The app was developed in partnership with Omidyar Network, Cisco, Ford Foundation, Google.org, Humanity United, MacArthur Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Knight Foundation, and the USAID (from the american people).
This study is published in Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness (DMPHP). DMPHP is a journal that is focused on emphasizing public health preparedness and disaster response for all health care and public health professionals globally. Using scientific information that they've gathered, they make it accessible and understandable from medical and public health perspectives. As per the title they study many emergency situations such as 9/11, H1N1, and Katrina.
The chapter Compassion Protocol in Humanitarian Reason focuses on the change in the French culture in reference to their policy on Immigration Health, and what that might mean in terms of legislature reform. The article discusses an overall change to an overall more compassionate take on the laws.
IPPNW is comprised of national medical organizations, not individuals, with a common commitment to the abolition of nuclear weapons and the prevention of war. Each organization may range in size from a handful of dedicated physicians and medical students to tens of thousands of activists and their supporters.
EMS personel are not direcly outlined in this documentary as it is focused on hospital care not pre-hospital care.
Figure 1 is most comparible to a scientific instagram. Any medical professional can post wither sharing a cool story or ask for advice. It can be used as a learning tool, or simply as a fun thing to look at.
This policy applies to the demographic deemed mentally disabled and are covered by Medicaid.
This film is aimed at a more general audience as most of the science has been "dumbed down". It offers a more emotional portrayel as opposed to a scientific.
This, like many apps, don't exactly work in rural areas in which people are unable to have access to such amenities as cellular devices.
The article involves several disasters throughout American history. The article examines the similarities and differences between the events, their responses, and the policies enacted because of them. The 1814 burning Capitol Building, Hague Street boiler explosion, and the attack on the WTC in 2001 are examples used by the author. The article makes the argument that the investigations resulted in recommendations for change to policy to prevent future damage.