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Personal disaster preparedness
Jan 22, 2009 |
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A recent survey by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers of over 1,800 patients seen in the Froedtert Hospital Emergency Department revealed that Metro Milwaukee residents may not personally be as well prepared for disasters ...
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Emergency response
Nov 12, 2007 |
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Disasters are getting worse it seems but the federal government's preparedness has been limited to helping after a disaster has occurred. On the other hand, local organizations often do not have the resources or the training ...
Informal social networks better at encouraging Hispanics to prepare for disasters, study finds
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lay health teachers who engaged Hispanics inside their social networks were more effective than mailers at encouraging participants to prepare disaster plans.
A new computer modeling program can help hospitals prepare for the worst
Jun 11, 2009 |
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A new and novel computer modeling platform developed through intensive, multidisciplinary collaboration at New York University can help hospitals and cities to be more prepared for catastrophic public health scenarios, according ...
Main federal disaster relief law has fallen behind modern threat levels, study finds
Mar 13, 2009 |
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In new research published in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, New York University Professor Mitchell Moss explains that the cornerstone Federal disaster relief legislation, the Robert T. Stafford Act, i ...
ER staffs: Gaps exist in hospital preparedness for dirty bombs
Oct 16, 2008 |
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Emergency room doctors and nurses around the nation worry that hospitals are not adequately prepared to handle casualties from a radioactive 'dirty bomb,' said researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
Research identifies risk factors that affected World Trade Center evacuation
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have released findings identifying factors that affected evacuation from the World Trade Center (WTC) Towers on September 11. A research methodology known ...
In Brief: Cable cos. step up emergency preparedness
May 17, 2006 |
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U.S. Cable companies are stepping up efforts to prepare for natural disasters and other emergencies, an industry association said.
Report says U.S. ERs in crisis
Jun 15, 2006 |
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The Institute of Medicine in Washington says the U.S. emergency care system is fragmented and severely compromised in its ability to handle disasters.
Stanford Hospital does nation’s first drive-through pandemic exercise
Jun 13, 2009 |
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A couple of months ago, during the swine flu scare, Stanford Hospital & Clinics had a preview of what a real pandemic might look like: Hundreds of people, fearing they might be sick with the H1N1 virus, showed ...
Globe Talk: Tech no panacea to preparedness
Apr 08, 2006 |
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Be prepared for the next big one to strike. That's been the rallying cry of the government ever since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, and yet public confidence in the public sector to deliver on those calls has bee ...
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