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Richard Lee Petty was born in Level Cross, North Carolina, and is a renowned former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. He is most well-known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt is the only other driver to accomplish this feat, but with 76 victories and a lone Daytona 500), winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races (ten of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone. (A 1972 rule change eliminated races under 250 miles in length, reducing the schedule to 30 [now 36] races.) Petty is arguably the greatest NASCAR driver of all time.
He also collected a record number of poles (127) and over 700 top-ten finishes in his 1,185 starts, including 513 consecutive starts from 1971-1989. He also won seven Daytona 500s and nine Most Popular Driver awards.
Petty is a second generation driver. His father, Lee Petty, won the first Daytona 500 in 1959 and was also a NASCAR champion. Richard's son, Kyle Petty, is also a well-known NASCAR driver. Tragically, Richard's grandson, Adam Petty, was killed in an accident at New Hampshire International Speedway on May 12, 2000.
Richard Petty began his NASCAR career on July 18, 1958, 16 days after his 21st birthday. His first race was in Toronto, Canada, and he finished 17th in an Oldsmobile. In 1959, Richard was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year, after he produced 9 top 10 finishes, including six Top 5 finishes.
Petty famous Road Runner Superbird, on display at the Richard Petty Museum, courtesy of flickr contributorIn 1960, he finished 2nd in the NASCAR Grand National Points Race.
In 1964, driving a potent Plymouth with a new Hemi engine, Richard Petty led 184 of the 200 laps to capture his first Daytona 500, en route to 9 victories, earning over $114,000 and his first Grand National championship. On February 27, 1966 Petty overcame a 2-lap deficit to win his second Daytona 500 when the race was stopped on lap 198 of 200 because of a thunderstorm. This made him the first driver to win the event twice.
1967 was a milestone year. In that year, Petty won 27 of the 48 races he entered, including a record 10 wins in a row (between August 12 and October 1, 1967). He won his second Grand National Championship. One of the 27 victories was the Southern 500 at Darlington, which would be his only Southern 500 victory. His dominance in this season earned him the nickname "King Richard". In 1969 Petty switched brands to Ford, due to his belief the Plymouth was not competitive on super-speedways. He would win 10 races and finish second in points. Won back by the sleek new Plymouth Superbird with shark nose and goalpost wing, Petty returned to Plymouth for the 1970 season. This is probably his most famous car, and the car in which Petty is cast in the 2006 Pixar film Cars.
Petty won his third Daytona 500, beating team mate, Buddy Baker, by one lap en route to another historic year, making him the first driver to win the event three times. He won 20 more races, became the first driver to earn more than $1 million in career earnings, and claimed his third Grand National Championship.
In 1972, now with the familiar STP sponsor livery, Petty won his 4th Winston Cup Championship, thanks to his 28 top-10 finishes, including 25 top-5 finishes and 8 victories.
On February 18, 1973, in a driver's duel, Petty outlasted Baker to win his fourth Daytona 500 after Baker's engine gave out with six laps left. One year later, Petty won the Daytona "450" (shortened 20 laps {50mi/80km} due to the energy crisis) for the fifth time en route to his fifth Winston Cup Championship.
The year 1975 was another historic year for Petty, as he won the World 600 for the first time in his career, one of 13 victories en route to his sixth Winston Cup. The 13 victories is a modern (1972 to present) NASCAR record for victories in a season, and was tied in 1998 by Jeff Gordon.
In 1976, Petty was involved in one of the most famous finishes in NASCAR history. Petty and David Pearson were racing on the last lap out of turn 4 in the Daytona 500. As Petty tried to pass Pearson, at the exit of turn 4, Petty's right rear bumper hit Pearson left front bumper. Pearson and Petty both spun and hit the front stretch wall. Petty's car came to rest just yards from the finish line, but his engine stalled. Pearson's car had hit the front stretch wall and clipped another car, but his engine was running. Pearson was able to drive his car toward the finish line, while Petty's car would not restart. Pearson passed Petty on the infield grass and won the Daytona 500. Petty was given credit for second place.
In 1979, he snapped a 45-race drought, winning his sixth Daytona 500, the first to be televised live flag-to-flag; it would become notorious for a fistfight between competitors following the controversial finish. Petty won the race as the first and second place cars of Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crashed on the last lap. Petty held off A. J. Foyt and Darrell Waltrip. Foyt had backed off because of his familiarity with USAC rules which states that racing stops once the yellow flag waves. The NASCAR rule at the time stated that drivers should race back to the start-finish line (the rule was changed in 2003). The race is also regarded as being the genesis of the current surge in NASCAR's popularity. The East Coast was snowed in by a blizzard, giving CBS a captive audience. The win was part of Richard's seventh and last NASCAR Winston Cup Championship. Petty was able to hold off Waltrip to win the title in 1979.
In the 1981 Daytona 500, Petty used a "fuel only" his last pit stop with 25 laps to go to outfox Bobby Allison and grab his seventh and final Daytona 500 win. This win marked a large change in Petty's racing team. Dale Inman, Petty's longtime crew chief, left the team after the Daytona victory (Inman would win an eighth championship as crew chief in 1984 with Terry Labonte).
On July 4, 1984, Petty's 200th win was at the Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The race was memorable. In lap 198, a rookie driver crashed, bringing out the yellow caution flag, essentially turning Lap 198 into the last lap. The last two laps would be run under caution (This scenario is no longer possible under the July 2004 green-white-checkered rule change). Petty and Cale Yarborough diced it out on that lap, with Yarborough drafting and taking an early lead before Petty managed to cross the start/finish line only a fender-length ahead. President Ronald Reagan was in attendance, the first sitting president to attend a NASCAR race. Reagan celebrated the milestone with Petty and his family in victory lane.
In 1992, Richard Petty retired from NASCAR, but not before he had two last great moments. In the first one, he led the Firecracker 400 for the first five laps (after qualifying 2nd) before he dropped out on lap 84 due to fatigue.
The second was in his final race at season finale in Atlanta. Petty's career was honored when he paced the field on a pace lap. Petty raced for the only time against Jeff Gordon, who was making his first Winston Cup start. The 1992 championship was decided by 10 points in the slimmest margin in NASCAR history (until the new "Chase for the Cup" was introduced). Second place finisher the late Alan Kulwicki won the championship by leading the most laps (one more than race winner Bill Elliott). The resulting 10-point swing in points proved to be the difference.
In later years of his career, Petty developed the career of crew chief Robbie Loomis, who was at the helm of Petty Enterprises as crew chief in the 1990's, and won three races -- the 1996 Checker Auto Parts 500 at Phoenix, the 1997 Subway 400 at Rockingham, both with Bobby Hamilton driving, and the 1999 Virginia 500 at Martinsville, with John Andretti driving.
