Week of December 8: Emergency News You Can Use
A weekly round-up of news, articles and surveys to make your next emergency better. Have a suggestion for the round-up? Contact me at abetteremergency@gmail.com. New on the Disaster Front This [...]
Our Survival Is Not Preordained
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 [...]
Week of December 1: Emergency News You Can Use
A weekly round-up of news, articles and surveys to make your next emergency better. Have a suggestion for the round-up? Contact me at abetteremergency@gmail.com. Leading off this earthquake-heavy round-up is [...]
Week of November 24th: Emergency News You Can Use
A weekly round-up of news, articles and surveys to make your next emergency better. Have a suggestion for the round-up? Contact me at abetteremergency@gmail.com. Bonds that pay out when catastrophe [...]
Distribution of Antidotes – Withheld for good reason?
An article in the news today revealed there was considerable Intel on the use of chemical weapons against non-combatants in Syria. More disturbing was the lack of effort to provide [...]
How Prepared is Your Community Hospital for the Contaminated Patient?
This slide presentation offers food for thought for hospitals, emergency responders and members of the community who might be impacted by a hazardous materials event. Hospital Decontamination - Community Issue [...]
Week of November 17th: Emergency News You Can Use
A weekly round-up of news, articles and surveys to make your next emergency better. Have a suggestion for the round-up? Contact me at abetteremergency@gmail.com. I spend a lot of time [...]
Emergency Management Agencies need Community Managers
Is online communication necessary? Once upon a time, Emergency Managers were taught to build relationships between their Emergency Management Agency (EMA) and the media. The media was our conduit to [...]
Should Hospital-Based EMS Become The New Standard?
With the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), significant adjustments are coming in the way health care is delivered and paid for. Now is time to [...]
Week of November 10th: Emergency News You Can Use
A weekly round-up of news, articles and surveys to make your next emergency better. Have a suggestion for the round-up? Contact me at abetteremergency@gmail.com. Hurricanes, Typhoons, Storms... In light of [...]