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Novel respiratory viruses result in the cancellation of mass gathering events. A recent review published in PDM identifies strategies to enhance health security for event participants & the local community - https://bit.ly/mges-viruses.
Tension pneumothorax - is the optimal #prehospital technique finger thoracostomy, chest tube placement, or chest needle decompression? A new systematic review from PDM explores the techniques - https://bit.ly/prehospital-pneumothorax .
A recently published study in PDM aims to determine if clostridioides difficile (C. diff) was present on monitor/defibrillators used in the #prehospital setting. Read about the findings from the article here - https://bit.ly/c-diff-ecg.
A new paper in PDM describes how the HUM EM residency in Haiti created a prehospital care rotation for EM residents with local partners and is creating physician-leaders in EMS. Read the article here - http://bit.ly/em-haiti.
A new paper in PDM describes a successful example of a novel program in #Thailand to train village health volunteers as first responders to deal with emergency medical conditions. Read the Open Access article here - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X20001545.
New article in PDM "Health Care Organizations: Soft Target during COVID-19 Pandemic." This study describes why health organizations are targets for lone wolves, extremist factions, and state-driven terrorism - https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049023X2100025X.
In Sierra Leone, the newly developed National Emergency Medical Service (NEMS) helps the country move past war and Ebola. In a recent article in PDM, Dr. Luca Ragazzoni describes how NEMS grew to be a success. Read the article here - http://bit.ly/nems-design.

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Podcast #14

WADEM · PDM Podcast #14 – Novel Respiratory Viruses in the Context of Mass-Gathering Events…

Check out the new PDM podcast featuring Dr. Jamie Ranse discussing – Novel Respiratory Viruses in the Context of Mass-Gathering Events: A Systematic Review to Inform Event Planning from a Health Perspective. The article can be accessed at the following link – https://bit.ly/mges-viruses.

PDM 36:4 (August 2021) is now on Cambridge Core!

The August issue (Volume 36, Issue 4) of Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (PDM) is now available on Cambridge Core. This issue features articles on CBRN-terrorism and the emergence of counter-terrorism medicine, the impact of PPE on intubation times, EMS and prehospital emergency animal care, gender disparity among speakers at EMS conferences in the United States, mental health and well-being support among first responders over their career, 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 36:4. 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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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine Podcast #14

PDM 36:4 (August 2021) is now on Cambridge Core!

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