Of all the races he won, Petty is also remembered for three of the many incredible crashes that he survived:
In the 1970 Rebel 400 at Darlington, Petty was injured when his Plymouth Roadrunner cut a tire and slammed hard into the wall separating the track from the pit area. The car flipped several times before coming to rest on its side. This accident injured Petty's shoulder, and helped Bobby Isaac to win the 1970 Grand National Championship. During the accident, Petty's head hit the track pavement several times, which led NASCAR to mandate the installation of the Petty-developed safety net that covers the driver's side window.
In a 1980 race at Pocono, Richard slammed the Turn 2 wall, nearly flipping the car. Petty nearly broke his neck in the wreck and kept his injury hidden from NASCAR officials for the next races, knowing that another wreck could possibly kill him. Such an incident could never happen today, because of modern NASCAR rules requiring an official series medical liaison to clear a driver after a crash.
In the 1988 Daytona 500, Petty's spectacular crash on Lap 106 hurled parts all over the front stretch at the Daytona International Speedway. Incredibly, after so many flips, Petty walked away with no serious injuries. The crash was similar to the accident suffered by Bobby Allison during the 1987 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in that both cars became airborne after turning sideways, and both cars damaged the spectator fencing (though Petty's crash did much less damage to the fencing). Petty's car became airborne despite the use of the carburetor restrictor plate, which was mandated by NASCAR for races at Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway just prior to the start of the 1988 season.
Richard Petty is currently a spokesman for Cheerios and GlaxoSmithKline with both Nicorette and Goody's Headache Powder. He is almost always seen wearing his trademark sunglasses and a Charlie One Horse hat. In 1996, he was the Republican nominee for North Carolina Secretary of State, but was defeated by State Senator Elaine Marshall in the general election. He is cast as "The King" in the Cars (film) as a 1970 Plymouth Superbird with the number "43". A cereal "43"s was created with Petty information on the boxes.
Accessibility was his hallmark. In a sport, and a sports world, where big stars could and did refuse to sign autographs, Richard made a point of staying until everybody got one.
His work on behalf of his sport and his accessibility to fans are seen as crucial elements of NASCAR's transformation from the dirt tracks of the 1950s to the superspeedways and multi-million dollar sponsorships of today.


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The ride-sharing economy has made transportation more convenient in almost any situation. It allows for easy trips to the airport, across town, just about anywhere. Now it's helping test whether easy transportation improves preventative healthcare.
Last year, Dr. Owen Garrick from Bridge Clinical Research and Dr. Marcella Alsan from Stanford University started exploring ways to encourage African American men to seek routine care. "The idea was to get black men to do their annual physicals, their checkups, to have a relationship with a physician or a nurse practitioner, whatever they consider their medical home," Dr. Garrick said. Routine checkups could help address the disproportionate effects that African American men suffer from chronic illnesses, such as diabetes or hypertension.
Dr. Alsan has an appreciation for why African American men might avoid the healthcare system. She researched and co-authored a report on the legacy of mistrust that the decades-long "Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male" left behind when it was publicized in 1972. Dr. Alsan's report showed how mistrust correlated with less use of health care and worsening health outcomes.
Now she is looking for ways to reverse that trend.
In focus groups of black men, transportation challenges came up frequently as an obstacle to getting primary care. With a small study in the community, Drs. Garrick and Alsan decided to test whether removing that obstacle would have an effect. They spent a series of weekends visiting barbershops in northern California neighborhoods and quickly had more than 200 participants for a pilot study. Then, after they set up a clinic to treat whoever arrived, the researchers needed a mode of transportation. That was where Uber came in.
"Literally, this was probably a five minute conversation [with San Francisco-based Uber]," Dr. Garrick said. Once the ride-sharing service understood what the study required, Dr. Garrick said the company's response was, "'We're in. Let us know what you want.' It was that fast."
This partnership made it easy for the researchers to track how responsive the men were to the offer of ride service. The company's mobile phone system could report how many people requested between the clinic and the neighborhoods. Garrick and Alsan are processing the results, and will set up an expanded version this year.
The researchers are analyzing information from their pilot study, and plan to use the results to inform a larger version, with around 2,000 subjects, later this year. "We really want to test whether black guys actually go to the doctor if getting there becomes easier," said Dr. Garrick. "Not that they might, that they're interested, that they said that they would go, but that they actually go."
Dr. Garrick is enthusiastic about the potential of this research: "With these issues, with this population, really getting and seeking and being comfortable with preventative health care, it could have some real life impact."
So ride sharing is no longer just about helping people find ways to get home—it also might help people find ways to get healthier.
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2 lbs. Cremer's ground Sausage
¼ cup butter, melted
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 cups milk
½ lb. bacon, cooked crisp and crumbled
12-14 slices day old bread, cubed
½ cup onion, chopped
12 large eggs
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
In a large skillet, crumble and cook sausage until browned. Drain. In a greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish, layer half the bread cubes and half the cooked sausage. Repeat layers. Drizzle with butter and top with the cheeses, onion and red pepper.
In a large bowl, combine the eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Pour over casserole. Sprinkle with crumbled bacon. Cover and refrigerate overnight. Remove from the refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Uncover and bake at 350-degrees F for 45-50 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes, slice and serve.


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Many of the scholarships made available by the State of California to "Dreamers" — illegal alien children brought to the U.S. as minors by their parents — are going unused.
Ed Source reports:
The California Dream Act made [Dreamers] eligible for several kinds of grants to attend community colleges, California State Universities, the University of California and some private campuses. But the euphoria among advocates that accompanied the law's passage has been dampened by the reality that the state-funded Cal Grant portion of the aid is reaching far fewer undocumented students than originally envisioned, particularly at community colleges.
A variety of bureaucratic hurdles, along with students' personal money problems, confusion about rules and fears of government, are causing students to not tap their Dream Act Cal Grants, according to officials and students.
About a third of the overall awards went unused last year, even after careful vetting of applicants for low income, high school grades and other eligibility factors. Making matters worse, nearly half of the Cal Grants awarded for community college costs were left on the table, as millions of state dollars earmarked for immigrant students went unspent. UC and CSU had better records.
The California Dream Act actually consists to two bills: one, AB 130, makes Dreamers eligible to use non state funds at public colleges and universities in California; the other, AB 131, makes Dreamers eligible for state education grants.
Congress has declined to pass similar legislation on the federal level, which Ed Source says may be the reason California grants go unclaimed: facing only partial cost coverage, some Dreamers take jobs rather than going to school.
Fear of providing information to the government, including family tax returns, is also reportedly driving students' reluctance to apply for the grants.
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(Note: If you get offended by seeing old videos posted to this blog, skip to next post.) We've always known the purple little box to be a shining beacon in the land of console indestructibility. But if you need ideas as to what to do with your GameCube during its games drought, watch as one gets dragged behind a car only to work fine afterwards.
