Emergency Management Archives

Impact of eLearning on Hospital Emergency Preparedness

Howard Levitin January 6, 2010

Rapid advances in eLearning technology have led to rapid advances in the preparedness training available to Emergency Department personnel in hospitals throughout the country, according to DQE President Howard Levitin. However, he adds, that training should be very carefully planned not only to be compatible with the individual hospital’s incident

What Gets Measured, Gets Done – The Long and Winding Road of Preparedness Measurement

Timothy Beres December 30, 2009

How does one measure preparedness, particularly in the field of homeland defense? Slowly, most of the time – and very carefully – is the correct answer. But there are other relevant questions that first must be answered. What is being measured, for example? And who, or what agency, is in

Degrees of Progress – Emergency Management: Today and Tomorrow

Kay C. Goss December 23, 2009

Pandemics, wildfires, hurricanes, terrorist attacks, and an occasional tsunami – they are all in a day’s work (not all in the same day, though) for the highly professional emergency managers now assigned to a higher seat at the decision-makers’ table, and whose primary duty is teaching the nation not only

First-Person Report – Forecast 2010: A New Model for Disaster Management

Mark Merritt December 16, 2009

When the moisture level in Iowa climbed several inches, and then several feet, last year, the residents of the Hawkeye state knew they were in for a very wet summer. The still-ongoing recovery process from the 2008 drenching required several new approaches, a courageous decision by the governor, and some

2010: Will It Be ‘The Year of the IMT’?

Stephen Grainer December 9, 2009

Eight years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks U.S. planners say that the nation is now “better” prepared than it was in 2001 – but not yet totally prepared. What they do not say is that total preparedness is a philosophical as well as financial impossibility. Continued improvements are the second

Emergency Preparedness in Healthcare – 2010 & Beyond

Theodore Tully December 9, 2009

Emergency planners, political and budget decision makers, and the general public are almost always more focused on preparing for last year’s hurricane than they are concerned about this year’s sudden earthquake, or tsunami, or – much more likely – long-predicted pandemic. Which is why common sense must sometimes take precedence.

An Opportunity Beckons: Converging Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure Resilience

Dennis R. Schrader December 2, 2009

Prevention – of terrorist attacks and/or other mass-casualty incidents – is and must be the first priority in homeland security. But when, not if, prevention fails, as it sometimes will, recovery and resilience move to center stage. The problem is that much has been accomplished in those areas, but much

DMORT Teams and Their Role in MFIs

Frank P. Saul November 24, 2009

Recent-year increases in the number of mass-fatality incidents, combined with the increasingly bizarre nature of some of those incidents, have led to the formation of specially trained medico-legal teams to deal with the on-site aftermath. This is their story, which is more complicated, and sophisticated, than anything seen on national

Expanding the Definition of Public Health

Raphael M. Barishansky November 24, 2009

The field of medicine has come a long, long way from the early 20th-century tradition of family doctors, homespun remedies, and much lower life expectancies. People are healthier today, and usually live longer lives, but the technology of terror also has grown exponentially, creating a need for a new public-health

Case Study: Influenza Preparedness in Marin County

Mary Lilley November 18, 2009

Something like an earthquake – not as loud or as immediately terrifying, but longer lasting and immensely more lethal. That is more or less how the leaders of California’s Marin County viewed the approach of the H1N1 pandemic, and why they were so determined to take whatever measures were needed

Biopreparedness and the Hydra of Bioterrorism

Diana Hopkins November 11, 2009

Science is wonderful! Except when it is not. One of the almost inevitable problems facing researchers in the biological sciences is how to ensure that their discoveries are used to benefit mankind. Unfortunately, achieving that enviable goal may be a true Mission Impossible.

Mortuary Services & The Lessons Learned From Real-Life Tragedy

Jennifer Smither November 11, 2009

First responders do their utmost to save the lives of those seriously injured in mass-casualty incidents. Medical examiners and local volunteers have what is sometimes a more difficult job: identifying the bodies, “processing” the remains, and notifying the victims’ families.

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