Objectives:

1. To understand the factors that contributed to the massive destruction and high death rate as a result of the earthquake

2. To understand interventions that could have reduced morbidity and mortality following the earthquake, including the cholera epidemic

3. Define the rationale for a National Trauma and Critical Care Hospital and Trauma Network, and the steps for successful implementatio

4. Review the importance of a solid health care infrastructure in resource poor settings when contemplating complex surgical interventions such as separation of conjoined twins