Fwd: [EM] DOD Releases Final Fort Hood Review

DOD Releases Final Fort Hood Review
The Department of Defense (DoD) released today the final review of the recommendations from the independent report "Protecting the Force: Lessons Learned from Fort Hood."
The tragic shooting of military personnel at Fort Hood in November 2009 underscored the need for the DoD to review its approach to force protection and to broaden its force protection policies, programs, and procedures to go beyond their traditional focus on hostile external threats. The follow-on review final report recommends concrete actions across a range of issues that all contribute to the safety and health of our military forces.
The final recommendations of the Fort Hood follow-on review can be found at
http://www.defense.gov/news/d20100820FortHoodFollowon.pdf

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Opportunity from LA Bucket Brigade

The Refinery Efficiency Initiative program at the Bucket Brigade needs a star intern. I am hoping you can help me find an intern with an interest in Disaster Preparedness to work on emergency preparedness issues with regards to refinery accidents. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recognizes that communities who live on the fencelines of hazardous industry throughout the state are extremely vulnerable to compounded risks of contamination and loss of life and property. Many of the fenceline neighbors we work with are the de-facto first responders during chemical accidents. DHS has agreed to provide CERT (Citizen Emergency Response Training) training to fenceline neighbors in the state. I need an intern that will work with our partners in fenceline communities to get people signed up to get trained and work with DHS to ensure a CERT training with a robust HazMat module.

Perks of the position: You yourself will become a CERT responder. Excellent case study on the intersection of environmental justice and disaster preparedness. Help make our voice stronger by becoming an eMember!

Anna Hrybyk
Program Manager
Louisiana Bucket Brigade
4226 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 484-3433
www.labucketbrigade.org

CALL for Articles!!! Immediate Attention Required

***REMINDER****

We are in need of articles for the next edition of the IAEM-SC "Responder" Newsletter. Our president is calling an all-hands of deck, or more importantly an all hands on computers to crank out some articles in support of the next IAEM-SC Program.

As you get a free minute, or can put together a free minute, put together a few words as to why each student in the IAEM-SC should attend the program. Don't worry about what others are writing, or you don't want to write it because you think somebody else may have already written…Jet will sort through them and publish the ones that fit.

This is a great method to start publishing early in your career, and for you to see how the process goes. In this career, publication is a great means to aid in your upward mobility and should be started early.

Thank you,
David S. Blevins
IAEM-SC Program Committee
International Association of Emergency Managers
(865) 300-8147 Mobile
dsblev@gmail.com

Syposium Offered

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Fwd: Internship positions available

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Fwd: FW: CME Symposium Registration Now Open

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SCAA/UPMC/HRS Medical Education Conference

Registration Now Open!

Managing the Patient at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death

Friday, October 8, 2010

Pittsburgh Marriott City Center

 Course Highlights

• Implementing Effective Community Sudden Cardiac Arrest Response Systems

• Back to Basics: Importance and Definitions of Good CPR

• Post-Resuscitation Care and Its Importance in Maximizing Recovery Outcomes

• Managing Heart Disease and the Importance of Pharmacological Therapy

• Medical Imaging and Other Diagnostic Tools for Identifying Patients at Risk

• The New Frontier: Genetic Testing

• Prevention and the role of ICD Therapy

• Survivor/Patient Rehabilitation and Support

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Upcoming COCA Calls

Title: Bombings: Injury Patterns and Care
Date: August 3, 2010
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Call Number: 1-888-790-6180
Passcode: 1281914

Current trends in global terrorism demand that clinicians are prepared for treating injuries caused by explosions no matter location or size of their hospital or health facility. Join CDC SME, Scott Sasser MD, FACEP, as he provides current clinical information regarding blast related injuries from terrorism and discusses current global context of bombings, categories of blast injury and appropriate management and care of blast casualties.

For more information on this call visit: http://emergency.cdc.gov/coca/callinfo.asp