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Following the unanimous positive response to the student-composed Live Magazine project this past year, it is becoming an ever-present reality that graphic design and graphic art are two areas of study that are becoming increasingly popular in the college community. As businesses continue to go digital with much of their advertising, positions in these areas are at a very high demand.
To respond to this, Geneseo should consider strengthening and broadening its own graphic and computer art programs. The School of Arts at Geneseo provides an impressive array of concentrations, but there has yet to be a significant program dedicated to this area of high commodity.
If this is too much to ask for right away, Geneseo could at least work at improving the courses it currently provides for graphic artists and designers, which are often in complete disarray. Courses are often aimless and without proper guidance by professors; add to that the arbitrary functionality of the computers and equipment, and you often have a class that consists of staring blankly at your computer screen while the class waits in agony for a CIT representative to arrive.
The first thing to do is make sure the computers are always functional. Tuition-paying students who enroll in these courses should not have to memorize which computers in the labs automatically crash upon opening certain programs, so they know to avoid them. Also, capable faculty with extensive computer expertise should be hired to teach these classes. Courses in graphic design and graphic art are futile if students are forced to self-teach. Especially for introductory classes, faculty are needed that can be relied on for technical questions and suggestions.
Part of the responsibility of Geneseo's administration is recognizing an aspect of academia that is growing in popularity and reinforcing it. There are many graphic-artist hopefuls on Geneseo's campus, and too many of them have been severely disappointed by the selection this school offers.


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SENIOR PROCUREMENT OFFICER (1)Posted by: Baylor Tanzania
Posted date: 2019-Apr-05
Location: Mwanza
Position Summary:
The Senior Procurement Officer is responsible for all purchasing functions, including evaluating and qualifying Suppliers/vendors; placing and tracking orders; ensuring timely and accurate delivery of goods; soliciting and analyzing quotes.
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If you are qualified and wish to join Baylor – Tanzania, Apply in confidence by submitting an application letter, a detailed CV, relevant copies of your certificates, and the names and contact information for three referees should be addressed to:
Executive Director, Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation – Tanzania
P.O. Box 5208 Mwanza, Tanzania
An electronic copy of ONLY the application letter and CV should also be sent via email address: hrbaylortanzania.or.tz
Application should reach Baylor – Tanzania no later than April 17th, 2019.
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1304 Alpine Church Road NW
Comstock Park, MI 49321
The Home and School Association is a community of parents and guardians of students enrolled in Holy Trinity School which depends on the active participation of all of its members. The association provides financial assistance and structure for special projects, activities, and events which enhance the educational process throughout the school year. Its purpose is to identify, define, organize, implement and finance activities, programs and equipment identified by the school staff, Home and School members or parish needs.
President: Sarah Debski
Vice President: Teresa Phelps
Secretary: Emily Rasch
Treasurer: Katie May
Participation Chair: Tammy Mick
Meetings are held every other month on the second Monday of each month at 5:30PM in the 4th grade classroom. Anyone is welcome to attend these meetings. The 2018-2019 meeting dates are: September 10, November 12,
January 14, March 11, and May 13.
Job description: Going online to mycokerewards.com and simply entering the school codes and passwords from the pop tops to the website. These points are used by Holy Trinity to purchase sporting equipment, toys, games, etc. for the school.
How many people are needed for this job? 5
Time commitment: These points can be added at your convenience throughout the year. Time will vary based on number of caps and volunteers.
Job description: The day of the sale you meet with the magazine representative to discuss how to give out prizes to the students that sell magazines. (This must be done during the school day).
How many people are needed for this job? 1
Time commitment: The magazine sale is in October and would require one meeting with the magazine representative and one day to hand out prizes to the students.
Job description: Office will supply a list of student's birthdays by month. Birthday coordinator will assemble bags for student's birthdays, attach names and drop off to school to give to the students on their birthdays. *** Budget for birthday items is $150. Receipts need to be submitted to the Home and School treasurer.
How many people are needed for this job? 1
Time commitment: A few hours is needed at your discretion. Estimate of 150 bags needed throughout the year. This job can be done over the summer or on a monthly basis.
Job description: Redeem labels/box tops for cash by cutting, sorting and organizing labels to prepare them for shipment.
How many people needed for this job? 5
Time commitment: The time needed to cut, sort and organize the labels/box tops depends on how many are turned in and how many volunteers we have.
Box tops are redeemed twice a year in October and March.
Campbell Soup labels are redeemed once per year on March 31.
Job description: There are 3 feast days to recognize 3 different saints. Each student will receive a prayer card or information about the saint and a treat of some sort. Saints will be chosen by Mrs. Rand and/or Father Tom.*** Budget for all 3 saint days is $150. Receipts need to be submitted to the Home and School treasurer.
How many people are needed for this job? 1
Time commitment: A few hours prep for each feast day possibly printing prayer cards and attaching candy to the card.
Job description: Chair people purchase supplies for the feast (guidelines/shopping guide will be provided for you). Additional volunteers for the preparation and the day of the event will be provided for you. Collect $3 per student to purchase meal.
How many people needed for this job? 2
Time commitment: One day to shop and then helping with the feast/meal on the day of the feast. A sign up is sent home through the school office asking for additional volunteers.
Job description: Veteran Holy Trinity families needed to help welcome new families and assist them with questions and information about the school. Any veteran families willing to join the committee please contact Kathy Rand to be paired with a new family.
How many people do we need for this job? Any and all that wants to help welcome new families. Please contact Kathy Rand/Principal if you would like to help.
Job description: Responsible for 3 parties: Halloween, Christmas and Valentine's Day. Coordinate with the classroom teacher to plan these 3 parties. During Thanksgiving feast, room parents will assist the students with preparations leading up to the meal (peeling apples or potatoes, etc). More information will follow as the date gets closer. For the past several years Holy Trinity has held a successful Auction for Education which is held at West Catholic. Each class contributes gift items to be auctioned off that are made by the students. These items are usually created during the Catholic Schools Week with the help of the room parents.
How many people needed for this job? 1 or 2
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Shake Shack's Shacktoberfest Menu On Tap October 3-12 @ Westport & New Haven
The best of the wurst is almost here! Shake Shack's 9th AnnualShacktoberfest is on tap from Friday, October 3rd through Sunday, October 12th.
As is the case every autumn, Shake Shack's highly anticipated Oktoberfest-inspired festival celebrates good food, drinks and friends—the Shack way! Get ready for special-edition biers, bratwursts, burgers, and frozen custard treats at both Westport & New Haven locations.
Shacktoberfest is the only time of year to snag a commemorative Shake Shack Bier Stein for $10.00 (25 oz.). Filled to the brim with your choice of Brooklyn Brewery's brisk, malty Oktoberfest beer or their very own ShackMeister Ale, the hefty glass stein is yours to keep and just $7.00 to refill throughout Shacktoberfest.
