EiJ Concept: Median Income
This essay explains the concept of "median income" and provides resources for teaching it in various contexts.
This essay explains the concept of "median income" and provides resources for teaching it in various contexts.
The number of emergency workers lost during 9/11:
343 Fire Fighters - http://nyfd.com/9_11_wtc.html
60 Police Officers
8 EMTs and Paramedics - http://www.world-memorial.org/Tribute/EMS/medics.html
EMS Lesson's Learned from 9/11
http://www.jems.com/articles/2006/08/lessons-learned-911.html
Changes were made to the mutual aid system. Resources that had, in the event, run out or were needed sooner than they were used are now better stocked and available. Some new trainings were implemented.
More stories from 9/11 by EMS
http://www.nyc.gov/html/fdny/pdf/mck_report/ems_response.pdf
-Due to recent terror attacks, there has been an insurgence in French xenophobia. Has this changed these policies? What is the current public opinion on the treatment of undocumented foreigner with illness?
-How do other countries manage ill undocumented foreigners? What is the international consensus in first world countries?
-What is the cut-off for illness in the cases discussed?
The authors reference main research articles and books written about the subject from the past.
They also reference epidemiological and sociological studies in supporting their mental health arguements.
Other health references, such as the DSM and Indexes are referenced in the article.
How at-risk populations came to be, how norms of citizenship lead to them, and how they propagate through Ukraine institutions such as medicine in science.