age groups, whereas rib, spine, and pleural injuries were more common in older children.

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Needs assessment: are Disaster Medical Assistance Teams up for the challenge of a pediatric disaster?

Mace

Bern

2007

The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Disaster relief efforts after hurricane Marilyn: A pediatric team's experience in St. Thomas

Cited by 7 publications

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Operation Child‐ID: reunifying children with their legal guardians after Hurricane Katrina

Operation Child‐ID: reunifying children with their legal guardians after Hurricane Katrina

A needful, unique, and in-place evaluation of the injuries in earthquake victims with computed tomography, in catastrophic disasters! The 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes: part I

Needs assessment: are Disaster Medical Assistance Teams up for the challenge of a pediatric disaster?

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