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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"national emergency"”.
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An analysis of the descriptors of acute myocardial infarction used by South Africans when calling for an ambulance from a National Emergency Call Centre
… Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is a time sensitive emergency. In resource limited settings such as South Africa, prompt identification and management of these patients in the pre-hospital setting may minimise the negative consequences of an overburdened emergency medical and hospital service. …
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Federal Preparedness Grants: An Investigation Of The Impacts To Local And State Emergency Management Programs
… locally, but anecdotal evidence suggests that national disaster policies significantly influence state and local approaches. The federal government influences local and state emergency management through national emergency management doctrine as well as providing considerable grant programs to …
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Time as a Policy Mechanism and Intelligible Principle: An Examination of the National Emergencies Act
The effective oversight and management of national emergencies are critical to preserving democratic processes and norms. Congress passed the National Emergencies Act (NEA) of 1976 to regulate the open-ended and unchecked implementation of emergency authorities by the president. Notwithstanding the …
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Crisis manager of the American Revolution: Henry Laurens
… Henry Laurens was a firm leader amid a time of national emergency. When a dispute within the Continental Army threatened both the continuation of General Washington's command and the American alliance with France, Laurens went beyond his limited sphere of political authority to settle the …
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The Telecommunications Emergency Decision Support System as a crisis management decision support system
The Telecommunication Emergency Decision Support System (TEDSS) is an automated management tool to aid the government in the management of the nation's telecommunications resources during a national emergency. The current version of TEDSS uses conventional database technology which is rapidly …
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The effectiveness of incident command systems training for residential learning personnel at Rowan University
<p>Emergency Response is a topic addressed by colleges and universities across the country. Adequate training for response personnel is encouraged by the institutions and, in some cases, enforced by state and federal governments. On college campuses, emergencies occur at all areas and can occur at …
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Comparing mortality calculators for emergency laparotomy in Cape Town
Introduction Emergency laparotomies (EL) are high risk surgeries, a result consistent across multiple national databases and audits. Risk prediction calculators (RPC) were developed to accurately stratify risk of mortality in these emergency patients, often frail prior to surgery. Access to …
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A study ofTraumaPatient's Characteristics Transportedby Helicopterand Appropriacy of Helicopter Transportation
… Patients transported by helicopter run by National Emergency Management Agency and Gyeonggi-do Fire Services from April 2011 to April 2013 were identified by review of their medical records. Data collected for each patient included age, gender, mechanism of injury with or without the …
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Improving the all-hazards homeland security enterprise through the use of an emergency management intelligence model
As the all-hazards approach takes hold in our national Emergency Management and Homeland Security efforts and continues to seek greater collaboration between these two fields, an area that has yet to be explored to its fullest extent is the utilization of an intelligence process to enhance EM …
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Three Essays In Mobilization Theory
… mobilization, the response to a major national emergency in which the stakes feel existential and the policy choices often push the bounds of what was previously conceivable within the political discourse. The prototypical examples of this are major wars, such as World War II, but …
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A Model to Predict Pre-Hospital Endotracheal Intubation Success
… In this retrospective exploratory study, we used national data from the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) and data from a four state regional representation of the U.S. emergency medical services (EMS) system for 2013 to generate National and Comprehensive State …
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Protecting the Vulnerable in Times of Vulnerability Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies – Lebanon
… has a long history of national emergencies and is currently hosting 1.2 million Syrian refugees. Lebanese infant feeding practices are sub-optimal overall. To respond adequately in emergencies, there is a need to understand how best to address the nutritional needs of …
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A comparison of coalition bargaining and the selective strike technique
… by the government under the Railway Labor Act national emergency dispute provisions. To accomplish the study, a thorough review was made of the Railway Labor Act, problems which have been encountered under the Act and some of the solutions which have been proposed to solve these problems, …
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The Labour party and the impact of war, 1939-1945
… how far sociological change, in particular national 'emergency' and wartime radicalisation, really altered the attitudes of the British political elite.
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The Local Governance of the 2014 Ebola Epidemic: A Comparative Case Study of Liberia and Sierra Leone
… door-to-door contact tracing were scaled up to a national emergency strategy, relying on traditional leaders to monitor and enforce them. In Liberia, community and traditional leaders organized in many areas to correct some of these demand-side barriers too. In both cases, the response from …
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Development of a Risk Prediction Tool for Emergency Laparotomy
… aims to develop a risk prediction tool for emergency laparotomy surgery based on easily obtainable preoperative variables that predict useful outcomes for clinicians and patients. Methods: A systematic review was used to establish individual risk factors for emergency laparotomy. Clinicians …
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Factors which affect the application and implementation of a spinal motion restriction protocol by prehospital providers in low resource settings: a scoping review
The South African Professional Board for Emergency Care prehospital Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) recommends that emergency medical services (EMS) make use of the National Emergency X Radiography Utilization Study (NEXUS) rule and Canadian C-spine Rule (CCSR) when managing traumatic spinal …
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Disaster Risk Reduction in the Caribbean: Designing Optimal Policy Mixes
… approach to hazards and disasters vis-à-vis the National Emergency Operations Centre
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A retrospective descriptive analysis of critical care transfers in the private sector of South Africa
… vulnerable, high acuity patients. Internationally, the insufficient data relating to CCTs has been repeatedly reported as a concern due to the increased number of critical care transfers being undertaken and the high acuity of the patients, along with the reported high number of adverse …
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