Monday, January 25, 2010 – Field pictures – CMAT hospital – Léogâne, Haiti
CMAT Surgeon Dr. Donna Smith, Anaesthesiologist Dr. Kate Bennett and Paramedic Bill Coltart prepare a patient for surgery in the CMAT field hospital in Léogâne.
Treatment area and pharmacy at CMAT field hospital in Léogâne.
After disaster, infrastructure is unreliable, occasionally requiring surgery to be performed by flashlight at the CMAT field hospital.
Check out the "2023 #Disasters in Numbers: A Significant Year of Disaster Impact" report compiled by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) - https://files.emdat.be/reports/2023_EMDAT_report.pdf. @CREDUCL
Don't miss WADEM's upcoming webinar - Impact of the Maui #Wildfires & Perspectives on Emergency Preparedness from Hawaii’s Indigenous Pacific People - presented by Prof. Gary Glauberman. Register here - https://bit.ly/wadem-maui-wildfire. #hazards #disasters #DisasterMedicine #mauifires
BREAKING: 4.8 magnitude earthquake reported in the Northeast. Shaking felt in New York City, Philadelphia and Boston. Story coming.
CMAT is monitoring the situation in Taiwan.
