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In one of the longest follow-up studies collecting personal stories of terrorist bombing survivors from Oklahoma City nearly 25 years later, memories of injuries, medical care, assistance, and losses remained vivid, graphic, & intense.
Nine international emergency medical teams arrived in Beirut after the blast in 2020. A new study in PDM assessed their response – were they needed and what lessons can be learned for future deployments?
The report of the EMT2-ITA mission in Mozambique in 2019 raises some interesting points regarding the impact of timing on the mission outcomes, clinical activities, and the importance of integrating local staff into the team.
A new paper in PDM shows POCUS examinations can be effectively used in prehospital care. The prehospital diagnosis given by physicians administering treatment who used POCUS examinations correlated with the in-hospital diagnosis.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, a super typhoon struck the Philippines in December 2021 causing death, displacement, and destruction. In the aftermath, there were outbreaks of food and waterborne diseases creating another public health emergency.
A study recently published in PDM looked at the 2017 Athens Marathon to examine how inter-organizational communication was perceived among the multiple public health and safety professionals during the planning and implementation phase of the event.
A new, open-access supplement in PDM provides an overview and strategy of the ARCH Project, an ASEAN official project supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), which aims to establish regional cooperation in Disaster Health Management.
Terrorist attacks against Emergency Medical Services have increased between 1970-2019 and secondary attacks are an emerging risk. A new study in PDM provides useful insights for EMS agencies.

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The Return of Polio – Dr. Vijai Bhola

With polio cases increasing around the world, WADEM Infectious Diseases SIG Co-Chair, Dr. Vijai Bhola examines the factors contributing to the resurgence of polio, the different vaccines available, and what this means for disaster medicine specialists.

Famine in the Horn of Africa – Dr. Rajeev Fernando

WADEM · Famine in the Horn of Africa

WADEM Infectious Disease SIG Co-chair, Dr. Rajeev Fernando, discusses the slow-moving disaster of famine in the Horn of Africa. Recently back from providing care in Ethiopia, Dr. Fernando provides some perspective on the multiple factors contributing to the ongoing food insecurity issues there, as well as the famine’s impact on communicable and non-communicable diseases in the region.

PDM 37:4 (August 2022) is now on Cambridge Core!

The latest issue (Volume 37, Issue 4) of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (PDM) is now available on Cambridge Core. The August issue features a variety of articles including a look at accidental exposure to liquid fentanyl, the use of smart glasses to assess an MCI, emergency medical teams’ response to the Beirut Blast from August 2020, how wildfires in Canada disproportionately impact indigenous communities, and much more!

Be sure to check out the PDM podcast series featuring interviews with authors of recent articles – https://soundcloud.com/wadem-pdm.

WADEM members have unlimited access to every issue of PDM through Cambridge Core. Click on the “Latest Issue” tab to view 37:3. Check back often on FirstView for the most recent content regarding out-of-hospital and in-hospital emergency medical care, disaster medicine, and emergency public health and safety.

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The Return of Polio – Dr. Vijai Bhola

Famine in the Horn of Africa – Dr. Rajeev Fernando

PDM 37:4 (August 2022) is now on Cambridge Core!

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