Haiti Earthquake: a Worldwide Emergency

EMERGENCY MEDICINE NEWS Exclusively for EM-News.com : February 2010

Haiti Earthquake: A Worldwide Emergency

ore than 72,000 people have died — with another 100,000 feared dead — and 1.5 million are homeless from the M earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12. Nations around the world rushed to deliver medical care, food, and comfort. Emergency physicians, as always, were among those who flew in to lend a hand. These images give just a glimpse of the magnitude of the disaster. y e s l e K

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Jan. 14: Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue members U from Virginia conduct a rescue operation at the Montana Jan. 16: Haitian citizens receive water from U.S. Navy Hotel in Port-au-Prince. The service partnered with U.S. Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9 assigned to the aircraft Agency for International Development and multinational carrier USS Carl Vinson. relief agencies to support the massive efforts.

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. a i l S . a T U Jan. 16: Makeshift shelters were erected in open locations Jan. 16: A Red Cross worker provides assistance to a young - throughout downtown Port-au-Prince. ster following the earthquake. The United Nations Children’s Fund said 380,000 children were orphans before the quake. That number is expected to grow. EMERGENCY MEDICINE NEWS Exclusively for EM-News.com : February 2010 g r e b m u t S

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. S . Jan. 17: Airplanes wait to be unloaded in support of earth - U Jan. 16: Haitian citizens who survived the earthquake crowd a quake relief efforts at the Port-au-Prince airport. ship near in Port-au-Prince. The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response. g r e b m u t S

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T Jan. 17: A U.S. Navy crewman drops humanitarian aid to Jan. 16: A week after the quake, more than 500 tons of Red support earthquake relief efforts in Port-au-Prince. Cross aid had reached the country, including medical supplies, tarps, blankets, hygiene items, buckets, shelter supplies, and kitchen sets. . r J

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. . S S . . U U Jan. 17: Patients receive treatment at a makeshift hospital Jan. 18: A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft delivers outside St. Michael’s Hospital in Jacmel, Haiti. The hospital humanitarian aid into Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas. was destroyed by the earthquake, but medical personnel are continuing to treat patients. Local officials estimate that 350 people lost their lives in Jacmel. EMERGENCY MEDICINE NEWS Exclusively for EM-News.com : February 2010 t n e m p o l e v e D l a n o i t a n r e t n I r o

f Jan. 18: U.S. Agency for International Development sent its Miami-Dade y c Urban Search and Rescue team to Port-au-Prince. n e g A

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Jan. 18: Cmdr. Jerry Berman, left, a Navy surgeon; Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a CNN medical correspondent and practicing neurosur - geon; and Lt. Cmdr. Kathryn Berndt, a Navy surgeon, prepare a y v 12-year-old Haitian girl with a severe head injury for surgery a N

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U a piece of concrete from the child’s brain.