The 2014 Shacktoberfest menu, offered in addition to all the beloved Shake Shack standard offerings, includes:
- Brat Burger: 100% all-natural Angus beef burger topped with a flat-top griddled bacon cheddar-stuffed bratwurst, crispy ShackMeister Ale-marinated shallots and ShackSauce ($7.50)
- Currywurst: Bavarian Brat topped with crispy ShackMeister Ale-marinated shallots and curry ketchup ($4.95)
- Bavarian Brat: Griddled bratwurst topped with German-style slaw ($4.95)
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November 7th 2017
Today I decided I needed some good, honest vegetables to help cure this cold. The problem was, that I was home alone all evening and didn't want to cook so I just bought a ready-meal from The Co-op. It did have some vegetables in it though. It was a thai chicken curry with some green stuff in it. Some beans I think. Not baked… they were runner or green beans. I don't really know the difference to be honest.
I realise that the food doesn't look great in that picture but that's because I kinda just slapped it into a bowl, and then realised I'd not taken a picture worth blogging about today, so I decided to write some bullshit about my dinner. And this is what that is.
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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/739/15575
From The Socialist newspaper, 24 October 2012
Renationalise energy
Alex Davidson, Manchester Central TUSC candidate
We have seen clearly the total failure of energy market deregulation, with another round of price increases.
British Gas has jacked up prices by 6%. Npower has also put up gas prices by 8.8% and electricity by 9.1%.
This reveals the big lie told by Thatcher when privatisation took place, that competition would lower prices. What has actually emerged is even admitted by capitalist commentators to be a cartel.
David Cameron responded to the price hikes by announcing plans to force companies to give customers the lowest tariff.
Disgracefully, Labour shadow energy minister Caroline Flint attacked these proposals - because they'd 'damage the industry'.
I am standing in the Manchester Central parliamentary byelection for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.
I call for the renationalisation of all utility companies and the provision of affordable energy to all.
No one should have to make the awful choice of whether to have heat for their homes or put food on the table. Yet under both the Tories and New Labour plans this is exactly what would continue.
The New Labour candidate in Manchester, Lucy Powell, is yet another Blairite who puts the interests of big business first.
The TUSC campaign is focused on workplaces and communities across the constituency. We will be the voice of the real opposition to this vicious Tory-led government and show that working class people do not have to put up with the politics of 'lesser evilism' by voting for New Labour.
TUSC election rally
Tuesday 13 November 2012 - 7.30pm
'The lounge' meeting room in Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, off Piccadilly Gardens, city centre, Manchester M1 1JQ
Speakers include: Dave Nellist, former Coventry socialist MP and Alex Davidson, TUSC Manchester parliamentary byelection candidate
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A Paddle Way Up North
By Lily Durand
Benny and I made the impulse decision to head up north to camp. We had no tent, no service and no clue what we were going to do once we got there. All we had was a mission to paddle board on one of the greatest of the great lakes. Superior. About 2 hours away from the Canadian border, Siri started giving us a million alternate and "faster" routes that ultimately saved no time, in fact I'm pretty certain she added an hour to our adventure. I didn't mind because that just meant more time to serenade Benny with some romantic Justin Bieber throwbacks.
A jumbo size cup of dill pickle sunflower seeds later, we finally arrived at our destination. The apostle islands. All we saw were cows, grass, trees, dairy farms, grass and more dairy until all of a sudden, we rolled down a hill to the cutest little town of Bayfield. It's one of those places that feels like a cabin town mixed with Maine. Bennett hadn't been here in years, so we drove up and down the streets. He was showing me all the shops and cafés he loved as a kid (none of which were open anymore, thanks Siri). We found a restaurant still open, and devoured cheeseburgers while we watched the sun set to a full moon.
It was finally time to face the reality we had avoided, where were we gonna park our home, sleep, and not get a ticket? We had seen a couple signs for public campgrounds on our way in, so we headed back towards the closest one. The sign said we could set up shop anywhere that was open, and didn't have a reservation for a small fee a night. I, for one, had no idea these things existed. All the pretty spots were taken so we rolled over to the big paved parking lot, parked right in the middle, and set up shop. True nature camping right here.
We laid the seats down in the back of the hummer, rolled out a million sleeping bags, tried to blow up the air mattress, realized the batteries were shot, and settled down to a less than perfect bed.
I woke up at 5 in the morning with plans to try and scare Bennett cause lord knows he does it to me every chance he can. I was just about to wake him up frantically saying a bear was outside when he wakes up and goes "I'm so uncomfortable". It was then that I realized this 6'3 Sasquatch was curled up into a ball, knees to his chest, just to fit in this car. Gotta love the guy for the shit he goes through for a fun weekend adventure.
We headed back into Bayfield and had eggs Benedict at the Many Penny Bistro, and wandered through the various shops as we waited for the next ferry to head over to Madeline Island.
Can we just acknowledge for a second how heavy those ferries gotta be? I mean, they have at least 30 cars on the deck and a good 50% of them were mini vans.
I miss my mini van.
R.I.P Eugene.
Once we got to Madeline Island, we headed straight for the beach. We set up our Two Tree hammock (and yeah, that's a plug. Quality products, check them out! But not before you finish this blog), and I sat reading my Harry Potter book that has taken me a year to finish while Benny settled into his chair.
We were on our merry way to relaxing when the horse flies decided they wanted our ankles for a midday snack. We escaped them with a walk down the beach, taking in the beautiful island and the sunny day God blessed us with. After a full day of beach bumming, we headed back to the ferry. I was leaving my dignity on Madeline Island because I was sticky and defeated by an ice cream cone. I had to throw it away because I was getting destroyed in this sugar bottle. Bennett had no problem finishing his in 2 minutes though!!!
Back at Bayfield we watched the sun set with cotton candy colors, and the most serene lake view. I was with my best friend, with a stunning view, and a full heart. Once the sun dropped below the horizon, we headed back to our campsite. Tonight, it was vacant and we had the spot of our choosing under a tree, overlooking the lake. But what we were most excited about was not the stellar location, but rather the brand new pack of batteries we picked up at the hardware store earlier. The air mattress was back in play. Oh yeah. We were sleeping good tonight kids.
We cracked our A & Ws, opened the bag of Chicago mix, and watched national treasure as the wind blew around us. We slept like kings that night. Not waking until 11 the next morning. We woke up to the trickle of rain on the roof of the car, wrapped in our comfy blankets, and hearing birds chirping from the forest. We laid there for a while, just enjoying the simplicity of the situation, and soaking up the peace of getting away from the regular chaos of life.
When the rain stopped, we got out of our home on wheels for the weekend, unstrapped the Paddle North board, and headed down to the lake. The water was still, and fog coated the surface. It was so vast yet so calm, I was in awe of this rare sight from the normally active great lake. Bennett was questioning why on earth he chose Lake Superior to paddle on, since the water temperature never seems to rise, but the view was more than worth it.
