National Disaster Medical System

discussing the positives. Multiple researchers around the world are in a global debate regarding the pros and cons of it. According to scientist/journalist Matt Ridley (and WHO) Climate Change has brought about an increase in the effects of natural disasters. Recent studies have shown that weather related…

families and 10% of them don’t have any knowledge about their families. A street children phenomenon is a global concern, which affects 150 million children around the world. Other reasons due to which children are living on streets include natural disasters, industrialization, urbanization, domestic violence, and…

people to thrive because they can develop healthy. For families with limited money, they may require extensive medical care, but if they cannot pay for it, children and adults alike may suffer and die before their potential, natural end. Infant mortality and that of birthing mothers is far greater in regions where families are poor or have limited access to safe drinking water or medical care. Contrariwise, families or individuals with higher income, in America, for example, have greater…

banner reaching out to medical professionals around the country for any knowledge on containment of EVD. Although this can be useful, more outreach should be considered. Allowing and encouraging doctors and other practitioners to engage and interact in an online forum could be very useful, as well as help determine who could be a beneficial asset on containment missions. Option…

agroterrorism is a tactic that can be used either to cause mass socioeconomic disruption or as a form of direct human aggression”. The Department of Homeland Security defines agricultural bioterrorism as an intentional attack on agriculture or the food system using a disease causing…

benefit humanity: one is by war and the other is by space exploration (Coles 2016).” Since 1969, the United States has sent many astronauts and scientists into outer space. Almost half a century of exploration has helped in creating the abilities in medical and technology that are possessed today. Without the exploration of areas beyond our atmosphere, humanity would not have the luxuries and safe guards that it has today. Space exploration plays a key role in the functioning and well-being of…

Brief Background The Syrian civil war has been named the worst humanitarian crisis of our day. An estimated 13.4 million people are in desperate need of humanitarian aid (UNHCR). 4.7 million of whom have fled to bordering countries, while 8.7 million remain within the county’s borders – internally displaced (UNHCR). The conflict in Syria started in 2011 just as the Arab Uprisings began toppling authoritarian regimes in the Middle East. In March of 2011 Syria joined the uprisings by conducting…

throats. Like many pesticides, methyl isocyanate attacks the central nervous system. Due to its toxicity, it killed an estimated sixteen thousand people, with a like number dying over the next decade from its residual…

Air travel is nowhere near comfortable. A message from Dr. Florence Thomson written in response to an article published in The British Medical Journal in 1953 was, “most passengers are quite unable to rest in comfort in the position allowed, and sleep is quite impossible except in very short snatches” (996). In 2016, nothing changed for the better in this regard; CNN recently published an article about the disruptive passengers in flights and incidents of air rage in airplanes (McKirdy). What…

that reduces the effectiveness of drugs, chemicals, or other agents designed to cure or prevent infections. The bacteria survive and continue to multiply, causing more harm.” This can be current problem society faces, which could potentially cause a disaster or perhaps an epidemic. Two of the main problems that is causing antibiotic-resistant…