Report on the Feasibility of Establishing a National Research and Information Center for Emergency and Disaster Medical Services (1967) / Chapter Skim
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It is interesting to note that when the former Chairman of the Disaster Committee of the Central Medical Society called the Office of Civil Defense, its Director was at home and answering from his living room. The Chairman was told that insofar as the Office of Civil Defense was aware, there was no emergency and there were no injuries.
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mately half the ambulance or lie-down patients at the Candlestick Park area, being occupied with the disaster from 4:45 to approximately 9:30 p.m. During their participation in the disaster, there was one automobile acci- dent whose victims were handled by the police.
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stick Park area within an hour, the effect of the delay in traffic control and security on the disaster site was probably limited. It was the subse- quent attempts of physicians to enter the area that demonstrated how dif- ficult the problem had become.
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Most of the specialty physicians are consultants and have their major practices elsewhere. Shortly after the hospitals became operational through various means (whose origin was not entirely clear)
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first step for the professional personnel was to go from patient to patient, providing each with "shipping tags" and administering narcotics where seen- ingly needed. The name, age, and obvious diagnosis were written on each tag.
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was left open because it appeared to be a rather damaging scalp wound with possible skull injury. The closure of these wounds was without any super- vision by surgeons.
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XVIII. Traffic Control Within the Hospital Movement through both hospitals was with some difficulty.
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The Office of Civil Defense apparently learned of the tornado after the hospitals and physicians were already caring for survivors, so this coordinating agency was not operational during a very critical period. The Chairman of the Central Medical Society's Disaster Committee, as noted above, finally did reach the Director of the Office of Civil Defense at hishome, at approximately 5:00 p.m.
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The major Red Cross activity was concentrated at Hinds General Hospital. The Task Force determined that the Red Cross was not active at the Baptist Hospital, where, indeed, its assistance was not needed.
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permit interviewing of patients, but this point never seemed to be reached. Some records were obtained of patients who had already been discharged.
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4. Communication facilities were not utilized during critical periods.
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