Thu, 30 October 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal the All-Hazards Podcast! Contact us: Email - mitigationjournal@gmail.com Call the voicemail line - 585-672-7844 This week on Mitigation Journal: Recorded Live Lecture Mini Series - Emergency Incident Rehabilitation Rehab has been one of the most requested topics with frequent questions sent in via email. Today we'll deliver part two of a two part series on Emergency Incident Rehabilitation. In part two we'll cover: - The need for rehabilitation at training events - Environmental Concerns - Toxic Atmosphere considerations in rehab - The scope of cardiovascular disease in emergency service - Rehab operations and decision making...who's in charge - Physical Fitness and agency physical exams - The role of the Safety Officer - Signs and Symptom identification in rehab...from evaluation to treatment to transport - Oxygen, Cyanide, and Carbon Monoxide monitoring...the role in rehab Comments[0] |
Mon, 27 October 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal the All-Hazards Podcast! Contact us: Email - mitigationjournal@gmail.com Call the voicemail line - 585-672-7844 This week on Mitigation Journal: Recorded Live Lecture Mini Series - Emergency Incident Rehabilitation Rehab has been one of the most requested topics with frequent questions sent in via email. Today we'll deliver part one of a two part series on Emergency Incident Rehabilitation. In part one we'll cover: - Rehab as a key to responder safety - How history and pride play can be a barrier to responder safety and rehab - Avoiding misconception in the rehab process - Getting buy-in from responders and officers - The appropriate use of rehab - Overview of Line of Duty Death statistics - Rehab...It's not just for fire anymore Comments[0] |
Sun, 19 October 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal - The All Hazards Podcast You can find us at: www.mitgitationjournal.libysn.com www.mitigationjournal.blogspot.com Contact us! Call the voicemail line at 585-672-7844...ready 24/7 Send your emails to mitigationjournal.gmail.com New multi-part series on Mitigation Journal... Responder Wellness and LODD planning, with Dan McGuire of CISM Perspectives. Look for this series to start in November. Look to CISM Perspectives for responder wellness issues and line of duty death planning. You can find them at www.cismperspectives.com. Comming up later; Exercise Design and Planning...another training series from Mitigation Journal...ready late Novemeber. This week on Mitigation Journal Commentary: Don't bother with vitamins...wash your hands and cover you cough to prevent disease! Computer issues cause problems at area supermarkets...Y2K anyone?! Another Air Med crash kills crew and patient...open for discussion on the topic of risk/benefit for the use of air medical transport. First-In! An interview with Lt. Don Bowers, Barnard Fire District. Don was the first in officer to a multi-alarm fire recently...his first-in crew made numerous rescues and set the situation up for sucsess! Comments[0] |
Mon, 13 October 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal, The All-Hazards Podcast! Contact us...call the voice mail line at 585-672-8744 or send email to mitigationjournal@gmail.com Subscribe to Mitigation Journal...subscription is free! Use iTunes or any other RSS feed program such as Podcast Alley (podcastalley.com). You can listen from you computer or any mp3 player. Don't be shy, tell the world what you think of this show...leave a review on iTunes or Podcast Alley! Upcomming Series: Comming Soon! CISM/Responder Mental Health and LODD with Dan McGuire of CISM Perspectives; and later, a follow-up to the Planning Series, the Mitigation Journal Exercise Design series. This week on Mitigation Journal: Jamie Davis, the Pod Medic of the MedicCast Podcast, chimes in on the voice mail line about funding (or lack of it) for EMS and WMD/Terrorism. My commentary this week: Pandemic is NOT Terrorism Another event causes a local hosptial to lock-down and leads to a decontmination situation. Medina, NY hospital and local fire departments manage the situation and decon potential exposed persons...lots of lessons learned here! Anthrax 101: What you need to know about Anthrax. Comments[0] |
Sun, 12 October 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal, The All-Hazards Podcast! Contact us...send email to mitigationjournal@gmail.com or call the Mitigation Journal Voice Mail Line: 585 672-7844 Mitigation Journal is produced and released weekly; so check back frequently for updates. You can subscribe to Mitigation Journal via iTunes or any other RSS feed program...membership and subscription is free. Let the world know what you think: you can post your review of the podcast on iTunes and other sites such as Podcast Alley (podcastalley.com) Don't forget to visit our blog at mitigationjournal.blogspot.com. This week is Fire Prevention Week and this years theme is "Prevent Home Fires". To help get the fire safety message out, I've asked a noted fire safety expert, Mr. Bill Timmons, to join us. Bill was kind enough to join me for a conversation over a cup of coffee on the topic of fire safety and fire prevention. Bill is a noted topic expert with over twenty-years experiance as a career firefighter and officer and participates locally with various organizations and on a national level with the National Fire Protection Association. Bill is also working on Executive Fire Officer status from the National Fire Academy. Comments[0] |
Mon, 6 October 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal: The All Hazards Podcast! Subscribe to Mitigation Journal...its free...check us out on iTunes or Podcast Alley. Subscribe, vote for Mitigation Journal as your favorite podcast, or write a subscriber review and let the world know what you think! Contact us - your input is vital...call the voice mail line at 585-672-7844 or send email to mitigationjournal@gmail.com My commentary this week is on the topic of fire service protection of hospitals during events that require decontamination of patients. Controversy guaranteed! Also, a review of day two of the Vital Signs EMS Conference. We'll look at sessions on NFPA 1584/Emergency Incident Rehabilitation and the NYS EMS Educational Update. The Mitigation Journal Top Product Award from this conference goes to the Simulated Interactive Advanced Medical Education Center...SIAMEC Advanced Education. We have an interview with Dr. Jason A. Gluck, Medical Director of SIAMEC. Check them out on the web at www.siamec.com or contact Dr. Gluck at 516-238-4947, jagluck@siamec.com Comments[0] |
Sun, 5 October 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal Please visit our blog at www.mitigationjournal.blogspot.com The Mitigation Journal Top Product Award goes to SIAMEC Advanced Education Comments[0] |
Sat, 4 October 2008 Welcome to Mitigation Journal - The All Hazards Podcast! This is our special edition update from the Vital Signs EMS Conference Today I attended the opening session and EMS Memorial Dedication along with a few other talks. The highlight of the day was Critical Thinking for the EMT as presented by Dan Limmer. I had not been to a talk by Mr. Limmer in the past and was impressed by today's presentation. Comments[1] |
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