When Disaster Strikes: How California’s Medical Assistance Teams Care for Communities and Responders
During a recent wildfire, a firefighter cut his hand while repairing a fire engine. Normally, an injury like that means a trip to the hospital, pulling the firefighter off the line and using up medical resources that evacuees also need. That’s not what happened this time. A physician from California’s Medical Assistance Team (CAL-MAT) was …