In a perfect world police are there to handle criminal acts, fire fighters available to perform rescues, and EMS personnel close at hand to apply life-saving interventions. Unfortunately, that is [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
With all the posturing, rhetoric and movement of military assets in the gulf with the threat of punishing the Syrian government’s suspected use of a chemical weapon in their battle [...]
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. [...]
I asked the question: "Are we better prepared post September 11, 2001?" We discussed "Are we safer, both here in the United States, and since we declared a global war [...]
With all the pontificating about having thwarted all kinds of terrors attacks in and past ten years at massive cost, why now the sudden disclosure of a credible threat? Why [...]
Not invited to the ceremony in NYC marking the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks, are representatives of the public safety agencies that responded the day that almost 3,000 people [...]
In light of the tenth year anniversary of the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, I thought it fitting to take a look at contributing factors leading up to that [...]
