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Field Report: Medical Response to Super Typhoon Haiyan.

Michael Noone1.   

Abstract

This report describes the experience and observations during a humanitarian medical response 10 days after landfall of Typhoon Haiyan in the Leyte Island region of the Philippines. Loss of availability of local health care providers was observed to affect the ability of the local community to provide for immediate, post-event medical relief.

Keywords:  disaster planning; disaster response; paramedic practice

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Year:  2015        PMID: 26451783     DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X15005154

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Prehosp Disaster Med        ISSN: 1049-023X            Impact factor:   2.040


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1.  The Impact of Typhoon Haiyan on Health Staff: A Qualitative Study in Two Hospitals in Eastern Visayas, The Philippines.

Authors:  Julita Gil Cuesta; Joris A F van Loenhout; Maria L de Lara-Banquesio; Juan M Isiderio; Isabelle Aujoulat; Debarati Guha-Sapir
Journal:  Front Public Health       Date:  2018-08-31
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