This is an excellent multimedia article on preparedness with interactive slide show, audio interview and a couple videos. The author was also quoted in the article and audio interview concerning his book “DEADLY NEGLECT: Apathy and Denial vs, Act of God“, a harrowing account of survival by nurses trapped with no water, electricity, food, dwindling…
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May
01
More on Katrina – Interview with ASIS
Apr
25
Nursing Homes Get Another Pass – How Many Have to Die?
In a scathing Department of Health and Human Services report that comes on the heels of the GAO report in our last post, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that while self reporting of emergency preparedness by Long Term Care (LTC) facilities showed a 92% compliance in having an Emergency Response Plan and…
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Apr
18
Nursing Homes Still Lacking in All Hazards Preparedness
34% of bodies recovered from the New Orleans metro area after Katrina were found in Hospitals and Nursing Homes – Where was the Outrage? As a boy I heard the story how some pirates tortured and murdered their captives in a way that seemed infinitely crueler than simply pushing them off the plank. It involved…
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Apr
08
Let’s Not Forget the Biological Threats
Going through some old articles written for the DC Examiner, I came across some articles that were published back in 2009/2010. Since they are as relevant today as when they were written, I have republished the links to the originals : Success has many fathers and Failure is an orphan” Not so!!! in the case…
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Mar
23
Little Progress Protecting Against Dirty Bomb
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a new report on subject materials, GAO-12-512T. This report address a long standing issue of the hazards associated with safety and security of very dangerous radiological materials use in hospitals and research labs across the nation. There is significant concern about the lack of security measures found at these…
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Feb
24
Comments Docket ID FEMA-2008-0017, 14 Jan 2010
Comments Docket ID FEMA-2008-0017, 14 Jan 2010 PRIVATE SECTOR PREPAREDNESS PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE SECTOR The development of standards within a new Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Program for the Healthcare Industry should not be modeled on the extant Hospital and Healthcare external evaluation mechanisms. The nation’s non-federal healthcare sector has resisted any meaningful voluntary…
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