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Acadian Ambulance, 31, 64, 75, 95, 98,

110, 122, 317
Adler, Margot, 377
advance directives, 403, 455, 480
agonal breathing, 28485,
303, 316, 381, 434, 452
air evacuations, 71, 106, 16970. See also
Coast Guard air evacuations; Day 35
entries
Atlanta Medical Center offer, 7980
Bush flyover and, 151
decision to end, 10910, 11213, 12226,
190
feasibility of, viiixi, 7576, 8386, 179
route to helipad, viiixi, 83, 8485, 88, 90,
11920, 179, 225, 258
airport field hospital conditions, 241, 288,
29394, 457
Alexander, Shana, 139
Alford, Hollis, xiii, 264, 338
Allied Healthcare Products, 485
AMA. See American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons, 394
American Hospital Association, 73, 171

American Medical Association (AMA), 73,

382, 384, 401, 405, 42628, 437, 450
American Nursing Association, 437
Andress, Knox, xv, 99, 100101, 105, 174,
367
Andrews, Audrey, 24446, 277, 283, 323,
329
Pous call for advice, 24445, 277, 287,
323, 32930, 361, 382, 388
Andrews, John, 192
Angel Flight, 104
Arechaga, Odun, 37677, 379, 447
Armington, Bill, xi, 92, 139
Army Corps of Engineers, 23, 68, 104,
347, 422
arrests, 252, 33031, 3334, 336, 337,
33841, 34344, 349, 355, 363, 370,
407, 414, 437, 465. See also Budo,
Lori; Landry, Cheri; Pou, Anna
Maria
Arvin, Michael, xiii, 7880, 86, 10506,
107, 109, 133, 168, 17174, 175, 224.
See also Tenet Healthcare
assisted suicide, 400, 403, 404, 406, 454

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Ativan (lorazepam), 178, 18283, 199, 207,
208, 210, 213, 219, 226, 24950, 302,
305, 319, 328
Atlanta Medical Center, 7980
Auerbach, Paul, 474
autopsies, 26163, 309, 35761, 381, 387
88. See also toxicology reports
Autopsy (television show), 461
Aviation Services, Inc., 175, 203, 227

Baby Boy S, 9394, 96, 372

Baden, Michael, xv, 35761, 387, 410,
46061
Baltz, Horace, xi, 4446, 48, 55, 59, 62,
80, 93, 158, 191, 20607, 216, 295
96, 32627, 35152, 36061, 36466,
38890, 402, 435, 442, 459
Baselt, Randall, 310
battlefield euthanasia, 39798
battlefield triage, 13941, 421
Becnel, Brent, 37879
Bellevue Hospital, 46567, 47477, 485
Bentham, Jeremy, 142
Bernard, Marirose, 23132, 272, 32829
Bernier, Roger, 481
Beuerman, Greg, 354, 447
Beuerman Miller Fitzgerald, 354
beyond emergency care concept, 420
Bias, Elaine, 375
bioterrorism preparedness, 30, 7374, 100,
168, 48384
Birkhead, Guthrie, 47778
Blanco, Kathleen, xv, 29, 108, 171, 363,
422
Bloomberg, Michael, 463
body disposition and recovery, 23334,
23841, 35758
Bonaparte, Napoleon, 13940, 39798
Boston Legal, 39395, 424
Bradley, Ed, 382
Breckenridge, Helen, xii, 9192, 93
Brescia, Frank, xv, 387
Brighton Gardens nursing home, 251
Bristow, Louis, 12, 14, 17, 41
Broussard, Aaron, 133, 180
Budo, Lori, xii, xvi, 83, 91, 11112, 284
85, 30607, 310, 327, 330, 331, 334,

338, 339, 343, 35152, 35455, 357,

364, 369, 41314, 423, 424, 425, 434,
436, 455, 462
Burgess Guidi, Linette, xii, 3132, 3435,
233, 276
Burgess, Jannie, xii, 3132, 3435, 56, 92,
15961, 233, 276, 351
Burke, Tim, xiv, 183
Burkle, Frederick, Jr., 48384
Bush, George W., 151, 273, 279, 311
Butler, Fran, xii, 201, 275

