Using the HICS is as Easy as Managing a Heart Attack
I find it humorous that I can take a room full of clinicians and they don't blink an eye when you tell them we're going to run a megacode but [...]
Shark Week
I like many of my readers enjoy when television gives us a whole week of nothing but sensationalized and awesome footage of sharks doing what sharks do. I'm waiting for [...]
Hospital Evacuation – A Last Option
Evacuation is considered a protective action. It’s a great strategy when all goes well and people get out of harm’s way before it reaches the evacuated facility. Of course, one [...]
What a medical win might look like after a Cascadia event
I wanted to give the Medical Rapid Response Teams (MRRTs) a taste of what their mission could be like if they were flown into a coastal community and tasked with [...]
New Book for Healthcare Organizations
http://abetteremergency.com/blog/available-books/healthcare-emergency-incident-management-operations-guide/
Lifewell Water Filter – Test Run with Earthquake Scenario
Trying to survive without potable water usually takes a bad turn around day three. The chart shows projected repair times to drinking water and sewer systems along the Oregon coast [...]
Legacy of Bin Laden – Why do we continue to keep it alive?
Using the FBI's definition of terrorism I think Bin Laden must be credited with setting the bar and leaving us to ensure the living legacy of his work. "The unlawful [...]
This Nightmare Just Gets Worse
My readers know I have great interest in stimulating, facilitating and participating in preparedness efforts on the west coast of North America for a Cascadia Subduction Zone event. I'm not [...]
A Better Emergency – Beta-Forum Site
I have been growing increasingly disappointed in LinkedIn discussions groups since they changed the format. It seems I spend as much time blocking, reporting and wasting my time versus engaging [...]
How Bad is Bad?
I was tasked to develop a ground truth appreciation presentation for this year's Pathfinder Minutemen 2017 Cascadia exercise in Oregon. We're anticipating 10-12 Medical Rapid Response Teams (120-144 medical personnel) to [...]