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Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
Use of Former (“Shuttered”) Hospitals to Expand Surge Capacity
Requirements for reopening a shuttered hospital in an emergency and suggestions for meeting these requirements.
American Public Health Association
Landesman's Public Health Management of Disasters, 2nd Edition.
The APHA has made this material available for free full text download. It includes information on assessing and responding to public health disasters.
American Red Cross
The Red Cross site provides hurricane related news, health and safety information, a family links registry, and information on how to help.
Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC)
Academic Medicine Responds to Hurricane Katrina
Central information resource for medical schools, students, teaching hospitals, residents and researchers affected by the hurricane in the Gulf Coast Region.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Hurricane Katrina: Health and Safety
Illness and injury prevention, flood cleanup, protecting pets, animal and insect control, resources for specific audiences such as evacuation center workers, and other information from the CDC.
Food and Drug Administration
Health and Safety After Hurricane Katrina
Food safety information in English and Spanish, safety of medications exposed to flood water, medical devices, drinking water disinfection, and other topics are linked.
KatrinaHealth
"Online service to help individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina work with their health professionals to gain access to their own electronic prescription medication records. Through KatrinaHealth.org authorized pharmacists and doctors can get records of medications evacuees were using before the storm hit, including the specific dosages. To see the list of contributors and participating pharmacies go here http://www.katrinahealth.org/faqs.html
Logical Images, Inc., VisualDx
Public Health Alert for Flood Vicitims: Vibrio Vulnificus
Vibrio Vulnificus infections, including Vibrio Vulnificus septicemia, has now been reported in Hurricane Katrina flood water exposed patients. This is a life threatening emergency. As a public health service, Logical Images Inc., is providing clinical images and more information about this infection.
Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc. the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for Louisiana
FindLADocs.com
Registry for displaced Louisiana physicians and a point of connection to their patients. For physicians it provides a portal to re-establish contact with your patients and colleagues. For patients it provides physician contact information.
National Institute of Environmental Health Services
Global Information System for Assessing Environmental Hazards from Hurricane Katrina
To visualize relationships, model the movement of contaminants, and identify sources of human exposure, using an interactive Geographic Information System (GIS). This GIS will assemble maps based on geographic, demographic, hydrographic, infrastructure and industrial/agricultural data from publicly accessible sources.
National Institute of Mental Health
Information About Coping with Traumatic Events
Compiled information from U.S. government sources on mental health in disasters, primarily for consumers, with some information for professionals.
National Institutes of Health
NIH Response to Hurricane Katrina
Links to information on NIH support for health care in the disaster zone, and resources for the public on environmental, health, and mental health concerns.
The National Library of Medicine
Enviro-Health Links - Hurricane Katrina: Links to Health Information including toxicology and environmental health
Includes links on toxic chemical and environmental health information resources for health workers and the interested public. Links are provided to information on chemicals that may be released as a result of the Katrina disaster and on environmental health concerns following the wind and flood damage.
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Office for Civil Rights
Hurricane Katrina Bulletin: HIPAA Privacy and Disclosures in Emergency Situations
"This bulletin emphasize how the HIPAA Privacy Rule allows patient information to be shared to assist in disaster relief efforts, and to assist patients in receiving the care they need."
View articles from PubMed on the health effects of floods
General search for English language articles on mental and physical health and floods.
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