Emergency Preparedness

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Emergency Preparedness episodes

March 20, 2012 Protecting California’s Hospitals - The Preview - UCTV Prime Cuts
From UC San Diego’s Englekirk Structural Engineering Center comes this preview of the largest, most complex seismic test ever conducted, designed to test nonstructural systems in hospitals including the first-time-ever seismic test of a working elevator and fire testing. Series: "UCTV Prime cuts" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 23597]
14 min
May 24, 2010 UCLA’s Haitian Relief Efforts
Hear from UCLA's seven-member Operation Haiti team as they reflect on their experience volunteering their medical expertise in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake. [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 18551]
7 min
March 19, 2009 Humanitarian Missions Aboard the USNS Mercy - Health Matters
Did you know the U.S. Navy provides direct medical care to patients? Join us for this fascinating look at the USNS Mercy, a floating hospital ship that provides humanitarian relief both at home and abroad. Captain Rice, commander of the Mercy’s medical treatment facility, gives us an insiders look at the Mercy’s latest mission. Series: "Health Matters" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 14198]
29 min
April 09, 2007 Anatomy of an Outbreak: Lessons from the SARS Epidemic and Implications for Avian Flu
Join UCSF's Dr. George Rutherford to examine how world health leaders investigated and controlled the 2003 outbreak of SARS and how we might prepare for future epidemics such as avian flu and other serious pathogens. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 12158]
1 hr
February 06, 2007 Disaster Epidemiology Tools Workshop: Database Design and Data Management
Epidemiologists play an important role in assessing the health effects of natural and man-made disasters and in identifying the factors that contribute to these effects. Join Wayne Enanoria Ph.D., from UC Berkeley's Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness, in this three-part series as he discusses key topics in disaster epidemiology. The concepts of building a relational database management system for public health activities is discussed in this third program. The California Office of Binational Border Health (COBBH) has sponsored these programs which are available for viewing in Spanish on our website.
[Health and Medicine] [Science] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 12136]
40 min
January 30, 2007 Disaster Epidemiology Tools Workshop: Public Health Surveillance after Disasters
Epidemiologists play an important role in assessing the health effects of natural and man-made disasters and in identifying the factors that contribute to these effects. Join Wayne Enanoria Ph.D., from UC Berkeley's Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness, in this three-part series as he discusses key topics in disaster epidemiology. In this second program, epidemiologic inference of surveillance data is discussed. The California Office of Binational Border Health (COBBH) has sponsored these programs which are available for viewing in Spanish on our website. [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 12135]
26 min
January 23, 2007 Disaster Epidemiology Tools Workshop: Rapid Needs Assessments after Disasters
Epidemiologists play an important role in assessing the health effects of natural and man-made disasters and in identifying the factors that contribute to these effects. Join Wayne Enanoria Ph.D., from UC Berkeley's Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness, in this three-part series as he discusses key topics in disaster epidemiology. Rapid needs assessments is discussed in this first program. The California Office of Binational Border Health (COBBH) has sponsored these programs which are available for viewing in Spanish on our website. Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 11871]
59 min