Abstract
On January 12, 2010, a routine trip to Haiti for a pediatric tropical medicine elective with pediatric residents turned into a disaster response mission. I was accompanied by 6 pediatric residents and 1 nurse, and we were among the first nonmilitary physicians to enter Haiti after the earthquake. This article describes our experience upon arriving in Port-au-Prince, 80 hours after the earthquake. This experience solidified my belief that "children are not little adults" and that the needs of children in a disaster are different than those of adults. The presence of pediatricians in a disaster is vital to the survival of the children.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 6-11 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2012 |
Keywords
- Disaster relief
- Haiti
- Pediatrics
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Emergency Medicine