Public Health – Role in Preparedness is Little Appreciated and Poorly Funded
Public Health and Healthcare Emergency Preparedness The 10th annual public health report by Trust for America’s Health was just released, prompting headlines about widespread state failures to...
View ArticleThe Strategic National Stockpile – The Parts That Are Not Top Secret!
Raise Your Hand if You’ve Heard of the Strategic National Stockpile Until my involvement in disaster preparedness, I was unaware of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). In fact, it wasn’t until my...
View ArticleAlphabet City – The Acronyms Controlling Your Health in a Disaster
Just when I think I’m getting this whole disaster thing, someone throws a new acronym at me. My personal theory is that the higher you go in government, the more acronyms you find. I’ve spent the last...
View ArticleBoom, Boom, Pow – Medical Surge May Be The Biggest Disaster of All
Hurricane Sandy introduced the word “surge” into common use to explain the flooding of Manhattan and New Jersey. Storm surge is an offshore rise in water level caused by high winds pushing on the ocean...
View ArticlePersonal Disaster First Aid – Part One: A Pound of Prevention is Worth an...
Disaster recovery often means increased time outdoors and increased activity – walking, biking, and physical labor. Your skin, hands, and feet can pay the price, and heat and cold exposure become real...
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