Month: October 2018

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  October 25, 2018Podcast

  Nebraska Ebola Response Team Impacting Public Health in Uganda

  In this episode, we get our final update from Tennessee Task Force One USAR team who deployed to Mexico Beach, Florida following the impact of Hurricane Michael. Dr. Joe Holley is now home with his USAR team from deployment. Joe relates what the team found on arrival at the devastated community, their medical relief efforts for the community in addition to their USAR duties, and the aftermath of the team's efforts now that they're home.

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  October 24, 2018Podcast

  Final USAR Hurricane Michael Update from Dr. Joe Holley

  In this episode, we get our final update from Tennessee Task Force One USAR team who deployed to Mexico Beach, Florida following the impact of Hurricane Michael. Dr. Joe Holley is now home with his USAR team from deployment. Joe relates what the team found on arrival at the devastated community, their medical relief efforts for the community in addition to their USAR duties, and the aftermath of the team's efforts now that they're home.

• October 18, 2018Uncategorized

  USAR Team Operations In Mexico Beach After Hurricane Michael

  In this episode, we get an update from Mexico Beach on the USAR team deployed there. We were lucky enough to catch up with Dr. Joe Holley, deployed with Tennessee Task Force One USAR team in Mexico Beach. Joe relates what the team found on arrival at the devastated community, their medical relief efforts for the community in addition to their USAR duties, and the ongoing team efforts for search and recovery following the impact of Hurricane Michael.

• October 10, 2018Podcast

  Hurricane Michael Field and Weather Update

  In this episode, we get a last-minute update from our disaster weather expert Kyle Nelson on the status of Hurricane Michael. The category 4 (nearly 5) hurricane made landfall at 1 PM CT in the area of Mexico Beach, Florida in the western panhandle area of the state. Areas to the east stretching around towards Tampa are calling for up to fourteen feet of storm surge above mean high tide. 

• October 4, 2018Podcast

  A New Way Of Looking at Critical Incident Stress with Dan McGuire

  In this episode of the Disaster Podcast, we bring back Dan Maguire from CISM Perspectives to talk about updates to the ways work-related stress for first responders is handled. The biggest change Dan noted was a focus on building resiliency into initial first responder education and ongoing training before the critical incident occurs.