When mass-casualty events occur, orthopaedic surgeons travel throughout the world to treat wounded patients in countries devastated by war, natural disaster and poverty. In 2010, 500 U.S. orthopaedic surgeons traveled to Haiti to help treat hundreds of thousands of victims following a catastrophic earthquake on that Caribbean island. And while the effort was generally successful in treating the broken bones, fractures and other orthopaedic injuries associated with earthquakes, not all of the volunteers were adequately prepared to work in a devastated country.
"Individual physicians arrived without food, equipment, transportation and personal security, or an assignment," said Christopher T. Born, MD, who co-chaired the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)/Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) Disaster Preparedness Project Team. Eurekalert!
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