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Team Rubicon Medical Response to Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2019

Andrew J. Bouland ,
Jordan Selzer ,
Madi Yogman  and
David W. Callaway
Andrew J. Bouland*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina Mecklenburg EMS Agency, Charlotte, North Carolina
Jordan Selzer
Affiliation:
George Washington University, Fellowship in Disaster and Operational Medicine, Washington, DC
Madi Yogman
Affiliation:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Fellowship in Disaster Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
David W. Callaway
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to: Andrew Bouland, Carolinas Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, 1000 Blythe Blvd, Charlotte, North Carolina, 28232-2861 (e-mail: ajbouland@email.wm.edu)
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Abstract

On September 1, 2019, Hurricane Dorian made landfall as a category 5 hurricane on Great Abaco Island, Bahamas. Hurricane Dorian matched the “Labor Day” hurricane of 1935 as the strongest recorded Atlantic hurricane to make landfall with maximum sustained winds of 185 miles/h.1 At the request of the Government of the Bahamas, Team Rubicon activated a World Health Organization Type 1 Mobile Emergency Medical Team and responded to Great Abaco Island. The team provided medical care and reconnaissance of medical clinics on the island and surrounding cays…

Keywords

disaster medicineEMT 1 mobilehurricane
Type
Report from the Field
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 13 , Issue 5-6 , December 2019 , pp. 1086 - 1089
Copyright
Copyright © 2019 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 

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