Caldwell, Buddy, 436, 469

Calley, William, 245
Campanini, Steven, 224, 244, 245, 322
23, 324
Canadian SARS emergency protocol, 467
Caplan, Arthur, xv, 275, 39596, 400,
404, 405, 45455
The Carlyle Group, 101
Carnegie Mellon Program for Deliberative
Democracy, 479
Castaing, Eddie, xvi, 28486, 355
Causeway Boulevard SARBOO, 102, 107,
12223, 13234, 231, 329, 373
Cavalier, Essie, xii, 222, 360, 369
CDC. See US Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
171
Chalmette Medical Center, 31, 270
Charity Hospital, 5, 43, 49, 102, 174, 178,
189, 201, 37980, 415
Chateau Living Center, 25253
Chatelain, Cindy, xiv, 182183, 212, 297,
31718
Cheyne-Stokes breathing, 30102, 303
Chrestman, Reuben L., III, xi, 59, 366
CNN, 234, 243, 244, 269, 27478, 280,
283, 287, 289, 295, 30607, 309, 315,
321, 324, 348, 350, 369, 395, 406, 450
December broadcast naming Pou, 30607,
315
early Memorial coverage, 234
later Memorial coverage, 30607, 309,
321, 32425, 348, 350, 369

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October broadcast reports and their impact, 27478, 280, 283, 295, 327, 458
Pou interview request, 243, 244
Coast Guard air evacuations: Day 3 developments, 86, 8889, 95, 99101, 103,
10507, 10910
Day 4 developments, 112, 11819, 12126,
129, 14951, 16970, 174
Day 5 developments, 192, 203, 227, 242
Pou on, 41617, 449
Cobb, James, Jr., 252, 422
Cockerham, Karen, 19597
Code Blue: A Katrina Physicians Memoir
(Deichmann), 36869
Code of Medical Ethics (AMA), 401
Cohen, Dave, 180
Cohen, Randy, 275
communications difficulties, 107, 129,
13637, 151, 17071, 172, 347
Connecticut Hospice, 476
Cook, Ewing, xi, 81, 82, 83, 11415, 117,
130, 14647, 15758, 187, 188, 198,
20607, 218, 228, 243, 350, 359, 368,
395, 400, 452, 456, 457
Cook, Minnie, xi, 823
Cooley, Wilmer, xiii, 199, 360
Cooper, Anderson, 274
Cordray, Sandra, xii, 58, 7779, 86, 105
06, 107109, 172
Cotham, Donna, xii, 199200, 360
Couvillon, Julie, 223224
Cramer, Carl, 13334
criminal charges, 248, 25657, 2867, 336,
33839, 343, 345, 364, 437, 44445
criminal intent, 160, 257, 336, 363, 381,
401, 419, 431, 437, 445, 468
Cruzan, Nancy, 403
Cullen, Julie, xiv, 433, 435, 445
Culotta, Roy, xi, 93, 9798, 13031,
147, 191, 219, 225, 22728, 24142,
300,368, 452

Dallas Morning News, 227

DAmico, Mary Jo, xii, 28485, 286, 316,
42324, 434
Danziger Bridge shootings, 363, 423
Dateline, 37274

Daugherty, Elizabeth Lee, 47779

Day 1 (Sunday), 5, 2832, 5052
Day 2 (Monday), 5, 5260
Day 3 (Tuesday), 5, 61110. See also specific patients and staff members
Day 4 (Wednesday), 11145, 14676,
17783. See also specific patients and
staff members
Day 5 (Thursday), 34, 610, 183227. See
also drug deaths (of patients); specific
patients and staff members
death certificates, 241, 325, 327, 357
deaths. See drug deaths (of patients); patient deaths
Decker, Shelley, xv, 12122, 125, 192
Deichmann, Richard, xi, 59, 80, 89, 92,
95, 96, 112, 191, 19495, 200, 316,
36869, 389
Delaneuville, Artie, xiv, 246, 24750
deliberative democracy, 479
Demerol (meperidine), 310
Desgenettes, Ren-Nicolas Dufriche,
39798
dialysis patients, 29, 56, 66, 75, 99, 104,
139, 149, 15455, 199, 469
dialysis rationing, 13940
Disaster Medical Assistance Teams, 293
94, 47174
disaster medicine, 348, 426, 46686. See
also triage systems
bioterrorism preparedness initiatives, 30,
7374, 100, 4834
drills and exercises, 5, 30, 73, 16869
emergency plans and hospital accreditation, 7175
guidelines for, 400, 42021, 427, 46568
in Haiti, 47174
Superstorm Sandy experiences, 46365,
47476, 486
Disposition of Toxic Drugs and Chemicals
in Man (Baselt), 310
DMATs, 29394, 47174
DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) orders, 10,
34, 92
Dosch, Curtis, xiii, 64, 82, 19192, 214,
242, 32021, 366
double effect, 15960, 38182
Drawing Down the Moon (Adler), 377

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drug deaths (of patients), 910, 16264,
19495, 21521, 222, 223, 28485.
See also toxicology reports; specific
patients
Dubois, Robbye, xiv, 99, 100, 101, 104,
105, 106, 174, 183, 248
Duke University lacrosse team case, 429
Dupas, Harold, 264
DynCorp security guards, 234, 305

Earl, George, 18, 1920, 22, 141

Earl K. Long Medical Center (Baton
Rouge), 414
Edwards, Edwin, 245
Eichmann, Adolf, 402
Ellis, Michael, 39394
emergency planning and preparedness. See
disaster medicine
eugenics, 47, 399
euthanasia, 34445, 381406, 459. See also
drug deaths (of patients)
euthanizations (of pets), 7, 15859, 194,
19596, 199200, 291
evacuations. See also air evacuations; Day
15 entries
Evans, Laura, 465, 47477, 485
Everett, Carrie, xiii, 232, 297, 369, 408,
435, 457
Everett, Emmett, xiii, 26, 60, 117, 232,
233, 247, 25455, 259, 260, 264, 297,
298, 311, 312, 313, 314, 338, 358, 369,
387, 428, 432, 445, 461, 485
Ewale, Tesfalidet, xii, 21920

Famularo, Craig, xv, 361, 446

Federal Emergency Management Agency.
See FEMA
federal response, 170, 17274. See also
Coast Guard air evacuations; FEMA
Federation of American Hospitals, 86, 171,
173, 174
FEMA, 3031, 99, 100, 101, 103, 171, 173,
174, 367, 444, 448
Ferncrest Manor Living Center, 252
Fetter, Trevor, xiii, 271273

Filosa, Gwen, 411

Finley, Chase, 183
Fishkin, Jim, 479
Flint-Goodridge Hospital, 34
flooding: citywide flooding map, 102
forensic testing, 32829. See also toxicology reports
Forrow, Lachlan, 46869
Foti, Charles, xiv, 23536, 252, 275, 283,
324, 333, 336, 34245, 34849, 355,
357, 36263, 364, 38284, 407, 419,
422, 429, 433, 436, 44647, 450, 454
Fournier, Kathleen, xi, 81, 193, 199203,
213, 217, 26668, 275, 291
Fowler, Sean, xiii, 78, 320
Fox News, 224, 272, 329
Freed, Jonathan, 274
Frezel, Issac, 3334

Garcia, Mannie, 151

Genesis Specialty patient deaths, 376
Gentilly, 22, 63
Germany, euthanasia in, 47, 399
Gershanik, Juan Jorge, xi, 8990, 9396,
126, 372
Gieck, Dawn Marie, 27273, 372
Good Friday storm (1927), 2023, 25
Good Morning America, 370
Goux, L. Ren, xiii, 8, 54, 58, 69, 15557,
167, 191, 206, 214, 244, 291, 316,
32021, 368
Governor Lamm philosophy, 4648, 296
Grace, Nancy, 276
grand jury investigation, 311, 344, 351,
357, 361, 363, 393, 395, 409, 43035
Green, Cathy, xii, 12, 70, 16263, 35556,
390, 413, 43637, 45253
Gremillion, Andre, xiv, 20405, 21112,
31314
Griffin, Drew, 307, 324
Groningen Protocol for Euthanasia in
Newborns, 401

H1N1 emergency planning, 47071

H5N1 emergency planning, 466
Habermas, Jrgen, 479

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Haiti field hospital, 47174
Hall, Carrie Mae (MaDear), xiii, 4, 188,
199, 213, 359
Harris, Steven, xiv, 254, 25556, 257, 259,
304, 305, 311, 338, 369
HCA (Hospital Corporation of America),
170, 270
health care directives, 403, 455, 480
health-care reform, 55, 476
Heikamp, David, xiii, 316
Herbert, Clarence, 46, 402
HHS. See US Department of Health and
Human Services
Hill, Helen, 39091
Hippocrates, 397
Holley, Tammie, 367
hospice care, 404. See also palliative care
hospital accreditation, 50, 7173, 74
Hospital Corporation of America (HCA),
171, 270
Huard, George, xiii, 264
Hurricane Betsy, 1112, 25, 29, 44, 389
Hurricane Isaac, 46263
Hurricane Ivan, 12, 54, 68
Hurricane Katrina. See also Day 1-5 entries
approach of, 2427, 28, 52, 53
landfall and weakening of, 57, 5960
Hurricane Pam exercises, 30, 107, 132,
16869, 173, 348
Hurricane Rita, 249, 251, 253, 488
Hutzler, Alice, xiii, 2627, 182, 204, 212,
259, 260, 264, 315, 35859

India, swine flu in, 484

infectious diseases doctor (Dr. Faith Joubert), 59, 182, 185, 210, 249, 260, 313,
360
Institute of Medicine, 468, 482
Isbell, Gina, xiv, 2427, 52, 12628, 130,
138, 16667, 204, 21113, 27880,
31314, 45152
Jacob, Lou Ann Savoie, xiv, 260
JCAHO (The Joint Commission), xvi,
7175
Jefferson Parish, 63, 133, 17980, 25253

Jenkins, Janice, 21516

Jennings, Reynold, Tenets COO, 242
Johns Hopkins pandemic planning, 47879
Johnson, Calvin, 33839, 423, 445
Johnson, Glenn, 373
Johnson, Kathleen, 324
Johnson, Kristy, xiv, 206, 209, 25357,
31316, 338, 460
Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations (The Joint
Commission, JCAHO), xvi, 7175
Jordan, Eddie J., Jr., xv, 285, 34445, 357,
36163, 391, 407, 445, 446

Kahn, Carrie, 325

Kahn, Charles N., III, 17374
Karch, Steven B., xv, 40910, 431
Kass, Leon R., 47
Kellum, John M., 384
Kelly, Clementine Morgan, 1314
Kevorkian, Jack, 297, 406
kidney disease. See dialysis patients
King, Bryant, xi, 81, 15657, 18890, 199,
20203, 213, 222, 26569, 274, 276,
295, 301, 307, 315, 327, 45859
King, John, 306
Kinikar, Aarti, 48485
Knebel, Ann, 483
Kokemor, John, xi, 6, 161, 162, 206, 276,
290, 296, 386, 40910
Kotb, Hoda, 373

Lafayette, James, 144

Lafon nursing home, 253
Lagasse, Karen, xii, 14649, 36769
Lagasse, Merle, xii, 14649, 22526, 301,
302, 359, 361, 367, 368
Lake Pontchartrain, 15, 18, 21, 22, 23, 38,
56, 63, 70, 185, 214, 438
Lakeview, 22, 56, 185, 368, 416
Lamm, Richard, 4648. See also Governor Lamm philosophy
Lam, Thao, xii, 11920
Landrieu, Mary, xv, 86, 175, 324
Landry, Cheri, xii, 9, 56, 9091, 112, 152,
216, 218, 306, 310, 323, 327, 33031,

548index
334, 338, 339, 343, 351, 352, 354, 357,
364, 413, 414, 42325, 43334, 436,
455, 462. See also arrests
Larrey, Dominique-Jean, 139, 14041, 142
LaSalle, Jessie Lynn, 37576
Latter, Harry, 16, 19
Leavitt, Michael O., 173
LeBlanc, Elvira Vera, xiii, 121, 131, 134,
13637, 16365, 365
LeBlanc, Mark, xiii, 13137, 16365, 365
LeBlanc, Sandra, xiii, 121, 13137, 153,
155, 16365, 365
LeBrun, Nathalie, 47174
Letten, Jim, 28687
Levine, Maurice, 397
Lewis, C. S., 14243
LifeCare Baptist staff, xiv. See also specific
staff members
Lindy Boggs Medical Center, 79, 102,
13334, 354, 37274, 376, 378, 379,
447
living wills, 92, 298, 403
Long, Earl K., 41415
Long, Huey P., 238, 414
looting, 21, 63, 65, 77, 176, 184, 347. See
also security concerns
Loper, Brad, 227
Louisiana attorney generals office. See
Foti, Charles
Louisiana Bureau of Emergency Medical
Services (EMS), 109, 131, 13334,
135, 172, 192
Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, 99
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries, 170, 175
Louisiana Hospital Association, 173
Louisiana State Medical Society, 38485
Louisiana State Police, 257
Louisiana State University (LSU) Health
Network. See also Charity Hospital;
Earl K. Long Medical Center
Louisiana Supreme Court decisions, 323,
329, 388, 450
Lutz, Brobson, 295

Mail on Sunday, 276, 45960

malpractice claims, 366, 371, 376. See also
civil claims
Mangano, Mabel, 252, 422, 447
Mangano, Sal, 252, 447
maps and diagrams, x, xi, 102
Marse, Father John, xiii, 7677, 109, 128,
167, 190, 327, 458
Maryland triage planning effort, 47780
Matherne, Cynthia, xvi, 16870, 172
McManus, Angela, xiii, 70, 145, 17881,
20709, 254, 260, 307, 315, 325,
36971, 435, 456
McManus, Wilda, xiii, 145, 17879,
18083, 20709, 254, 260, 264, 307,
31516, 325, 358, 370
Mead, Margaret, 397
medical care rationing. See rationed care;
triage systems
Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans. See Charity Hospital
medical ethics. See also disaster medicine;
euthanasia; rationed care; triage systems
AMA code, 401
ethicists evidence review, 395406
Pous lectures, 44849
published ethics guidelines, 40002, 420,
427
(Southern Baptist Hospital) SBH ethics
group, 46
medical records. See patient records
Medicare reimbursements, 3233, 43, 46,
47, 72, 404
Tenet overcharge settlement, 355
medications. See palliative sedation; patient records; toxicology reports;
specific medications
Meibaum, Stephanie, xi, 15758
Meitrodt, Jeffrey, 36465
Memorial Medical Center. See also Day
1-5 entries
accreditation, 7172
cancer institute (New Orleans Cancer Institute) building, viii, 50, 289, 320,
civil claims against, 36671, 45051
emergency preparedness, 6869, 7172,
7475, 348

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finances, 43, 50, 55, 74
helipad location and condition, ix, 76,
8386, 178
history of, 1117, 2223, 25, 50
hospital evacuation prioritization, 133,
134, 171, 172
location, 1415, 102
physical layout, viii, ix, 3536, 11920
post-Katrina cleanup and security, 30405
post-Katrina reopening and sale, 32627,
36566, 444
Pou joining staff, 4344
state investigators visits to, 239, 25659,
304305
Memorial Medical Center patients, xii. See
also Day 15 entries; patient deaths;
specific patients
Memorial Medical Center staff, xixiii.
See also Day 1-5 entries; specific staff
members
Mendez, Therese, xiv, 9798, 127, 128,
130, 181, 209, 211, 213, 247, 24951,
254, 257, 322, 338, 460
Mercy Hospital, 55. See also Lindy Boggs
Medical Center
mercy killing, 396. See also euthanasia
midazolam (Versed), 10, 217, 220, 226,
263, 284, 291, 292, 294, 302, 305,
311, 338, 343, 357, 358, 359, 360, 379,
400, 410, 434, 454
Middleberg, Robert, xv, 26265, 311,
35761
Miller, Virginia, 354
Mill, John Stuart, 142
Minyard, Frank, xv, 261,361, 309, 356
61, 38589, 39596, 404, 40607,
40911, 43032, 435, 444, 45354.
See also toxicology reports
Mississippi River floods (1927), 2223, 25,
347
Morales, Michael, xv, 36163, 38182,
391, 411, 423, 435, 44546. See also
grand jury investigation
morphine
administrations of, 187, 210, 217, 220, 434
effects of, 15960, 3012, 303
and Lindy Boggs deaths, 375
missing pharmacy supply, 305

Pous prescriptions, 187, 19899, 257, 303,

333, 359
seized during October 1 search, 25859
statements to investigators about, 250, 316,
338
in toxicology reports, 262, 26364, 308
10, 311, 33738, 35660, 431
MSNBC, 233
Mulderick, Susan, xiii, 8, 5356, 58, 64,
67, 69, 71, 73, 74, 75, 77, 82, 93,
99, 106, 113, 114, 12225, 12930,
14951, 19192, 19395, 19798,
200, 201, 202, 20406, 214, 226, 241,
24243, 244, 245, 246, 25354, 255,
266, 26971, 291, 31821, 338, 365,
369, 430, 433
murder(s).
by doctors and nurses, 398
legal standards for murder charges, 336,
445
New Orleans murders and rates, 391

Nagin, Ray, evacuation order of, xv,

2930, 236, 25253, 272, 347
National Guard. See also air evacuations;
Day 35 entries
National Medical Services, Inc., xv,
26265, 35761. See also Robert
Middleberg
National Public Radio (NPR), 268, 325.
See also NPR stories
Nazi Germany, 47, 399, 402
NBC, 276, 372
Nelson, Craig, xiii, 457
Nelson, Elaine, xiii, 181, 182, 20912,
26061, 264, 358, 369
Nelson, Kathryn, xiii, 181, 20911, 260
61, 358, 369, 435, 45657
Nesset, Arnfinn, 399
Netherlands, euthanasia in, 40001
New Orleans City Hall emergency operations center, xv, 16869, 172
New Orleans murder rates, 391
New Orleans police, 363, 391
Danziger Bridge shootings, 363, 423
onsite at Memorial, 5657, 108, 184, 207,
208, 215

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New Orleans Public Service Inc. (NOPSI),
13, 17, 20, 171
New York: State Task Force on Life and
Law, 466
state ventilator rationing protocols, 465
67, 477
Superstorm Sandy, 46467, 47476,
48586
New York University Langone Medical
Center, 463
Nifong, Michael, 429, 436
NOPSI (New Orleans Public Service Inc.),
13, 17, 20, 171
North Shore-LIJ hospital system, 46364
Not Dead Yet, 325
NPR stories, 268, 32526
Nuss, Daniel, xvi, 43, 5051, 332, 333,
335, 337, 35253, 363, 426, 437, 442

OBryant, Brenda, xvi, 308, 333, 33435,

337, 39293, 426, 44243, 448
OBryant, James, xvi, 308, 33233, 334
35, 337, 39293, 426, 44243, 448
Ochsner Baptist Medical Center, 102, 135,
136, 137, 389, 444, 46263
OKeefe, Arthur, 18
Ontario SARS protocol, 467, 469, 483
opium, 398
organ transplantation, 14344
Orleans Parish coroners office. See Minyard, Frank
Orleans Parish district attorneys office,
xvi, 285, 344, 345, 35962, 363,
38081, 391. See also grand jury investigation; Jordan, Eddie; Morales,
Michael
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical
Center, 333, 335
oxygen supplies, 45, 88, 90, 95, 105, 111,
127, 14748, 16263, 214, 301
Haiti field hospital experience, 47174

palliative care, 9, 396, 40405

palliative sedation, 405
pandemic triage planning efforts, 46567,
46970, 47780, 483

Panepinto, Vincent, xi, 39, 40, 44, 69,

34142, 417, 419, 442
patient deaths. See also Day 35 entries;
drug deaths (of patients); toxicology
reports
patient records, 259, 309
attempts to get, 23839, 259, 283, 322
Tenets handling of, 240, 283, 322
and toxicology analyses, 35761, 38788
Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital,
371
Perino, Peggy, xi, 40, 350, 420
Perot, Ross, 171
pets, 52
Day 3, 5960, 83
Day 4, 112, 114, 15758, 18081
Day 5, 7, 8, 18687, 193
at Lindy Boggs, 375
Pitre-Ryals, Michelle, 11718, 14445,
273
police. See New Orleans police
Pou, Anna Maria, xi, xvi, 78, 9, 3544,
4852, 54, 56, 58, 59, 69, 70, 80, 81,
87, 9698, 104, 12829, 13839, 141,
161, 185, 18788, 191, 197, 198200,
202, 204, 205, 216, 217, 221, 222,
223, 234, 24345, 24648, 25051,
25456, 258, 25960, 264, 26667,
26869, 271, 274, 280, 283, 28485,
287, 29192, 30304, 30506,
30709, 310, 311, 313315, 31617,
31920, 32122, 323, 325, 326, 327,
329331, 33235, 33738, 33842,
343, 345, 348, 34950, 351, 35254,
357, 359, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 369,
373, 38185, 386, 38788, 39295,
405, 407, 409, 41114, 41521, 422,
423, 426, 42728, 429, 43132, 433,
434, 43637, 44243, 445, 446, 447
50, 451, 454, 455, 456, 457, 45960,
462, 46869
Pou, Frederick Jr. (Pous brother), xii, 40,
304, 340
Pou, Frederick Sr. (Pous father), xii, 36
37, 42, 44, 388
Pou, Jeanette (Pous mother), xii, 36, 40,
334, 341, 365, 415
Pou, Jeannie (Pous sister), xii, 56, 185, 416

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Pou, Michael (Pous brother), xii, 388
Powell, Tia, 466, 467
Primeaux, Paul, xii, 8485, 108, 109
Program for Deliberative Democracy, 479
Psychiatry & Ethics (Levine), 397

Quinlan, Karen Ann, 402

race and race discrimination, 3234, 157,

481
rationed care, 13839, 14243, 483. See
also triage systems
ventilator rationing protocols, 467, 470,
474477
Rawls, John, 142, 479
Reddy, Sudeep, 22728
Richard, Michael, xvi, 12122, 126
Rider, Virginia, xiv, 23739, 24546,
253, 254, 25565, 266, 269, 274,
278, 28087, 29698, 299, 30001,
303, 310, 31114, 315, 31722, 323,
32526, 327, 32829, 32931, 336
37, 33841, 342, 344, 350, 356, 357,
36061, 363, 364, 374, 40609, 433,
435, 448, 45556
Riopelle, James, 37476
Robichaux, Diane, xiv, 98101, 10306,
113, 13637, 21112, 24649, 251,
254, 255, 257, 313, 338, 460
Robinette, Garland, 43536
Rosenberg, Harry, 271, 27778, 28384,
318, 326
Roth, Charles, 19
Russell, John, xiii, 12628, 130, 32728
Russo, Ben, 224

Sabaean Religious Order, 377

Safer, Morley, 382383
SARBOO,I-10 and Causeway Boulevard
cloverleaf, 102, 13233, 231, 329,
373
SARBOOs (search-and-rescue bases of operations), 107
SARS emergency planning, 467
Savoie, Doug, xiv, 260

Savoie, Rose, xiv, 26, 182, 204, 259, 260,

264, 315, 338, 358, 369, 432
Scelfo, Julie, 342, 393
Schafer, Arthur Butch, xiv, 232, 235,
23739, 24546, 255, 25666, 269,
274, 27883, 28487, 297300,
30406, 30910, 311, 312, 31314,
315, 32021, 32223, 324, 32730,
33334, 33637, 341, 342, 350, 363,
364, 407, 40809, 433, 448, 45556
Schultz, Carl, 482
Scott, Rodney, xii, 93, 16162, 188, 226
228, 241, 45758
Seattle triage planning effort, 481
security concerns, 288, 347. See also looting; violence
sedatives. See palliative sedation; specific
drugs
Seelos, Father Francis Xavier, 412
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
(SOFA) scores, 467
Sewerage and Water Board, 1820, 21, 23
Shamburger, Chris, 373
Shavers, Dinerral, 390
Shipman, Howard, 399
Silberner, Joanne, 268
Simmons, Richard T., Jr., xvi, 24445,
287, 306, 307, 315, 323, 325, 330,
33334, 341, 34446, 348, 353, 361,
362, 38182, 384, 38788, 39394,
405, 411, 415, 416, 419, 42021, 422,
427, 42829, 432, 447, 449, 469
Simpson, O. J., 393
60 Minutes, 38284, 385, 386, 430
Skinner, John, xii, 240, 24849, 31618,
35859
Smith, Bob, xiii, 79, 86, 17071, 172, 175,
19192, 242
SOFA scores, 467
Southern Baptist Hospital. See also Memorial Medical Center
history of, 1115, 1618, 2223, 3234
Tenets acquisition of, 25, 55
Southside Hospital, 464
Specialty Hospital of New Orleans, 378,
379
Stahelin, Terence, xiv, 31213
Staten Island University Hospital, 464

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St. Bernard Parish, 2223, 24, 25, 27, 31,
60, 163, 167, 235, 252, 279, 345. See
also Chalmette Medical Center; St.
Ritas nursing home
Stephens, Kevin, 67
St. Marys Assumption church, 412
storms. See also Hurricane entries; Superstorm Sandy
April 1927, 2023
May 1926, 1520
Tropical Storm Allison, 67
St. Ritas nursing home drownings, 235,
252, 422, 447
suicide, assisted, 398400, 402, 403, 404,
405, 406
Superdome, 29, 31, 53, 85, 102, 108, 203,
347, 382
Superstorm Sandy experiences, 46367,
47476, 48586
Swango, Michael, 399
swine flu (H1N1) emergency planning,
470, 484

Taurek, John, 142

Tenet Healthcare Corporation, 6, 54. See
also Day 35 entries; Lindy Boggs
Medical Center; Memorial Medical
Center entries
Texas Medical Center (Houston), 67
Thiele, John, xii, 410, 59, 81, 97, 98,
20102, 218, 221, 28795, 323, 329,
366, 410 43741
Thiele, Patricia, 439
Thomas, Oliver, 180
Times-Picayune, 21, 22, 34748, 36465,
406, 409, 411, 424, 443, 444, 450, 488
Tompson, Father Harry, 8
Touro Infirmary, 102, 239, 37679, 447,
toxicology reports, 26165, 30911, 338,
357, 360, 369, 376, 379, 38788
triage systems, 13844. See also disaster
medicine
Maryland state planning effort, 47780
New York State guidelines and Superstorm
Sandy experiences, 46367, 47476,
48586
Tropical Storm Allison, 67

Tulane University hospitals and clinics, 76,

77, 110, 122, 170, 202, 270, 417

United Network for Organ Sharing, 143

University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, 4042
US Army Corps of Engineers, 23, 68, 104,
347, 422
USA Today, 311, 446
US Attorney, New Orleans, 286
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30, 257, 318, 481
US Coast Guard. See Coast Guard air
evacuations
US Department of Health and Human Services (HSS), xiv, 171, 173, 246, 257,
293, 483
US National Guard. See National Guard
US Navy, assistance requests to, 17172,
175, 192
US Supreme Court decisions, 403, 404
US Veterans Health Administration emergency protocols, 470
Utah emergency medicine protocol, 469
utilitarian, 142, 143, 473, 479

Veatch, Robert M., 143

ventilator rationing protocols, 46567,
46971, 47477
ventilators, for disaster situations, 48385
Versed. See midazolam
violence, 6, 108, 17981, 34748, 39091.
See also looting; security concerns

Wallace, Mike, 430

Walsh, John J., Jr., xii, 18586, 190, 244,
317, 439
Walsh, Susan, 151
Ward, Neil, 417
Wartelle, Kris, xiv, 336, 343, 38283, 384,
429
Watson, Ireatha, xiv, 264, 338
Watson, Jim, 151
Wecht, Cyril, xv, 275, 30911, 325,
338,356, 358, 359, 360, 387, 410, 454

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Wilson, John, 140
Wise, Robert, xvi, 72, 73, 7475
World Medical Association ethics standards, 420, 428
Wynn, Karen, xiii, 10, 57, 61, 64, 75, 76,
90, 93, 111, 113, 117, 11819, 121,
138, 152, 153, 15657, 166, 167, 175,
177, 215, 218, 220, 222, 226, 22728,
241, 288, 292, 326, 424, 462

Yancovich, Eric, xiii, 6769, 116, 120, 129

Youk, Thomas, 406
Young, James, xv, 387

Zumbado, Tony, 23334