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. 2019 Dec;13(5-6):1086-1089.
doi: 10.1017/dmp.2019.107.

Team Rubicon Medical Response to Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas

Andrew J Bouland  1   2 , Jordan Selzer  3 , Madi Yogman  4 , David W Callaway  1
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Team Rubicon Medical Response to Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas

Andrew J Bouland et al. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

On September 1, 2019, Hurricane Dorian made landfall as a category 5 hurricane on Great Abaco Island, Bahamas. Hurricane Dorian matched the "Labor Day" hurricane of 1935 as the strongest recorded Atlantic hurricane to make landfall with maximum sustained winds of 185 miles/h.1 At the request of the Government of the Bahamas, Team Rubicon activated a World Health Organization Type 1 Mobile Emergency Medical Team and responded to Great Abaco Island. The team provided medical care and reconnaissance of medical clinics on the island and surrounding cays….

Keywords: EMT 1 mobile; disaster medicine; hurricane.

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