Citation

Zona EE, Morris AJ, Briggs SM, Rockoff MA. Am. J. Disaster Med. 2018; 13(1): 45-56.

Affiliation

Associate Anesthesiologist-in-Chief, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Childrenߣs Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Professor of Anaesthesia, Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, American Society of Disaster Medicine, Publisher Weston Medical Publishing)

DOI

10.5055/ajdm.2018.0287

PMID

29799612

Abstract

One hundred years ago, a massive explosion occurred in the harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, destroying the city and killing more than 2,000 and injuring more than 9,000. It was the worst manmade explosion the world had ever seen, not exceeded until the atomic bomb blast over Hiroshima in 1945. An urgent appeal for assistance came from the survivors, and many volunteers responded. This report describes the prompt and remarkable medical relief effort of the citizens of Massachusetts to help their Canadian neighbors.

Language: en