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Lou Romig MD, FAAP, FACEP
Pediatric Emergency Medicine,
Miami (FL) Children’s Hospital
Medical Director, FL5 DMAT
Loou Romig
Lessons Learned from
Pediatricians’ Responses to
Katrina and Other Disasters
Disclosure
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I have no relevant financial relationship with
the manufacturers of any commercial products
or provider of commercial services discussed
in this CME activity.
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I do not intend to discuss an unapproved or
investigative use of a commercial product or
device in my presentation.
Lessons Are Legion
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Disaster
preparedness
is everyone’s
job.
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Take preparedness personally
 Protect yourself and your family
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72hrs? 7 days?
 Protect your livelihood
 Protect your patients and their
families
Suggested Resource: A Disaster Preparedness Plan for Pediatricians,
Scott Needle MD, FAAP, AAP Mississippi Chapter
http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/terrorism.cfm
Preserve the Family Unit
Families in Disasters
 Teach families how to maximize
the chance of rapid reunification
 Help to establish networks to
assist in identification and
reunification of families
Make kids an issue
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Making kids an issue
 Insist on pediatric and family
representation at all levels of
emergency planning
 Offer our services to agencies in
their planning processes
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Nurture Pediatric Partnerships
Pediatric Partnership Opportunities
 Practitioners
 Facilities/Networks
 Governmental/Private agencies
Bolster our infrastructure
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Systems fail. People don’t.
We must
speak and
act for our
children.
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Lou Romig
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www.jumpstarttriage.com
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Thank you!