The 2006 PEDS 21 event, "Pediatric Issues in Disaster Preparedness" took place on Friday, October 6, 2006, 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm in the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, GA.

Schedule

1:00 - 1:15 pm Welcome
Eileen M. Ouellette, MD, JD, FAAP, AAP President
Errol R. Alden, MD, FAAP, Executive Director & CEO
Gary Q. Peck, MD, FAAP, Moderator

1:15 - 1:45 pm Lessons Learned from Katrina: Perspectives from a Pediatric Practice
Scott Needle, MD, FAAP, Chairperson, Physician's Disaster Preparedness and Recovery, AAP MIssissippi Chapter

1:45 - 2:25 pm Disasters: What You Could Have Known...What You Wished You Would Have Known...What You Can Do Now
Lou Romig, MD, FAAP, FACEP, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Miami Children's Hospital Medical Director, DHS/FEMA South Florida Regional DMAT (FL-5)

2:25 - 3:05 pm Mental Health Issues for Health Professionals, Families and Children
David Schonfeld, MD, FAAP, Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement

3:05 - 3:20 pm Break

3:20 - 4:20 pm How The Media Can Help You During A Disaster
News Anchor TBD
Ernie Allen, President & CEO, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

4:20 - 5:00 pm Pediatric Collaboration: Best Practices at the Federal, State, and Local Levels
Thom Mayer, MD, FAAP, FACEP, President & CEO, Best Practices, Inc; Command Physician, Pentagon Rescue Operation

5:00 - 5:30 pm Questions & Answers

5:30 - 6:30 pm Networking Reception

Supported by a grant from Procter & Gamble

Resources

Hurricane Katrina, Children, and Pediatric Heroes. Pediatrics. May 2006;117(suppl)l(5):1-112.
Accessed June 15, 2006 http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/hurrkatsupp.pdf