Emergency doctor describes treating Maui fire victims in shelters
Danesh said he spent 14 hours Wednesday driving people to evacuation shelters, treating them in his mobile clinic and helping. One woman he treated was covered in small burns. She told him she jumped into the ocean to avoid the flames, along with her neighbors — one of whom died, she said.
For the most part, Danesh said, he was tending to the “wounded well” — people with asthma or other chronic health issues that made it difficult to tolerate the smoke or the stress of watching their homes burn. Danesh said he gave out antibiotic drops for eye infections and inhalers for people who had trouble breathing because of smoke inhalation.and the Big Island. At least 53 people in Maui have died, and dozens more have been injured, according to Hawaiian officials.
"I had just walked into a war zone, the hot aftermath with steam and fire still cooking on the side. We're going down this road, and it was like 'I Am Legend' with Will Smith — like zombies, people just coming out covered in scud looking like they're about to collapse," he said.that at least 20 people suffered serious burns. Danesh said pharmacies in Lahaina burned down, so many evacuees were running low on essential medications like insulin.
Maui Memorial Medical Center, the major hospital serving the Maui region, has been treating patients since Tuesday night — most of them from Lahaina. As of Thursday, the hospital said, it was treating six patients for fire-related injuries, including burns, shortness of breath or inhalation issues, and other trauma-related injuries, such as falls or abrasions sustained during evacuations.
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