Once out from the shore, the water was so clear that you could see to the bottom, where the sand forms ripple lines from the waves. It was so quiet. all I could do was keep looking around at the horizon hoping to never forget the colors of the sky, the sounds of the water on the shore, the simple happiness of being outdoors, and the sound of my boyfriend screaming from land "YOU OKAY?". Bennett had this idea that I didn't grow up on a lake and didn't know how to handle a paddle board. He was convinced I was going to fall in, but he wasn't nervous about my safety so much as he was worried about having to jumping in the piercing cold water to come save me. All is well though, I was athletic enough to pull it off and came into shore unscathed. It was the perfect morning, and the best way we could have ended this weekend getaway.
Until the next adventure, keep living my loves.


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Research Paper on Military Emergency Medical Services Essay
AbstractThis research paper is a thorough discussion of the Military response and management to emergencies.
It covers the understanding of the organizational hierarchy, which governs the deployment of emergency management and response in the discussion of Special Forces. The different procedures in handling emergencies are discussed in the section entitled Military Echelons of Care. Emergency response and injured management are differentiated and defined in Tactical Combat Casualty Care, Weapons of Mass Destruction and Triage. Lastly, the military emergency management is compared and contrasted civilian emergency management in the section Civilian verses Military Emergency Medical Services Casualty Management.
A Bibliography page lists all the references that were used and referred to in this report.Special ForcesThe word "special forces" loosely describe a relatively small focused group in the military trained for special operations and adjuncts the otherwise traditional branches of the military (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force). Today, there are several special forces within each traditional military branch and are unified under one command, the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).
However, the formation of USSOCOM was only in 1987, after a series of restructuring and Senate intervention into the US Military.
Nevertheless, the roots of USSOCOM traces back in history, whenever the principle of forming an elite group for an adhoc task was required.AS early as pre-World War I (WWI), the need for soldiers that are focused on specialized operations been demonstrated. During the Napoleonic wars, men specialized in rifles and mine detection was doing just that, and not committed to the battlefield. In WWI, Italian forces formed a select tactical unit tasked to break enemy defenses for full infantry penetration.
For the United States, the formation of "special forces" began during World War II (WWII) when the Rangers were formed. These elite forces were key to eventually breaking down Allied defenses and winning the war. That was to be the start of the formation of several other Special Forces such as the Green Berets, Delta Force and The Iraqi Special Forces.In 1980, during Desert One, a C-130 crashed in Iran that left eight soldiers dead.
This was later on to be investigated as a terror attack from within the Army. With such a worsening state of intelligence, the Department of Defense formed the Special Operations Forces, and with further restructuring by Commanding General Edward C. Meyer, the Special Operations Command was formed in 1982. Five years later, after a series of restructuring and intervention by the Senate, President Ronald Regan approved the formation of the USSOCOM in 1987.
With such variety of focus in special operations, a Special Forces Support Group was formed in 1989 called the US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) to enhance the readiness of Army Special Operations Forces and streamline the command, to control of US Army Reserve Special Operations Forces and to support the USSOCOM.The USASOC has six subordinate commands: (1) United States Army Special Forces Command (USASFC)(Airborne); (2) United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) (USACAPOC(A)); (3) The United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS); (4) The 75th Ranger Regimen; (6) 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) (SOAR); (6) The Special Operations Support Command (Airborne) (SOSCOM). Among the six, the USASFC in partnership wth SOSCOM provide support to all Special Forces Operations, including medical emergency services.
The USASFC hey train to perform five doctrinal missions: Foreign Internal Defense (FID), Unconventional Warfare (UW), Special Reconnaissance (SR), Direct Action (DA) and Combating Terrorism (CBT). In each of the mission, a Special Forces Group (Airborne) is formed and with each Special Forces Group, a Support Company (SPT CO) operates to enhance their mission.The SPT CO is comprised of a Company HQ, Service Detachment, Military Intelligence Detachment, Medical Section, Signal Detachment, and Personnel Section. The Medical Section provides Emergency Medical Services for Special Forces Operations Battalion (SFOB).
Within the Medical Section of each Support Company, military echelons of care, tactical combat casualty care and triage are conducted.Military Echelons of CareDuring the American Civil War, a system of immediate medical attention was needed for the casualties. Thus, Major Jonathan Letterman created and put into action America's first effective ambulance corps system for the removal of wounded from the battlefield and their hospitalization during the Civil War. The Letterman System remained the basic concept in use in Viet Nam.
Major Letterman, U.S.A., is memorialized in the Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco, one of at least two dozen major hospitals named for Jefferson alumni.
Echelon one, the first level of care, is geared towards the objective to stabilize the patient and allow for evacuation to the next echelon. The administration of care is done by the individual himself (self-aid) or by any personnel on the field, who are part of the combat units that have medical responsibilities. A combat buddy can administer immediate aid, say applying pressure on a profusely bleeding wound, when the individual himself cannot administer self-aid. Another personnel, a combat lifesaver, are also tasked to provide immediate medical aid.
He is a soldier who is trained in advanced first aid, more than the basic first-aid techniques such as CPR. He is capable for example, to intubate bodily fluids, like paramedics do, or to restore breathing through advanced airway management. If the medical training of soldiers is not sufficient for the patient, then a Combat Medic is called in. He is a soldier doctor, professionally trained to administer first-aid and trauma care.
Lastly, in areas where there is an established camp, Battle Aid Stations (BAS) provide for the first echelon. Note that BAS are not medical hospitals on the field. They are simply a defined area for medical triage and stabilization may be set up in a van, truck, ambulance, tent, building, or even under the sky.In echelon two, the care administered is geared towards soldier restoration, or for severe trauma, stabilization for evacuation, similar to echelon one.
Army. The Army provides second echelon medical care at medical companies. The Army medical companies are found within forward or main support battalions (FSB/MSB) assigned to combat divisions, regiments, or separate brigades. FSBs are composed of a company headquarters, and evacuation platoon, and a treatment platoon.
The evacuation platoon is tasked to wheel out patients from the BAS. The treatment platoon receives injured soldiers in a clearing station to perform triage and medical treatment. Surgery under local anesthesia is the common service administered, unless FSB has a forward surgical team (FST). An MSB is assigned to each division and provides medical aid to combat support units and backup support to the forward medical companies in the field.
An MSB medical company has a larger staffing (ambulance platoon, larger treatment and dental sections) and capability to hold multiple patients (as much as 1,200 patients). It operates with a preventive medicine section, an optometry section, a mental health section, and a Division Medical Supply Office (DMSO) that manages all medical materiel for the division. The Division Medical Operations Center (DMOC) assigned to the Division Support Command (DISCOM). Comparable MOCs coordinate medical company employment within combat regiments and separate brigades.
