PUBLIC HEALTH ARCHIVES
Dennis Atwood, National Program Manager, MMRS
John F. Morton and Dennis Atwood
March 8, 2006
The MMRS national program manager discusses the program & comments on how local MMRS managers are planning to use community resources to respond to mass-casualty events until external assistance arrives and is operational.
Funding Strategies for EMS Decision Makers
Mary Ungar
February 22, 2006
The huge increase in responsibilities assigned to EMS managers in recent years requires additional funding, and additional time as well. The latter is hard to come by, but DHS and HHS grants will provide significant new funding resources.
Medevac From Iraq: The Lessons Learned
Peter D. Menk
February 22, 2006
Most U.S. service personnel wounded, injured, or hospitalized for other reasons in Iraq are quickly provided advanced medical treatment. The numerous lessons learned from this experience might usefully be applied to homeland-defense planning.
Nuclear Resiliency: Command Attention Required
John F. Morton
February 22, 2006
The WWII Manhattan Project mahy serve as the model for a new approach to solve today’s homeland-security problems. A major improvement in senior leadership is needed, and a reallocation of resources, but that would be only the start.
New Technologies for WMD Detection
Christopher Hawley
February 8, 2006
There is no all-purpose chemical/biological/radiological detection device now on the market, but there are several excellent single- or dual-purpose devices, and more are in the pipeline.
How to Build a Protective Wall Along the U.S.-Mexican Border
Neil C. Livingstone
February 8, 2006
Returning illegal immigrants to their own countries will not solve the problem. What is really needed is a strong and constantly monitored high-tech physical barrier that will prevent illegal migrants from entering the United States in the first place.
What Is an Ambulance?
Joseph Cahill
January 25, 2006
It used to be two strong men and a hearse. Modern EMS workers are now much better equipped to provide early lifesaving support both at the scene of an accident or incident and while en route to the nearest hospital or other medical facility.
Major General Donna Barbisch, USA (Ret)
John F. Morton
January 11, 2006
DomPrep’s John Morton met with Major General Donna F. Barbisch, USA (Ret.)” … Barbisch prioritizes planning … when it comes to [providing] medical support in catastrophic-incident responses.”DomPrep has divided the 43 minute interview into four segments. Listen to Audio Segment One“Leveraging existing health system assets for integrated training/planning … [to increase]
2005-A Reflection, 2006-A Challenge
Martin D. Masiuk
December 28, 2005
Dear DomPrep Journal Readers: Season’s Greetings and the best to you in the New Year. Reflecting on this year, 2005 certainly will end very differently from how it began. Remembering this past January, the nation observed the second inauguration of President George W. Bush. In his Address he stated, “Government
The Homeport Site: New Internet Port for Coast Guard, Maritime Stakeholders
Laurie Thomas
December 14, 2005
The many and complex components of the U.S. maritime transportation system (MTS) form a huge interrelated network. In 2003, Captain William Schubert, administrator of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), provided the Pennsylvania House of Representatives a number of impressive statistics about the size of the MTS – which, he said,
The Return of Silence Dogood!
Rob Schnepp
December 14, 2005
One of Benjamin Franklin’s first “inventions,” resurrected more than two centuries after his (and her?) death, demonstrates that common sense, combined with a wee bit of drollery, may be as useful in the Age of Terrorism as in the Colonial Era.
A Score Card – and an Agenda!
James D. Hessman
December 14, 2005
The members of the 9-11 Commission release a grim new report on how well (how poorly is a more accurate description) the executive and legislative branches of government are doing to improve homeland security. Their consensus opinion: Flunking higher.
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