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Disaster Medical Assistance Team members in American Samoa

Pago Pago, American Samoa, October 5, 2009 -- Members of a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) prepare to transfer an infant to a Coast Guard plane that will evacuate the infant to Hawaii. DMATs are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesÂ’ National Disaster Medical System which supports hospitals and other medical and public health needs of communities during disasters such as the earthquake and tsunami disaster in American Samoa. FEMA/Casey Deshong

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