Prior studies of war and political engagement focus on mass mobilizing, successful conflicts and treat war as a monolithic variable affecting all Americans equally. In this study, we analyze the more limited, less successful conflicts prevalent since 1945, and we examine the influence of disparities in local communities’ casualty rates on their residents’ patterns of political engagement. Using...

The post-September 11 era has prompted unprecedented attention to medical preparations for national special security events (NSSE), requiring extraordinary planning and coordination among federal, state, and local agencies. For an NSSE, the US Secret Service (USSS) serves as the lead agency for all security operations and coordinates with relevant partners to provide for the safety and welfare ...

conclusions according to the findings, there has been a rise in the number of unsafe actions in machinery and maintenance service units compared to other maintenance units. as such, training courses based on the behavior-based safety principles at the beginning of employment, close monitoring of health safety environment (hse) officials on the implementation of regulations, and provision of app...

introduction accidents are the second leading cause of disabilities; a problem that causes physical and psychological disorders, and in more severe cases, death. the risks should be identified to suggest the best way to confront and eliminate them. therefore, this study reviews the prevalence and types of accidents among ethnic nomads. materials and methods the current research is a descriptive...

BACKGROUND Natural and manmade disasters are creating increasingly complex response challenges. The current U.S. emergency response model relies heavily upon the availability and expertise of highly trained public safety agencies. Too often, this leads the public and our leaders to assume that professional emergency medical care will be immediately available. Unfortunately, there are often dela...

Mass casualty incidents (MCI) are highly dynamic situations in which limited available resources need to be quickly and efficiently allocated. In this paper, we suggest considerable extensions to an allocation method that we presented in earlier work. The extensions address two major challenges: First, the need to balance real-world resource usage and second, the need to adapt to changing situa...

background: psychologically traumatic workplace events (known as critical incidents) occur within various work environments, with workgroups in certain industries vulnerable to multiple incidents. with the increasing prevalence of incidents in the usa, incident response is a growing practice area within occupational medicine, industrial psychology, occupational social work and other occupationa...

e427 All disasters are local, and a burn mass casualty incident (BMCI) is no different. During the past 150 years, burn disasters have typically been associated with three factors: a fire/explosion in a mass gathering, natural disaster, or act of war/terrorism. Although the incidence of fire/explosion disasters has decreased during the past 50 years, recent natural disasters and acts of war/ter...