California Desert Communities: Community Science in the Salton Sea
This is a collection of community science in the Salton Sea in California Desert Communities.
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maryclare.crochiereEmergency response is the main idea in this article, but specifically that related to nuclear emergencies. An interesting point was made about the confidentiality of the plants and their "trade secrets" of sorts. While being transparent is helpful for safety reasons, it also reduced the profitability of the company, since other companies would be able to use their ideas. EMS knows a lot about respecting privacy through HIPPA, however it is also important to know the layout of important or potentially hazardous buildings within a response district. This would be a necessary compromise to make between the nuclear emergency response team and the nuclear leaders.
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maryclare.crochiereThe film is mostly about general people in the healthcare system. It takes place at one particular hospital but the cases could all easily take place anywhere. The struggles of the doctors, nurses, staff, patients, and families are applicable anywhere in th ecountry with our less than optimal healthcare system, there is so much more managerial stress on everyone than just making people healthy.
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maryclare.crochiereThe Partners in Health are working on expanding surgery centers across the world, as described on their website: "'Essential surgical procedures rank among the most cost-effective of all health interventions,' finds the World Bank.". They have surgical centers, clinics, and other facilities for healthcare, but also help to better all of the infrastructure in the communities they aid, to reduce the spread of diseases.
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maryclare.crochiereThe system may be difficult without internet, downloading every article could be tedious. If there aren't any articles that are tagged with what the user is looking for, that would also be difficult.
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maryclare.crochiereThe film is geared towards the general public, all medical terms are explained fairly well. No medical or first response background is necessary, and it is fairly educational for viewers.
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maryclare.crochiereRikers is not safe for inmates due to a varitey of factors, for example, the CO2 emissions, the extreme heat, flooding, the emissions from the landfill, the narrow road that doesn't always allow ambulances to pass. The stench is also disgusting. There are arguments for the closing of the jail and improvemements to how money is spent within society, as well as "efforts" to improve the condition of the jails.
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maryclare.crochiereThis policy applies to the U.S. healthcare system, all facilities that treat patients. It applies to the managers, staff, and patients at those locations, and those seeking treatment or evaluation, as it helps define the roles and expectations of a specific type of facility.
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maryclare.crochiereIt is an international program with the following member states/countries and the year that they joined:
"1957: Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Holy See, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Monaco, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Socialist Federal Rep. of Yugoslavia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Viet Nam
- 1958: Belgium, Ecuador, Finland, Iran, Luxembourg, Mexico, Philippines, Sudan
- 1959: Iraq
- 1960: Chile, Colombia, Ghana, Senegal
- 1961: Lebanon, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1962: Liberia, Saudi Arabia
- 1963: Algeria, Bolivia, Côte d'Ivoire, Libya, Syria, Uruguay
- 1964: Cameroon, Gabon, Kuwait, Nigeria
- 1965: Costa Rica, Cyprus, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar
- 1966: Jordan, Panama
- 1967: Sierra Leone, Singapore, Uganda
- 1968: Liechtenstein
- 1969: Malaysia, Niger, Zambia
- 1970: Ireland
- 1972: Bangladesh
- 1973: Mongolia
- 1974: Mauritius
- 1976: Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Tanzania
- 1977: Nicaragua
- 1983: Namibia
- 1984: China
- 1986: Zimbabwe
- 1992: Estonia, Slovenia
- 1993: Armenia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Slovakia
- 1994: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Marshall Islands, Uzbekistan, Yemen
- 1995: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 1996: Georgia
- 1997: Latvia, Malta, Moldova
- 1998: Burkina Faso
- 1999: Angola, Benin
- 2000: Tajikistan
- 2001: Azerbaijan, Central African Republic, Serbia
- 2002: Eritrea, Botswana
- 2003: Honduras, Seychelles, Kyrgyzstan
- 2004: Mauritania
- 2005: Chad
- 2006: Belize, Malawi, Montenegro, Mozambique
- 2007: Cabo Verde*
- 2008: Nepal, Palau
- 2009: Bahrain, Burundi, Cambodia, Congo, Lesotho, Oman
- 2011: Lao People's Democratic Republic, Tonga*
- 2012: Dominica, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago
- 2013: San Marino, Swaziland
- 2014: Bahamas, Brunei Darussalam, Comoros*
- 2015: Djibouti, Guyana, Vanuatu, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados
- 2016: Saint Lucia*, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*, The Gambia*, Turkmenistan"
Events on the calendar are located in a number of different countries from the above list. The headquarters is in Vienna, Austria.
A series of visualizations of the concept of "fast disasters."