Such organization is required in echelon two, because in this level of care, the soldier is desired to be back in the field within one to three days, or stabilized for at least seventy two hours prior to transportation to the next level of care.At echelon three, the patient is treated in a medical treatment facility staffed and equipped to provide resuscitation, initial wound surgery, and post-operative treatment. Patients who are immovable due to their medical condition may receive immediate surgical care in a hospital in a mobile Army surgical hospital (MASH). Modern day combats no longer use MASH units but are replaced by deployable FSTs.
The combat support hospital (CSH) typically set-up to provide tertiary care through robust facilities as operating rooms, intensive care units, dental surgical care and neuropsychiatry care. Two to three CSHs can be required to support a military division.In echelon 4, the level of medical care is geared towards reconditioning and rehabilitation for return to duty. A Medical Field Hospital is an example of a medical unit in echelon four.
Such set-up has a more stable facility and provides for prolonged rehabilitation services such as psychiatric division for soldiers and prisoners of war. During the Iraq War, several field hospitals were set-up with their own "specialty", and one particular hospital holds psychiatric patients who are enemy prisoners of war (EPW) in Tikrit, Iraq.The highest level of care, echelon 5 provides long-term medical care for soldiers that are not expected to return to duty. A typical facility is called the Continental United States Base Support (CONUS).
The medical facility is set-up to be more permanent than the lower levels of care and is usually serving peacetime soldiers. The Navy Hospital at Camp Lester, Okinawa, Japan is an example of an Echelon 5 CONUS.Below is a table summarizing the typical amenities in each level of care.Table 1.
Comparison of amenities and mobility found in each echelon.EchelonFacilityBedsOR FacilityDentalMobilityIBASNoneNoneNoneMobile, at the fieldIIMSHFSH120NoneNoneNoneEquippedEquippedMobile, at support division at the fieldIIIMASHCSHField32316524482EquippedEquippedAdvancedSemi-permanent, at support divisions at fieldIV/VCONUS HospitalAt least 426At least 8, advancedAdvancedPermanent, away from battlefield, within the Military BaseTactical Combat Casualty CareTactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) is a method of handling pre-hospital patients for military personal with medical responsibilities. This is part of the training of a Combat Medic in the US Army. According to Geibner, et.
al, of the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (COTCCC), the TCCC has three goals: treatment of the casualty; prevention of additional casualties; and completion of the mission (2003).Stages of CareIn the treatment and management of casualty, the medics' response to the trauma situation is dictated by the battle situation. AS such, three stages of care must be considered in combat casualty care to ensure the medically correct response is provided at the right time, in the right set-up.Care Under FireThis is the first stage of care and is the administered at the occurrence of the injury usually during combat.
The medic is equipped with both a first aid bag and a pistol to protect himself or to suppress hostile fire. In doing so, the proper care to the wounded can be administered without the disturbance of battle. When hostile fire has subsided and the medical administration can be safely executed, the medic is still expected to haul the victim to cover to ensure that both he and his patient is protected from ensuing battle. If hostile fire is not immediately suppressed, the medic is to lay motionless until the situation permits medical care administration.
The medic should not administer care while battle is ensuing as it may attract enemy firing target, thus endangering the both his and his patient's life. Thus, the first order of business for a medic providing care under fire is to secure himself and the victim.When the medic is confident that both he and the victim are secured, he goes on to administer primary care. In most battlefields, wound injury prevails.
Thus, exsanguinations avoidance is a fundamental skill and response that the medic provides. Death from bleeding is the cause of more than 2,500 casualties in Vietnam (2003) thus is the main focus in this stage. Airway injuries are typically minimal at this stage and thus must be deferred to treatment upon evacuation. The main means of giving wound care under fire is by applying pressure.
Doing so may need the aid of a tourniquet to ensure that further bleeding is prevented until such a time when the wound can be properly dressed. There are dangers though to prolonged use of tourniquet that may lead to damage of the blood vessels being suppressed. However, ischemic damage is less lethal than exsanguinations. Thus, the medic should ensure that soldiers that are severely bleeding should be prioritized during tactical field care.
Movement of the casualty is the next challenge that the medic will face. Ideally, immobilizing the spine is the standard care for moving the injured. However, this maybe difficult at the height of battle. Given the required to immobilize the spine is at least 5.
5 minutes, according to Geibner (2003), it maybe too long for the medic to successfully execute the immobilization without endangering himself and his patient to open fire. Unless the injury came from obvious spine debilitating incidents such as a parachuting fall or severe neck injury, care under fire response should depriroitize immobilization prior to evacuation. In the end, it will be the medic's judgment on the best immediate care for the injured. Standard stretchers for patient evacuation may not be onsite for evacuation of casualties.
Alternate tools such as ponchos or rope with a snap link can be used to haul the casualty away. Vehicle screens may also be used to protect the evacuation, as in the use of tanks to screen casualties in Iraq.Part of casualty care under fire is the psychological alleviation of the injured from the fear and anxiety of death. In this case, the medic should exude calm and composure to be able to convey reassurance to the victim, despite their injuries.
Encouraging the victim to resist pain and muster the will to stay alive requires the medic to communicate strength of character in such unstable situations.In summary, the medic's focus in administering care under fire is to protect himself, his patient, prevent life-threatening exsanguinations, successfully evacuate and reassure the patient of recovery.Tactical Field CareTactical Field Care rendered when the medic and the casualty are no longer under effective hostile fire, whether it is a temporary cessation or there was none at all to begin with. Though more time is available in this type of situation, it can be as little as minutes during a temporary ceasefire or hours of waiting for medical helicopter rescue.
Within such a wide range, the stability of the injured is the primary concern of the medic.Action plan for stability will depend with a thorough evaluation of the patient. If the injured is unconscious, it is most likely a result of hemorrhagic shock. Use the chin-lift or jaw-thrust maneuver to open the airway.
Note that if the injured is well capable of breathing independently, then respiratory stabilization is not required. If spontaneous respirations resulted from opening the airway, then continuous respiration can be achieved with the insertion of nasopharyngeal airway. The patient should also be placed in the recovery position: the mouth is downward so that blood can drain; the chin is well up to keep the epiglottis opened; arms and legs are locked as to keep the position; In order to remove all obstructions to stable respiration. Should an unconscious patient develop an airway obstruction, endotracheal intubation.
However, under a battlefield situation and with limited instances for intubation practice, the success rate of endotracheal intubation is low according to Geibner (2003). Alternatives are the Laryngeal mask airway (LMA) and the Combitube®. These airway devices have been found to provide adequate ventilation without the need for illuminated laryngoscopy required during endotracheal intubation. Another procedure that can be safe for unconscious resuscitation is cricothyroidotomy.
This is a procedure that intubates the trachea through cricothyroid, a thin membrane between the chin and the neck that when opened up, provides access to the trachea. This technique is also appropriate when access to the mouth and the nose are impossible due to maxoillofacial injuries.As soon as regular respiration is achieved, capability of the injured for voluntary breathing should be restored. If there is penetrating chest trauma, place the injured in a sitting position and dress the wound allowing for air to circulate.
Commercially available Asherman Chest Seal® can be used. If air build-up in the lungs is observed from difficult and irregular breathing, the chest must be decompressed. To decompress, insert a catheter at one side of the chest and monitor the patient for improvement or non-response. When non-responsive, a second incision and catheter maybe inserted, adjacent to the first insertion.
When the patient is able to sustain voluntary respiration, the next area to address is significant bleeding previously uncontrolled. Absolute minimum clothing is removed, only to expose the area. Use direct pressure with pressure dressings to control bleeding or commercially available haemostatic agents such as HemCon® and QuikClot®.When exit of bodily fluids have been controlled, replacement of fluids through Intravenous (IV) access should be the next course of action.
Geibner recommends the use of a single 18-gauge catheter for ease of starting fluid resuscitation (2003). The volume of fluid introduced during resuscitation is more significant than the kind of fluid used. The Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) training did not find significant response in the recovery of an injured soldier with intravenous resuscitation though traditional combat response conferences agree that the response is sound. With the assumption that resuscitation is a sensible care response, the strategies discussed will be on the kind of fluid used and the administration procedures.
Resuscitation StrategyLactated ringers are default IV solution for civilian emergency medical response. However, for tactical field resuscitation, the recommended solution is to use hetastarch-based solutions. As compared to LR, a saline based solution, hetastartch is a liquid volume expander that has the capability to expand fluid by as much as four times as compared to a LRs. In addition, HTS-based solutions are retained in the body for up to 8 hours vs.
a limited 1 hour as compared to LRs. Geibner (2003) recommends, procedural application of resuscitation strategy is dependent on the direction of the Medical management of the tactical combat care team. An example of the strategy is used by the 10th Infantry Light Mountain Division of Fort Drum are the following:1. Superficial wounds (;50% of injured): No immediate IV fluid resuscitation required, however, oral fluid intake should be encouraged.
2. Any significant extremity or truncal wound (neck, chest, abdomen or pelvis) with or without obvious blood loss or hypotension irrespective of blood pressure:a. If the soldier is coherent and has a palpable radial pulse, blood loss has likely stopped.b.
Start a saline lock; hold IV fluids; re-evaluate as frequently as situation allows.3. Significant blood loss from any wound and the soldier has no palpable radial pulse or is not coherent (note: mental status changes due to blood loss only, not head injury):a. Stop the bleeding by direct pressure-hands and gauze rolls, with or without adjuncts like Ace bandages, hemostatic dressings (HemCon®), or hemostatic powder, (QuikClot®), is primary when possible.
Extremity injuries may require temporary use of a tourniquet. However, ; 90% of hypotensive casualties suffer from truncal injuries unavailable to these resuscitative measures.b. After hemorrhage is controlled to the extent possible, obtain IV access and start 500ml of Hextend®.
– If the casualty's mental status improves and a palpable radial pulse returns, stop IV infusion, maintain saline lock, and observe for changes in vital signs.- If no response is seen, give an additional 500 ml of Hextend®. If a positive response is obtained, stop IV fluids, maintain saline lock, and monitor vital signs.c.
Titrating fluids is desirable but may not be possible given the tactical situation. Likewise, the rate of infusion is likely to be difficult to control. Based on the effective volume of Hextend® versus lactated Ringers and coagulation concerns with increasing amounts of Hextend®, no more than 1000ml of 6% Hetastarch should be given to any one casualty (approximately 10 ml/kg).17-20 This amount is intravascularly equivalent to six liters of Ringers lactate.
If the casualty is still unresponsive and without a radial pulse after 1000ml of Hextend®, consideration should be given to triaging supplies and attention to more salvageable casualties.4. Based on response to fluids, casualties will separate themselves into responders, transient responders, and non-responders.a.
Responders: casualties with a sustained response to fluids probably have had a significant blood loss, but have stopped bleeding. These casualties should be evacuated at a time that is tactically judicious.b. Transient and non-responders are most likely continuing to bleed.
They need evacuation and surgical intervention as soon as tactically feasible. If rapid evacuation is not possible the medic may need to triage his attention, equipment and supplies to other casualties as determined by the tactical situation. Remember: no more than 1000ml of Hextend® should be given to any one casualty.5.
Head injuries impose special considerations. Hypotension (SBP<90mm Hg) and hypoxia (SpO2<90%) are known to exacerbate secondary brain injury. Both are exceedingly difficult to control in the initial phases of combat casualty care.CASEVAC CareCombat Casualty Evacuation Care (CASEVAC) is the care rendered during casualty evacuation.
It can be conducted in an aircraft, vehicle, or boat. These means of transportation are equipped with additional medical personnel and equipment to enable of casualty management.The objectives of CASEVAC care are to adjunct Tactical Field Care and sustain the stable condition of the casualty until the point of destination. At this point, the combat medic is replaced by the additional medical personnel that are in the vehicle of transport.
The medic may go with the CASEVAC team, especially if it is a company evacuation, but will serve as a guide and history reference to the CASEVAC medics. It is also important that a fresh and focused CASEVAC medic take over the casualty management as the field medic may be exhausted from administering primary field care or can be injured himself.Pruet (2003) recommends a two-man team accompany the evacuation vehicle. An aviation medic who is familiar with that particular airframe and a physician or physician assistant with as much recent trauma or critical care experience as possible.
Although there may be times when more than two people would be useful, two is probably the most reasonable number because of space constraints within the evacuation asset and a scarcity of specialized medical personnel in theatre.Within the evacuation vehicle, additional medical equipment is present with the CASEVAC team. As such additional diagnostic procedures can be conducted for better injury management. Monitoring equipment for blood pressure, heart rate, pulse and carbon dioxide level.
Oxygen can now be administered as well. Patients with controlled hemorrhagic shock can be revived with a more aggressive concentration of hestarch-based solution, since the aid correct blood pressure can be monitored through the use of diagnostic equipment. Patients with chest wounds should still not recommended for resuscitation. In this stage of care, it is also not recommended to repair wounds unless bleeding is yet to be controlled.
The instability of a moving vehicle, especially the helicopter is not ideal for proper administration of permanent wound care and management.With three levels of care applicable to the situation on the battlefield, the key to a successful medical response is the ability of the head medic to decide the best medically applicable response. The composure, speed of thinking and medical skill of the medical personnel on the ground plays a major role in the outcome of the medical emergency.Weapons of Mass DestructionWeapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) are organic and inorganic substances and processes that destroy massive organic life (people, animals and plants) and property at a single discharge.
In the history of warfare, many a wars were won through the use of WMDs. Thus, it continues to exist today because of man's incessant obsession to master the world and one another. There are three popular types of WMD's and they will be briefly discussed in each sub-section. The final portion will discuss how the military is mandated to handle the presence and activation of weapons of mass destruction.
