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The Public Health Ethics of Contagion
Bruce Clements
October 12, 2011
The recent film Contagion illustrates the challenges a society may experience when facing a rapidly spreading and highly lethal virus. Director Steven Soderbergh carefully constructed the film to reflect a realistic public health and medical response to a severe pandemic. Many of the technical public health aspects of the film
Radiological and Psychological Medical Countermeasures
Sophia Paros
October 12, 2011
As natural and manmade disasters increase in intensity, the need for hospital preparedness plans, as well as mass relocation plans, becomes critical when taking into account the public health and medical needs of at-risk individuals and groups in the event of a public health emergency.
FINAL REPORT: Resilience – 2001 to 2011, and Beyond
Kay C. Goss, Albert V. Romano, Glen Rudner and Douglas Kinney
October 12, 2011
Experts agree that an “All of Nation” approach is the key component for effective resiliency
planning. Resiliency starts from the bottom, where the needs are recognized and defined, and supported
all the way to the top, where partnerships and collaboration make it all possible. This report provides
valuable information for
CDP’s School Bus Enhances Mass Triage Scenario
Shannon Arledge
October 5, 2011
The “first child” could not be saved, which meant that considerable time had already been wasted. But real life is a grim teacher – which is exactly why the Center for Domestic Preparedness makes its chilling incident scenarios as lifelike and realistic as possible. The end result: Invaluable training for
Building Resilience: Emergency Management Standards, Technology, and Training
Kay C. Goss
September 28, 2011
The term “Resilience” started out as a vague and ill-defined insiders’ buzzword, later escalated into a good idea, then became an operational goal, and eventually an equal partner with readiness, response, and recovery. In the last several years it has continued to evolve into a major area of operations and
Attaining Resilience: Getting From Here to There
Robert McCreight
September 28, 2011
Everyone is in favor of “good government” (at a reasonable cost). But a clear, complete, and universally accepted definition of what constitutes good government is almost impossible to find. The same holds true of “resilience” – which all responders, emergency managers, political leaders, and everyday citizens approve of – and
Anthrax Prevention – Risks vs. Benefits
Thomas K. Zink
September 21, 2011
Thanks at least partially to the “do no harm” precept mandated in the Hippocratic Oath, the practice of medicine has for centuries been built on a firm foundation of acceptable ethics. Which is why some highly respected medical experts are now raising questions about current U.S. policies governing the proper
Beyond an Active-Shooter Scenario: Countering a Multimodal Martyrdom Operation
Joseph W. Trindal
September 21, 2011
Throughout history, the most difficult enemy to stop has been the lone-wolf assassin willing to
sacrifice his/her own life for what he/she considers a noble cause. When that person is part of a larger
team of would-be martyrs, the task becomes immensely more difficult and broader in scope. Advance
training helps – but
Resurrection & Remembrance: The World Trade Center
Joseph Cahill
September 14, 2011
During the fall of the twin towers, many responder groups, and individual responders, were forced to scatter. In addition, responder vehicles and equipment were lost, unit cohesion collapsed, and the air thickened into an almost opaque fluid. As the world’s visible edge moved closer and closer to the viewer on
Improving Situational Awareness During a Nuclear/Chemical Attack
Omar Alkhalaf
September 7, 2011
California’s Ventura County uses forward-looking tracking capabilities to plan for mass evacuations. Its emergency planners are already focusing on the worst-case scenarios of a future nuclear or chemical attack, including the possibility that hundreds of thousands of refugees from Los Angeles might see the county as their destination of choice
The Next Pandemic: Understanding the Public Health Role
Raphael Barishansky and Audrey Mazurek
September 7, 2011
In coping with pandemics, public health authorities play one of the most important roles in the overall process of planning, preparedness, response, and recovery. Although the term “pandemic” refers to a wide range of infectious diseases – e.g., human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), plague, smallpox, and tuberculosis – the current focus
Resilience – 2001 to 2011, and Beyond Survey
Kay C. Goss and Glen Rudner
September 7, 2011
Defining “resilience” across multiple sectors has been a challenge over the years but, in and of
itself, does adequately describe what the nation as a whole must do to achieve greater resiliency.
DomPrep wants to know your opinion on the nation’s present state of “resilience” and the effectiveness
of current resiliency plans, the
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