Assisting Hurricane Evacuees in Houston and Louisiana

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Skip Skivington, MBA, Editor

Fall 2006 - Volume 10 Number 3

https://doi.org/10.7812/TPP/06-039

On Saturday, September 10, 2005, the California Emergency Medical Services Authority called. The US Surgeon General's Office had requested that the state provide medical support in the Houston area to treat Hurricane Katrina evacuees. This population had critically depleted local medical resources and their ability to provide adequate care.