Our Experience in Earthquake-ravaged Haiti: Two Nurses Deployed With a Disaster Medical Assistance Team Karen Ketchie, RN, PMD, Elizabeth Breuilly, RN,

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Our Experience in Earthquake-ravaged Haiti: Two Nurses Deployed With a Disaster Medical Assistance Team Karen Ketchie, RN, PMD, Elizabeth Breuilly, RN, PMD Journal of Emergency Nursing Volume 36, Issue 5, Pages 492-496 (September 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.017 Copyright © 2010 Emergency Nurses Association Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Tent city. Photograph courtesy of Chris Mallari, PA. This figure is available in color and as a full-page document at www.jenonline.org. Journal of Emergency Nursing 2010 36, 492-496DOI: (10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.017) Copyright © 2010 Emergency Nurses Association Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Minor wound treatment on the spot by DMAT member Chris Mallari, PA. Photograph courtesy of Chris Mallari, PA. This figure is available in color and as a full-page document at www.jenonline.org. Journal of Emergency Nursing 2010 36, 492-496DOI: (10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.017) Copyright © 2010 Emergency Nurses Association Terms and Conditions

Figure 3 Carrying a patient up the hill to triage. Photograph courtesy of Chris Mallari, PA. This figure is available in color and as a full-page document at www.jenonline.org. Journal of Emergency Nursing 2010 36, 492-496DOI: (10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.017) Copyright © 2010 Emergency Nurses Association Terms and Conditions

Figure 4 The authors, Karen Ketchie, RN, PMD, and Elizabeth Breuilly, RN, PMD, beside a humvee vehicle. Photograph courtesy of Chris Mallari, PA. This figure is available in color and as a full-page document at www.jenonline.org. Journal of Emergency Nursing 2010 36, 492-496DOI: (10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.017) Copyright © 2010 Emergency Nurses Association Terms and Conditions

Figure 5 Crush injury from a concrete block falling on the hand of a 10-year-old girl. The wound is the track of damaged skin and tissue that was debrided and required daily dressing changes. Photograph courtesy of Chris Mallari, PA. This figure is available in color and as a full-page document at www.jenonline.org. Journal of Emergency Nursing 2010 36, 492-496DOI: (10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.017) Copyright © 2010 Emergency Nurses Association Terms and Conditions

Figure 6 Liz Breuilly, RN, PMD, with the first of many babies her team delivered in Haiti. Photograph courtesy of Chris Mallari, PA. This figure is available in color and as a full-page document at www.jenonline.org. Journal of Emergency Nursing 2010 36, 492-496DOI: (10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.017) Copyright © 2010 Emergency Nurses Association Terms and Conditions

Figure 7 FL-4 and PA-1 teams waiting for a flight out of Haiti. Photograph courtesy of Chris Mallari, PA. This figure is available in color and as a full-page document at www.jenonline.org. Journal of Emergency Nursing 2010 36, 492-496DOI: (10.1016/j.jen.2010.05.017) Copyright © 2010 Emergency Nurses Association Terms and Conditions