LSU's Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts
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rich
story. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, state and federal officials,
medical personnel, and LSU faculty, staff, and student volunteers came
together to aid victims of the worst national disaster in the history
of the
United States. The following pictures document a unique time in, not
only
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After transporting victims of Hurricane Katrina to the field hospital at
the PMAC, two helicopters take off from LSU’s Bernie Moore Track
Stadium into the Baton Rouge skyline. |
The 800-bed medical facility at LSU is the largest acute care field hospital
ever created in U. S. history and is currently the largest acute care
hospital in Louisiana, according to Chris Trevino, M. D., the medical
director of the facility. |
Noelle Moreau, a doctoral student in kinesiology and a physical therapist
in Baton Rouge, provides supplies to a National Guardsman. |
Emergency medical personnel transport a patient to the medical facility
at LSU’s PMAC. |
LSU student Claire Carpenter and recent graduate Jared Richard provide
food to evacuees at Pete Maravich Assembly Center. |
Members of the Louisiana National Guard also assisted in the efforts
of medical staff and disaster management agencies at the special
needs shelter at the LSU Fieldhouse. |
From left, U. S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, U. S. Secretary
of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt, and the field hospitals
medical director Chris Trevino walk outside the Pete Maravich Assembly
Center. |
U. S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona speaks at a press conference
held outside the PMAC on Sunday, September 4, 2005. |
LSU Chancellor Sean O’Keefe and U. S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral
Richard H. Carmona walk outside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center prior
to the surgeon general’s tour of the facility on Sunday, September
4, 2005. |
U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt, U. S. Surgeon
General Richard H. Carmona, and Director of the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention Julie Gerberding, meet with medical personnel and the
medical director of the medical evacuation facility in the PMAC. |
In a week’s time, volunteers
at LSU’s hurricane information hotline received more than 5,000
calls from students, parents, and citizens across the country affected
by the hurricane. |
The medical evacuation effort for Hurricane Katrina represents the
largest deployment of public health officials in U. S. history. |
On Friday, September 2, 2005, LSU Chancellor Sean O’Keefe discusses
the University’s efforts at a town hall meeting held at LSU’s
E. R. “Bo” Campbell Auditorium in the Gym Armory Building. |
On Friday, September 2, 2005, LSU Chancellor Sean O’Keefe discusses
the University’s efforts at a town hall meeting held at LSU’s
E. R. “Bo” Campbell Auditorium in the Gym Armory Building. |
Monica Clark, student body president at University of New Orleans, thanked
the University community for their support at the town hall meeting on
LSU’s campus Friday, September 2, 2005. |
More than 365 emergency relief volunteers were housed on campus so that they
could better assist the medical evacuation operations in the PMAC. |
Volunteers wait for another round
of patients to arrive at the field hospital facility established
in LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC). Nearly two dozen
pediatric cases have been seen at the PMAC. |
More than 1,700 medical personnel from across the country
addressed the needs of citizens affected by Hurricane Katrina. |
Volunteers provide hurricane victims with supplies at the special needs
shelter in the LSU Fieldhouse. |
With a staff of dedicated volunteers and donated supplies, the staff at
the field hospital facility in the PMAC were able to provide acute care
to victims of Hurricane Katrina. |
Registered nurse Dwayne Howerton tends to one of the more than 3,000 patients
treated at the field hospital on LSU’s campus. |
More than 1,700 medical personnel from across the country addressed the
needs of citizens affected by Hurricane Katrina. |
Members of Louisiana’s religious community visited patients at the
field hospital in the PMAC. |
U. S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt visits
with a patient at the field hospital in the PMAC. |
Medical personnel make sure patients receive nutrition as well
as medical attention at the PMAC. |
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