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Tracking an outbreak, 2.0-style
When the power of Google is combined with the authority of the NLM, the CDC, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the DoD’s Global Emerging Infections System (among others), and the intellectual might of MIT and Harvard researchers, what … Continue reading
Keeping Up with ESM Research Resources
Because the field of Emergency Services Management is so new, diverse and inter-disciplinary, I employ a number of techniques to make ‘keeping up’ in the field manageable.* One of them is setting up “Journal Alerts” in databases for the journals … Continue reading
Hospital Evacuations
Today’s story should be an earthquake one, given the recent events in Italy, but this story was an interesting link between the flooding in ND and the disaster unfolding in L’Aquila. The WHO marked World Health Day by focusing on … Continue reading
Snow Days and Psychological Trauma
What with the snow (yes! snow in Richmond in MARCH!), the changeover from one platform to another, and just life in general, I’m behind on postings. But boy, do I have things to share… I’m hoping to post a bit … Continue reading
PandemicFlu.gov
Pandemic flu hasn’t made the news much this winter (although the stock market seems to have caught a bad case of something), but the CDC has collected everything you might ever be interested in on the topic, and put it … Continue reading
Virginia Emergency Management Conference
Thought some of you might be interested in this: VEM Conference offers national and local perspectives The 2009 Virginia Emergency Management Conference, set for March 31-April 3 in Hampton, will provide professional development, skills and knowledge of current emergency management … Continue reading
Death Map USA
How’s that for a catchy title? The New Scientist magazine links to several different maps which look at the areas of the United States where residents are most likely to die from a natural disaster. The most interesting thing about … Continue reading
9-11 Health
I recently read this report, the first annual report on 9/11 Health, released by the World Trade Center Medical Working Group. It examines the overall effects of the 9/11 attacks on residents, responders and others. The report was part of … Continue reading
Quake Catcher Network
From Stanford University and the University of California – Riverside, an intriguing example of “distributed computing” being used to provide evidence of earthquakes around the globe. Download the free software and become part of the Quake Catcher Network. The Quake-Catcher … Continue reading
Great Shakeout
During our time living in southern California, I managed to sleep through the only earthquake that occurred during our 18 months there (it was VERY minor, and I had a baby that wasn’t yet sleeping through the night). But the … Continue reading