Biologic Warfare AgentsBiological warfare is the use of microorganisms that destroy people, animals, crops and any organic life as a means of war. The first evidence of biological warfare was during the French and Italian Wars, when military leaders attempted to spread small pox to Native Americans. Though the Geneva Convention prohibited the use of biological agents in warfare, the recent spread of anthrax in postal mail post 9/11 is evidence of the presence of prevailing threat.Chemical Warfare AgentsChemical warfare is the employment of inorganic materials for the purpose of destroying destroys people, animals, crops and any organic life as a means of war.
Releasing flammable gas in a confined space and igniting it is an ancient form of chemical warfare seen during the Greek wars. In WWI, poison gas was spread through the air is a traditional form of chemical warfare. The ban on chemical warfare agent was also included in the Geneva Convention. In 1993, a convention of 160 countries ratified an agreement to destroy and refrain from keeping stockpiles of chemical weapons that can cause mass destruction.
Though no recent evidence will show the presence of chemical warfare agent deployment, there is evidence gathered by the British Government that Iraq is keeping weapons of mass destruction, thus the invasion.Nuclear WeaponsWikipedia defines a nuclear weapon is a weapon which derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of either nuclear fission or the more powerful fusion. As a result, even a nuclear weapon with a relatively small yield is significantly more powerful than the largest conventional explosives, and a single weapon can be capable of destroying or seriously disabling an entire city (2006). This is the most modern type of WMD.
In February of 2006, five years after the terrorist attack at the World Trade Center, the US Department of Defense has published a National Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism. The forty-page document details the government strategy to deny terrorist the ability to deploy weapons of mass destruction to the US and to the globe using three key elements: protect and defend the homeland; attack terrorists and their capacity to operate effectively at home and abroad; and support mainstream Muslim efforts to reject violent extremism. This document signals an effort to have a systematic way of addressing and responding to WMDs as the main instrument of terrorism.Prior to this documented strategy to address weapons of mass destruction, the Emergency Research Institute has published documentation on the guidelines for Biological and Chemical Warfare Emergency Response.
Authored by Executive Director Clark L. Staten (1997), below is the summary of the action plan to be executed by the local emergency management team and are as follows: (1) Incident "Size-up" and assessment; (2) Scene Control/establishment of perimeter(s); (3) Product Identification/information gathering; (4) Pre-entry examination and determination/donning of appropriate protective clothing & equipment; (5) Establishment of a decontamination area; (6) Entry planning/preparation of equipment; (7) Entry into a contaminated area and rescue of victims (as needed); (8)Containment of spill/release; (9) Neutralization of spill/release; (10) Decontamination of victims/patients/rescuers; (11) Triage of ill/injured; (12) BLS Care; (13) Hospital/expert consultation; (13) ALS care/specific antidotes; (15) Transport of patients to appropriate hospital; (16) Post-Entry evaluation examination of rescuers/equipment; (17) Complete stabilization of the incident/collection of evidence; (18) Delegation of final clean up to responsible party; (19) Record-keeping/after-action reporting; (20) Complete analysis of actions/recommendations to action plan.TriageWikipedia defines triage as a system used by medical or emergency personnel to ration limited medical resources when the number of injured needing care exceeds the resources available to perform care so as to treat the greatest number of patients possible. In the battlefield, where the resources and medical personnel are limited, the timeliness of care provided to the injured soldier is key to maximum rescue (2006).
A Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) system was initiated in California in 2003 to have a system of executing medical care during emergencies such as earthquakes or major vehicular accidents.The START system separates the injured into four groups: (1) DECEASED who are beyond help; (2) IMMEDIATE in need of urgent transportation to a care facility; (3) DELAYED, who can survive deferred transportation; and (4) MINOR, who have lesser injuries and can voluntarily sustain critical life support. The military has a different triage as the civilian system.In military triage, the underlying assumption is that the general health of injured personel is good, though most suffer from hunger and fatigue.
Thus, the medical response will depend on the severity of the physical injury and no necessary steps to test the state of the patient will be conducted. It is also assumed that rescue will be delayed, thus, transportation within the golden hour is not usually available. Lastly, it is a fact that mass casualty is expected in the battlefield, thus the strict need to follow protocol during triage.There are three categories in military triage.
First, MINIMAL corresponds to minor wounds that can be treated in the field. The second category is SERIOUS injuries that require tactical care with CASEVAC. The last category is the EXPECTANT, which are the injured whose treatment may in the end be also futile. Among the three, the SERIOUS category will require the medic's attention.
The SERIOUS category is further broken down to different levels of response, similar to the civilian triage, only that there are three types. Those classified as URGENT have injuries, which are life-threatening and will require immediate stabilization and resuscitation when in a medical facility. Those who have life-threatening injuries but are stable and can withstand medical intervention even as long as 2 hours of arrival at the hospital is classified as IMMEDIATE. Lastly, the DELAYED injuries that are not serious such that delaying care will not deteriorate status of the patient.
Civilian vs. Military Emergency Medical Services Casualty ManagementBecause an emergency is a situation requiring immediate response out of the ordinary, civilian and military EMS both share a systematic approach in the organization of response. The first-aider, a civilian trained in fundamental injury stabilization the first to respond on the ground. The same is true for the military.
Each soldier is trained in first-aid, thereby qualifying each of them as first-aiders in the battlefield. A redundant buddy system and Combat Medic is also on the ground for immediate response.A triage system is also common between the civilian and the military. Though the actual implementation may differ, the principle behind instituting and using the system is significant and a point of similarity.
Apart from the two, military and civilian EMS differs. Firstly, the chain of command in Military EMS originates, ultimately to the central USSOC. While in Civilian EMS, apart from the mandate of civil services such as the police, fire department and emergency responders, Civilian EMS is different for every State, sometimes, even cities, if the size and population are significant. This is advantageous, in a way, because the kind of response to the emergency can be more customized vs.
having a standardized way of doing things, as in the military. However, accountability to system breakdown may also be lost, when there is no centralized form of governance for EMS. Thus, there is a big difference between New York's response to 9/11 vs. New Orleans' response to Katrina.
Military EMS in a way is also more tolerant than civilian EMS. In the field, when the IMMEDIATE SERIOUS is prioritized for medical response, there is understanding and tolerance among the corpse that the medic has the authority to classify the injured and that one's classification should be accepted. In civilian EMS, there is always a danger of litigation for mismanagement of an individual or the situation. Although the medical provider's training includes skills against emergency mismanagement, the very situation of an emergency opens up the opportunity for misses.
Despite the differences, there is an underlying principle that ensures effective management in an emergency situation. The cooperation between civilian and military emergency response will provide a robust solution and immediate response to a widespread emergency.BibliographyCategories of Llewelyn for Military Triage. The Medical Algorithms Project, Chap.
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