Natural Disasters

Georgetown University Hospital Prepares for Blizzard-related Patients

With the ER busy, it's all hands on deck with outpatient gurneys and cots to sleep on if staff need them. Dr. Goldberg says from the staff keeping snow mopped up to the most senior physicians, he's proud of his team's response during one of the most memorable winters in his 41 years at the hospital.

Posted Thursday, February 11, 2010

EMS Providers Give Mutual Aid During Ice Storm

EMS providers in one Oklahoma county are working together to relieve each other during icy operations.

Posted Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Medical Evacuation Flights to U.S. Resume

The White House said earlier that a suspension imposed on Wednesday was being lifted because it has been assured that there is space for the patients at U.S. and foreign hospitals.

Posted Monday, February 1, 2010

Medicine Running Low at Haiti Hospitals, Clinics

Air Force Gen. Douglas Fraser, head of the U.S. military's Southern Command, told reporters Thursday that Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort had reached its "care limit" after treating more than 3,000 people.

Posted Friday, January 29, 2010

Bed-Stuy EMS Chief Describes Actions in Haiti

The Bed-Stuy Volunteer Ambulance Corps. wasted no time gearing up and heading to Haiti to help in rescue efforts.

Posted Thursday, January 28, 2010

MCI Management Has Evolved Since 9/11

Shared experiences with mass casualty incidents can help to prepare EMS for future encounters.

Posted Wednesday, January 27, 2010

French Rescuers Remove Haitian Man from Collapse 11 Days after Quake

He said he survived initially by diving under a desk when the rubble started to fall around him.

Posted Monday, January 25, 2010

Water Rescue Teams Prove Worthy during California Storms

It's a scene that plays out every time it rains heavily in Southern California, where so-called swift water rescue teams have evolved to avert disaster in a desert landscape that can turn a trickle of water into a death trap in just minutes.

Posted Monday, January 25, 2010

Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Receives First Haitian Patients

The nearly 900-foot floating hospital is expected to arrive near Port-au-Prince today. The Comfort left Baltimore on Saturday, carrying about 550 medical staff and about 60 civilian mariners.

Posted Thursday, January 21, 2010