Interview
Lessons From Boston
RWJF Clinical Scholar Jeremiah Schuur, MD, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, helped treat many of the Boston Marathon bombing victims. Here's what he learned.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Featured
Public Health Response to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy presented some of the greatest public health and emergency preparedness challenges from extreme weather in recent history, leaving dozens dead, and millions without power across a wide swath of the Northeast. This superstorm tested the capabilities of the public health system, and public health officials responded in heroic fashion. Public Health is there to help keep our communities safe and healthy before, through, and after storms like Hurricane Sandy.
How Ready is Your State for a Health Emergency?
Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism
The 10th annual Ready or Not? report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation shows persistent gaps in states’ preparedness to respond to events ranging from bioterrorist threats to hurricanes to serious disease outbreaks.
Focus on Public Health
Geographic Variations in Public Health Spending
As state and local health departments cope with budget cuts, job losses, and the demands of preparing communities for both seasonal and H1N1 flu, it’s more important than ever to build the evidence for what works—and what is cost-effective—in public health. Public Health Services and Systems Research answers questions about how public health can be structured, managed, staffed, funded, and organized so it can improve the lives of the people it serves.
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Lessons from Boston: Providing Trauma Care
April 26, 2013 | Story
An RWJF Clinical Scholar shares lessons from the Brigham and Women’s ER on the day of the Boston Marathon bombing.
Finding an AED in an Emergency
September 7, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Read a blog post about an initiative to identify and map automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Philadelphia.
700 Miles Away: A New View of U.S. Health Care
October 10, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Doctors who register at DUFH.org are contacted with information about their Haitian counterpart. Once their trip is arranged they typically stay in Haiti one to two weeks, working as part of an integrated team to help alleviate patient load for the ...
A Global Perspective on Health Care
October 10, 2011 | Story
RWJF Clinical Scholar uses personal connection to disaster-stricken country to help improve quality of care, inform research.
Aiming for a 'Smoother Chaos'
September 15, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
So in the weeks and months leading up to hurricane season, we put our leadership teams in place, and make sure our rosters of volunteers have been refreshed. After all, it’s a largely volunteer workforce we rely on, and these are men and women who a ...
Acute Health Effects After Exposure to Chlorine Gas Released After a Train Derailment
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article presents data from medical reports following a large-scale, accidental release of chlorine gas in South Carolina. A terrorist attack involving the release of chlorine gas could cause the hospitalization of up to 100,000 people in an urban area.
Disaster Preparedness and Children is Focus of RWJF Fellow's Work
September 23, 2009 | Story
October report will go to President Obama.
Health & Society Scholar Evaluates Effects of Chlorine Gas Disaster
February 26, 2009 | Story
Graniteville, S.C., event has national implications.
Interviews with 9/11 Responders Available in Columbia University's Oral History Collection
January 1, 2008 | Program Result
Researchers at Columbia University conducted more than 40 in-depth interviews with public health and emergency workers who were at the scene in the days and months following the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
Sharing Nursing’s Knowledge: What’s in the Latest Issue
December 12, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Read about what's in the December issue Sharing Nursing’s Knowledge.