title: Hurricane Katrina: emergent interstate transport of an evacuee on biventricular assist device support.
abstract: In many U.S. hospitals, mechanical circulatory support has become routine. However, catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina test the abilities of a hospital system to sustain patients on such support and transport them in emergent situations. A 15-year-old boy with dilated cardiomyopathy who was receiving biventricular mechanical circulatory support at a New Orleans hospital was successfully transported by Angel One Transport from Arkansas Children's Hospital across state lines to Texas Children's Hospital, where he was stabilized and received an orthotopic heart transplant.
authors.affiliation: Division of Congenital Heart Surgery, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: David L S
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Dallas G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Braham
authors.forename: Connie N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Eastlee
authors.forename: Michele M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: Heather A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Dunne
authors.forename: Mary Claire
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: McGarry
authors.forename: Maryann W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: Ronnie J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Shelton
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Surprise
authors.forename: Jeffery S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Heinle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004190:Disasters; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010360:Patient Transfer; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods*