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Kristi L. Koenig
Researcher at University of California, Irvine
Publications - 523
Citations - 3739
Kristi L. Koenig is an academic researcher from University of California, Irvine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Emergency department & Health care. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 513 publications receiving 3251 citations. Previous affiliations of Kristi L. Koenig include University of California & University of California, San Francisco.
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A Medical Disaster Response to Reduce Immediate Mortality after an Earthquake
TL;DR: During the past 20 years, natural disasters have claimed more than 3 million lives worldwide, affected at least 800 million people, and resulted in property damage exceeding $50 billion.
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Disaster triage: START, then SAVE--a new method of dynamic triage for victims of a catastrophic earthquake
TL;DR: The Medical Disaster Response project deals with the scenario in which specially trained, local health-care providers evaluate patients immediately after the event, but cannot evacuate patients to definitive care, which is the first systematic attempt to use triage as a tool to maximize patient benefit in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic disaster.
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Is There a Case for Quarantine? Perspectives from SARS to Ebola.
TL;DR: This article explains quarantine terminology and uses a case study from Taiwan during the 2002–2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak to illustrate the key principles associated with quarantine measures taken during the 2014 Ebola outbreak and the potential hazards that can arise from quarantines.
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Medical treatment of radiological casualties: current concepts.
Kristi L. Koenig,Ronald E. Goans,Richard J. Hatchett,Fred A. Mettler,Thomas A. Schumacher,Eric K. Noji,David G. Jarrett +6 more
TL;DR: To be most effective in the medical management of a terrorist event involving high-level radiation, physicians should understand basic manifestations of the acute radiation syndrome, the available medical countermeasures, and the psychosocial implications of radiation incidents.
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Implications of Hospital Evacuation after the Northridge, California, Earthquake
TL;DR: After even a moderate earthquake, hospitals are at risk for both immediate nonstructural damage that may force them to evacuate patients and the delayed discovery of structural damage resulting in permanent closure.