title: Field Report: Medical Response to Super Typhoon Haiyan.
abstract: This report describes the experience and observations during a humanitarian medical response 10 days after landfall of Typhoon Haiyan in the Leyte Island region of the Philippines. Loss of availability of local health care providers was observed to affect the ability of the local community to provide for immediate, post-event medical relief.
authors.affiliation: Los Angeles County Department of Health Services,Emergency Medical Services Agency,Santa Fe Springs,CaliforniaUSA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4127-8730
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noone
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D002959:Civil Defense; D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D004189:Disaster Planning; D004190:Disasters; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D010679:Philippines; D058028:Research Report
keywords: disaster planning; disaster response; paramedic practice