Reminiscences of Richard Westfal : oral history, 2001.

Biographical Note

Physician.

Scope and Contents

Born Brooklyn, N.Y.; education: B.A. Rollins College, M.D. Tulane University; career: head of emergency services at St. Vincent's Hospital; 9/11: initial confusion in hospital, burn patients, strain on hospital staff; comparison to 1993 World Trade Center bombing response; post-9/11: community support, St. Vincent's Family Center, improvements in preparedness.

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Physicians--Interviews.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Personal narratives.
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
• Thompson, Ed, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Westfal, Richard--Interviews.

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