Mitigation Journal

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 239 September 4, 2012 This week on Mitigation Journal: West Nile Virus A joint episode with Medic Cast Joining us is the hosts of This Week in Virology Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 238 August 3, 2012 This week on Mitigation Journal: Why we're all wrong. This week I discuss why I think every group that has an opinion about the Aurora Co. movie shooting is wrong. Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 237 June 5, 2012 This week on Mitigation Journal: Special Guest, Mr. Todd Jasper Doomsday Preppers: More Harm than Good? Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 236 April 24, 2012 This week on Mitigation Journal: Y2K Revisited: Is it time to prepare like its 1999? London 2012 - The next biologic Ground Zero Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 235 April 12, 2012 This week on Mitigation Journal: Are you ready for never agent exposure IOM Crisis Standards of Care Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 233 March, 2012 This week on Mitigation Journal: Reviewing your response to active shooter events Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 232 February 21, 2012 This week on Mitigation Journal: Disaster Myths, Social Media, Emergency Communications with special guest: Todd Jasper Associate Director, Homeland Security Division at MSA Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

lease visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 231 January 30, 2012 This week on Mitigation Journal: An introduction to Cruise Ship Medicine with special guest: Evelyn B. Sklair, RN, EMTP, Chief Medical Officer Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 230/Welcome to 2012! This week on Mitigation Journal: No predictions! - Four actions for preparedness in the New Year Conduct a Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA) Work on your Pre Incident Plans. Define your Target Hazards. Combine your Hazard Vulnerability Assessment (HVA), Pre Incident Plans, and Target Hazard Identification into training Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 229 This week on Mitigation Journal: Cold Weather Emergency Incident Rehab Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Special Guest: Dr. Jeremy Cushman, Medical Director Monroe County NY Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 224 - This week on Mitigation Journal: Testing the Emergency Alert Systems Part One Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic With special guest Jamie Davis, The Medic Cast Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Extra Edition This week on Mitigation Journal: Recent Cyber Attack is cause for concern Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic With special guest Jamie Davis, The Medic Cast Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org Three reasons this cyber-attack is cause for concern - No early warning systems in place to detect an attempted or actual cyber-attack. This attack was discovered only after the damage had been done. There was no detection mechanism in place to alert of an attack or attack attempt. Without early warning/detection systems, there could be additional attacks on more critical systems at any point...or in progress.  This could have been a probing attack...to evaluate vulnerability and assess reaction/response. A probing attack could indicate a larger cyber attack is on the horizon. Critical infrastructure lacks resiliency. Impact in this case was limit

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 225 - This week on Mitigation Journal: The Reaction to Cold Environments Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 223 - This week on Mitigation Journal: Testing the Emergency Alert Systems Part One Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic With special guest Jamie Davis, The Medic Cast Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features BioEvent Ready: Three Action Items for Preparedness Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 222 - Notes on writing your biologic event plan and "what good plans have that bad ones don't" Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 221 - This week is a mash of several imprortant topics Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 220 - This week is a review of Consumer Level Hazardous Materials and Chemical Assisted Suicide We've gone back to the archives to bring out the best talks on these topics. Its great information for anyone in emergency response or in the emergency department or critical care setting. This podcast contains clips from editions #59, 64, and 72. Each of these podcast editions have been reposted to the podcast feed in their full, original versions as well. Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, RN, Paramedic Co Host Matt Comer, Paramedic Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

Thanks for joining us on Mitigaiton Journal Please visit www.mitigationjournal.org for compete show notes and features Edition 219 - Undersatnding Flu and Biological Events Introduction Mitigation Journal is: Hosted by Rick Russotti, CI/C, EMTP, RN Co Hosted by Matt Comer, EMTP Please visit Mitigation Journal at www.mitigationjournal.org

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