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Flight Medicine...Touching Lives...Touching the Face of God...
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. 03/02/2018 This one-hour, four-minute webinar reviews the evolution of flight medicine, from Marie Marvingt, "The Bride of Danger," to the drums of World War, present-day military Med-Evacs, and beyond, to modern specialized civilian teams, such as the Royal Doctors Flying Service, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Neonatal-Pediatric Transport, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and Ebola. (Video or Multimedia)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - April 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

Liberia: Fear of 'Ebola' Could Hamper Turnout At Sports Events
[Inquirer]The fear of people coming in contact with people from diverse localities in an attempt to take preventive measures against the spread of the deadly 'Ebola Virus' could hamper the turnout at most pending sports events, with basketball fans already expressing fear over attending the National Basketball new League Season which is to be held at the Open Air Sports Commission on Broad Street.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Ebola Patient From Providence Receives Experimental Drug
OMAHA, Neb. (CBS) – Ashoka Mukpo, a photojournalist from Providence, received an experimental drug as his treatment continues for Ebola. Nebraska Medical Center officials said Mukpo is being treated for Ebola with Brincidofovir, which is made by biopharmaceutical company Chimerix. “After looking at the data on this drug, collaborating with the CDC and FDA and speaking with the patient and his family, we decided this was currently our best option for treatment,” said Phil Smith, M.D., medical director of the Nebraska Medical Center’s Biocontainment Unit. “Every patient is somewhat different, and we believe Brincid...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - October 7, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mwschooley Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local Ashoka Mukpo CBS Boston Ebola Ebola Treatment Experimental Medicine Nebraska Nebraska Medical Center Providence WBZ Source Type: news

Dutch senior medical students and disaster medicine: a national survey
Conclusions Despite a high willingness to respond, our students are not educated for disaster situations.
Source: International Journal of Emergency Medicine - September 3, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Source Type: research

Ethical Issues in the Response to Ebola Virus Disease in United States Emergency Departments: A Position Paper of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Emergency Nurses Association, and the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.
Abstract The 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa has presented a significant public health crisis to the international health community and challenged U.S. emergency departments (EDs) to prepare for patients with a disease of exceeding rarity in developed nations. With the presentation of patients with Ebola to U.S. acute care facilities, ethical questions have been raised in both the press and medical literature as to how U.S. EDs, emergency physicians (EPs), emergency nurses, and other stakeholders in the health care system should approach the current epidemic and its potential for spread i...
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - April 22, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Venkat A, Asher SL, Wolf L, Geiderman JM, Marco CA, McGreevy J, Derse AR, Otten EJ, Jesus JE, Kreitzer NP, Escalante M, Levine AC, American College of Emergency Physicians, Emergency Nurses Association, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Tags: Acad Emerg Med Source Type: research

From West Africa to Omaha: Research on Ebola and Other Emerging Pathogens
National Library of Medicine. 02/11/2016These presentation slides are from a National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center webinar about the University of Nebraska Medical Center's research on Ebola conducted within the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Speakers review preparations by the biocontainment unit team, as well as the Institutional Review Board (IRB), which positioned them to be prepared not only to care for patients with Ebola, but also to initiate and conduct research in a rapid and collaborative manner. (Presentation Slides)
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 14, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news

National Library of Medicine Exhibits: Managing Information Around Public Health Emergencies and Pandemics
Source: National Library of Medicine [National Institutes of Health] (NLM). Published: 2/14/2019. Speakers in this one-hour webinar from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) discuss several new DIMRC activities, the NLM Exhibition Program ’s new Exhibitions Connect initiative, and the activities of the NLM Web Collecting and Archiving Group. The first speaker details the CHEMM program’s new information about fourth generation agents, and NLM’s events at the 2019 Preparedness Summit on March 26-29. The second speaker highlights the Exhibition Connect initiativ...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - February 14, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Liberia: Medicine Regulatory Authority Joins Ebola Awareness Campaign
[Inquirer]The Liberia Medicine and Health Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) has joined in the fight to relieve the country of the Ebola virus by taking the ongoing awareness campaign to pharmacists and dispensers across the country.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 17, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news

News from Annals of Internal Medicine
(American College of Physicians) These articles are now available from the Annals of Internal Medicine: 'Opinion: The time to deploy Ebola vaccines is now'; and 'Opinion: Base US Ebola containment plans on evidence, not hysteria.'
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 20, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Ebola: Is It Fair That Americans Received the Treatment?Ebola: Is It Fair That Americans Received the Treatment?
Many are worried about a potential spread of Ebola, but another challenge is determining who would get treatment or vaccines that might prevent transmission down the road. Medscape Business of Medicine
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - August 21, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news

Ebola: Where Do We Stand Now?Ebola: Where Do We Stand Now?
Ebola continues to erupt. What do US clinicians need to know? Medscape Internal Medicine
Source: Medscape Internal Medicine Headlines - September 22, 2014 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news

Ebola and 'Unknown Unknowns'Ebola and 'Unknown Unknowns'
This blog cuts through the hysteria to help US clinicians in their practice as they prepare for the possibility of more domestic Ebola cases. Society of Hospital Medicine
Source: Medscape Emergency Medicine Headlines - October 16, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Internal Medicine Commentary Source Type: news

Why Is There More Moral Outrage for a Dog Than for Humans? Why Is There More Moral Outrage for a Dog Than for Humans?
Art Caplan explains why we need to have a national conversation about the consequences of Ebola -- what to do with pets, and what it means to be in quarantine. Medscape Business of Medicine
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Headlines - October 22, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news