Pandemic – Ready or Not – Time for an After Action Report
After two years of dealing with a pandemic, you'd think organizations should have their act together. One of the best ways to assess your past performance, identify things you did [...]
After two years of dealing with a pandemic, you'd think organizations should have their act together. One of the best ways to assess your past performance, identify things you did [...]
Below I've listed the officially recognized Ebola Treatment Centers in the United States as of February 14th 2015. If we have a case of Ebola, we know where to take [...]
The reaction to the Ebola outbreak reminds me of the response to HIV when it first presented. In my early days of working on the ambulance, blood was not viewed [...]
I once thought that a disturbed ants nest was a great example of high entropy. It's not. Don't believe me? Go kick a fire ant nest and stand there. A [...]
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I found rodents being trained to detect disease, explosives and humans a fascinating read. There is almost unlimited potential when it comes to applications. For example: Airport screening for explosives Ports [...]
As I was reading an article, Infections are the true beneficiaries of war, the words of a very intelligent man came back to me, "Survival of man is not a [...]
I asked the question back last year, what type of disaster would we see in 2012? Natural disasters including severe weather, flooding, earthquakes, fires and drought were the most common [...]
I thought with flu season ahead of us in the northern half of the hemisphere it might be a good time for people to share what they learned from the [...]
Having been involved in emergency services for over 35 years, including time as a provider, supervisor, training officer and administrator I understand the hazards in the work environment quite well. [...]