Medical Aspects of the Worcester Tornado Disaster

IN the late afternoon of June 9, 1953, a tornado unexpectedly struck a section of Worcester County, Massachusetts, and in about twenty minutes created a major disaster. The problems that arose as a result of this storm were, of course, innumerable, but those that concerned the evacuation of the injured, their distribution to the various hospitals in the area and the management and care of the casualties once they arrived at the hospitals are of great importance, particularly in the planning and preparations for such disasters in the future. Although this report is presented primarily as a review of the . . .