HOSPITALS ARCHIVES
The North Shore – LIJ Approach to Patient Decontamination
Rob Schnepp
March 23, 2005
“Train everybody to do decon [decontamination],” says Frank Califano, safety services specialist assigned to Network Emergency Management for the North Shore – LIJ Health System in Long Island, N.Y. “Everybody includes security guards, pharmacists, dieticians, and folks from the environmental services. It takes a lot of people to set up
Hospital Staffing for Decontamination
Joseph Cahill
March 23, 2005
In the new post-9/11 world the emergency community can no longer afford the luxury of compartmentalization. Planning, cooperation, and training together all will be needed – along with additional funds.
Oregon, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Kentucky
Anthony Lanzillotti
March 9, 2005
Oregon City of Portland Selected for Terrorism Exercise in 2007Portland, Ore., one of the fifteen cities that applied to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2004, has been chosen as one of two sites for the “TOPOFF4” exercise scheduled for 2007. The Oregon Office of Homeland Security (OOHS) is
Materials Distribution in a Public Health Crisis
Joseph Cahill
March 9, 2005
From the Middle Ages to the present, the most useful, as well as cost-effective, tool in the emergency-management supply kit was, and is, common sense.
EMS in the Fire Service – A New Trend in Patient Care
Rob Schnepp
February 23, 2005
Tomorrow’s fire departments will still fight the flames first. But then they will have otherburning problems to cope with – chemical spills, for example; and a fast-growing spectrum of biological hazards now available over the counter or at the local ter
Days of Reckoning: The Maximum Effort
Joseph Cahill
February 9, 2005
In times of major disasters, natural or manmade, few if any hospitals or other agencies have the personnel and other resources needed to handle all the casualties. But a good start can be made by planning ahead, training, working with other hospitals, and
Military Plays Unique Role in Consequence Management
Peter D. Menk
January 26, 2005
Lessons learned from post-Cold War missions are being leveraged to enhance the military’s domestic-operations capabilities.
The Great Melting Pot of Domestic Preparedness
Rob Schnepp
January 26, 2005
No single entity or agency can fight the war on terrorism, or handle the aftermath of any single battle-alone
DHS Seeks to Create Higher Standards of Readiness
Ashley Moore
January 12, 2005
The primary HSPD-8 objective is to establish and implement the short and long term policies needed to strengthen the nation’s entire first-responder community.
Tokyo, Granitville, and Innocent Children
Joseph Cahill
January 12, 2005
The killing tools available today are extremely lethal, and, not limited to the military forces of nation states but also available to an increasingly large number of terrorist groups.
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