Appropriate Eye Care in the Tsunami Relief Effort

A survey of optometry leadership: Participation in disaster response

“…It has been proposed that these marshaled personnel may be from a nontraditional disaster responder profession. 3,5 Optometrists have been historically involved with community service dating back more than 100 years 6 and responded to the Hurricane Katrina disaster. 7 In this tradition, optometrists, with their medical and clinical background supplemented with additional training, can serve as surge reserve personnel, e.g., they are competent in diagnosing and treating certain casualties.…”