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From:Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics (Vol. 39, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedSince the anthrax attacks of 2001 and the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2003, significant efforts have been made to develop and revise a range of legal tools designed to strengthen public health...
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From:Journal of Conservative Dentistry (Vol. 16, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Chada. Pujita, Sivakumar. Nuvvula, G. Shilpa, SVSG. Nirmala, V. Yamini Aim: To assess awareness of school teachers concerning the emergency management of traumatized teeth. Materials and Methods: This is a...
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From:Journal of Environmental Health (Vol. 77, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedOne of this century's many trends (to date) has been the mantra that emergency plans have little value. Although this is not a new concept, the perspective came into particular vogue in the immediate aftermath of...
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From:International Journal of Health System and Disaster Management (Vol. 1, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Hedayat. Salari, Atefeh. Esfandiari, Alireza. Heidari, Hasan. Julaee, Seyed. Rahimi Background: Natural disasters are extreme geographical fragmentations with a high severity which can have catastrophic...
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From:Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine (Vol. 37, Issue 3)Byline: Suresh. Math, Maria. Nirmala, Sydney. Moirangthem, Naveen. Kumar Disaster mental health is based on the principles of 'preventive medicine' This principle has necessitated a paradigm shift from relief...
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From:Journal of Environmental Health (Vol. 73, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThis article reviews significant environmental health projects conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Health, particularly the Division of Environmental Health, during the 1990s and the following decade. The...
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From:Journal of Environmental Health (Vol. 71, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe Alamosa Salmonella outbreak, according to CDPHE Public Information Officer Mark Salley, was the "the largest public health emergency that the state has faced in recent memory." By the time it was over, more than 400...
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From:The Public Manager (Vol. 34, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn 1946, George Kennan wrote these words as a part of what readers originally dubbed the "Long Telegram." In it he analyzed the then current Soviet threat to the United States and offered his opinions and insight about...
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From:Emergency Medicine Journal (Vol. 19, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe bombings of the World Trade Center, New York in 1993 and the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building Oaklahoma City in 1995 were a rude and violent awakening for the Western World, to the threats now posed by the...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 17, Issue 18) Peer-ReviewedNURSES AT NHS Direct were last week briefed to deal with calls from the public regarding the potentially toxic substance ricin, following its discovery at a flat in north London. A Department of Health spokesperson...
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From:Solid State Technology (Vol. 33, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe semiconductor industry hardly needs further inducement to focus its attention on disaster planning and loss control and prevention; a spate of natural disasters, the economic impact of regulatory programs for the...
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From:Managing Office Technology (Vol. 40, Issue 1)A disaster recovery plan can help ensure that a company will stay in business even after a catastrophe occurs. The goal of such a plan is to preserve critical business records so that the organization's vital operations...
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From:Searcher (Vol. 2, Issue 2)"... the quake toppled the upper half of the computer desk, tossing the heavy printer to the floor, leaving the modem, power protector, CD-ROM drive, and monitor dangling by their cables. The computer itself, sitting on...
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From:American Libraries (Vol. 27, Issue 8)American Library Assn chapters have a range of resources available to help a library to prepare a disaster plan. Library associations in California, Oregon, New England and other areas offer workshops, programs and...
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From:MedSurg Nursing (Vol. 24, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAlthough nurses ore essential caregivers in disaster response, many are not prepared personally to report to the workplace during disaster situations. An online disaster preparedness education intervention to support...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Jun Shigemura 1,*, Takeshi Tanigawa 2, Daisuke Nishi 3, Yutaka Matsuoka 4,5, Soichiro Nomura 1, Aihide Yoshino 1 Introduction On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and series of tsunami attacked...
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From:Cornell Hotel & Restaurant Administration Quarterly (Vol. 39, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedEgypt's Sonesta St. George Hotel successfully handled the near-crisis situation that it faced in Nov 1997 after terrorists attacked and killed 65 people, most of whom were tourists. Although the newly opened hotel had...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 65, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedAccording to the Aon and Pentland Analytics report Reputation Risk in the Cyber Age, reputation-damaging crises arising from issues like cyberattacks, product recalls and executive misconduct have a direct impact on...
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From:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 24, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedIN 2014, a cyclone ripped off part of Nelson Hospital's roof. This sparked a major incident, requiring intensive care unit (ICU) and haemodialysis areas to be evacuated. Nelson nurses shared their cyclone lessons at the...
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From:Emergency Nurse (Vol. 15, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedHow would children react to a terrorist attack such as a mass release of toxic chemicals on London's Underground or a spillage of radioactive materials in Glasgow? Although the Department of Health published guidance...