3317.0 Safety Net Hospitals and the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Monday, November 8, 2010: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
In this session, you will hear from: 1. Sari Siegel-Spieler, Ph.D., NAPH, who will share findings and common themes from surveys and interviews with member facilities about the safety net’s response to victims of the Haiti earthquake; 2. Jeanne Eckes-Roper, RN, MBA, Director of Emergency Preparedness at Broward Health, a safety net hospital system in South Florida that received airlifted patients from Haiti and can present her firsthand experiences in responding to the emergency; and 3. Slande Celeste, MPH, from the University of Florida, who personally provided volunteer services in response to the earthquake.
Session Objectives: Demonstrate how safety net hospitals and others can prepare for and accommodate the influx of patients resulting from major disasters, both foreign and domestic. Eexplain the volunteer response of safety net hospitals across the United States.
Moderator:
Kathryn Swink, MPH

2:30pm
US safety net's response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake: An overview of public hospital disaster relief efforts
Sari Siegel-Spieler, PhD
  
2:50pm
Lessons learned from Broward health's Haiti relief efforts
Jeanne Eckes-Roper, RN, MBA
  
3:10pm
Assessing the public health crisis in Haiti: The experiences of the Shands/University of Florida public health team, ”Santè pou Lavi”
Slande Celeste, MPH, MCHES
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Health Equity and Public Hospitals Caucus
Endorsed by: APHA-Committee on Women's Rights, Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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