The 81st Medical Group Obstetrics and Gynecology Flight's Role during Hurricane Katrina | Zendy

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The 81st Medical Group Obstetrics and Gynecology Flight's Role during Hurricane Katrina

Author(s) -

Andrew T. Allen,

Anna M. Flinn,

W. Frank Moore

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

military medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1930-613X

pISSN - 0026-4075

DOI - 10.7205/milmed.172.2.199

Subject(s) - medicine , hurricane katrina , obstetrics and gynaecology , medical emergency , pregnancy , navy , emergency medicine , family medicine , obstetrics , natural disaster , history , physics , archaeology , biology , meteorology , genetics

The Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) flight at Keesler Medical Center sheltered 36 pregnant women and their families during Hurricane Katrina to ensure that appropriate medical care would be available. Ironically, the hospital's emergency generators were destroyed during the 30-foot storm surge, while one woman with a previous cesarean section went into active labor. She ultimately underwent a cesarean delivery using battery-operated flashlights for illumination. After the storm, the damage to the hospital was so extensive as to require aeromedical evacuation of the pregnant patients and their families. In addition, two OB/GYN physicians transferred to a nearby shelter on base and provided general medical care to its occupants.

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