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Creator: Fink, Sheri L.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2010
Description: Demand for critical care resources could vastly outstrip supply in an influenza pandemic or other health emergency, which has led expert groups to propose altered standards for triage and resource allocation. -
Creator: Georgetown University
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Video
Date Last Updated: 2019-09-27
Description: Global Health Security Seminar: The Ebola virus disease outbreak that affected West Africa from 2014 to 2016 was the largest and most complex on record since the virus was first discovered in the 1970’s. In August of 2018, the disease appeared again… -
Creator: Gibbs, Shawn G., John J. Lowe, Aurora B. Le, Jocelyn J. Herstein, and Paul D. Biddinger.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2018-09-12
Description: The 2014–2016 West African Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic took the world by surprise. While 11 patients were treated in the United States, it challenged public health, health care, and emergency response infrastructures. -
Creator: Harvard University
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Online Course
Date Last Updated: 2018-09-03
Description: Understanding the context for the Ebola outbreak: What went right, what went wrong, and how we can all do better. Open September 3, 2018 – September 1, 2020 -
Creator: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2018-07-12
Description: This briefing is based on the briefing note developed by the PS Centre in 2014 in connection with the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa. It is also available in French. - Posted 12 July, 2018 by Louise Juul Hansen -
Creator: Johns Hopkins Biocontainment Unit Publishing Group
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2019-02-19
Description: High-consequence pathogens create a unique problem. To provide effective treatment for infected patients while providing safety for the community, a series of 10 high-level isolation units have been created across the country; they are known as…Example only: NETEC provides this item for reference purposes but does not endorse its content. Newer versions may be in place at the providing institution.
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Creator: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2016-11-07
Description: Summary Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Ebola Chapter 3 - Fukushima Chapter 4 - H1N1 InfluenzaChapter 5 - Anthrax Letters Enhanced Accessibility -
Creator: Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Guide
Date Last Updated: 2023-01
Description: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) developed a preparedness and response plan following the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa in response to the possibility of cases affecting Kansas. This "Kansas Ebola Virus Preparedness and… -
Creator: Litvak, Mark, Katherine Miller, Tehnaz Boyle, Rachel Bedenbaugh, Christina Smith, David Meguerdichian, David Reisman, Paul Biddinger, Adam Licurse, and Eric Goralnick.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2021-03-10
Description: Disasters have many deleterious effects and are becoming more frequent. From a health-care perspective, disasters may cause periods of stress for hospitals and health-care systems. Telemedicine is a rapidly growing technology that has been used to… -
Creator: Madad, Syra, Joshua Moskovitz, Matthew R. Boyce, Nicholas V. Cagliuso, and Rebecca Katz.
Subject: Emergency Management
Item Type: Publication
Date Last Updated: 2020-03-16
Description: Over the past century, society has achieved great gains in medicine, public health, and health-care infrastructure, particularly in the areas of vaccines, antibiotics, sanitation, intensive care and medical technology.
