Joplin MO > Three neighboring states offer aid to stricken Joplin, MO

Three neighboring states offer aid to stricken Joplin, MO

Tue, 2011-05-24 09:37 AM

By: Jacob Goodwin

Fans at Kansas Speedway will donate to help relief efforts in Joplin

Because it is located in the far southwest corner of the State of Missouri, the devastated City of Joplin is sitting only short distances from its neighboring states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas, all of which have offered immediate assistance.

Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has activated the Missouri National Guard to respond in the Joplin area. “The State Emergency Management Agency is helping to coordinate the deployment of search and rescue teams, a disaster medical assistance team, communications vehicles, mobile command vehicles, heavy equipment and an incident support team,” announced the Missouri Department of Public Safety on May 23. Full article

Post-Earthquake Haiti > Injuries Treated at a Field Hospital --- Haiti, 2010

CDC has done it again!  Great statistical data for disaster relief medical personnel, and for that matter, first responders. This link takes you to the short 4 page summary version of the report.  There is a much more indepth report that is a must read for medical response teams that is a 48 page .pdf.  Both are great!  Good readings!

photo courtesy of wn.com

CDC MMWR report January 7, 2011 / 59(51);1673-1677.
"On January 12, 2010, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, resulting in an estimated 222,570 deaths and 300,000 persons with injuries. The University of Miami Global Institute/Project Medishare (UMGI/PM) established the first field hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after the earthquake (1). To characterize injuries and surgical procedures performed by UMGI/PM and assess specialized medical, surgical, and rehabilitation needs, UMGI/PM and CDC conducted a retrospective medical record review of all available inpatient records for the period January 13--May 28, 2010. This report describes the results of that review, which indicated that, during the study period (when a total of 1,369 admissions occurred), injury-related diagnoses were recorded for 581 (42%) admitted patients, of whom 346 (60%) required a surgical procedure. The most common injury diagnoses were fractures/dislocations, wound infections, and head, face, and brain injuries."

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Gadget > To aid combat Medics

This is the portable vital signs monitor being developed by a San Antonio company called Speer Medical Devices. The device is intended for use by military medics in the field and can monitor things like hemoglobin and pulse oxygenation. (Monday May 2, 2011) JOHN DAVENPORT/jdavenport@express-news.net
Photo: SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS, JOHN DAVENPORT / SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

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