Protection against liability for emergency medical service providers

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers must often provide medical assistance without adequate time and resources. To encourage EMS providers not to be fearful of negligence lawsuits when they provide treatment, many states have enacted laws that protect them from civil liability. However, these laws provide immunity only under certain conditions.

Project announcement: Critical care surge preparedness

CHHS has been contracted by the Montgomery County Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security to work with the hospitals in Montgomery County and Prince George’s County (Maryland) to assess and improve surge preparedness for potential catastrophes in the National Capital Region (NC

Washington and CCTV: It's 2010, Not Nineteen Eighty-Four

Monday, April 19, 2010

Washington, D.C.'s Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) program and the role it plays in homeland security and law enforcement can inform other jurisdictions in their development of CCTV policies and implementation. Examining both the process by which Washington, D.C.

Changing the nature of special needs: Utilizing a function-based approach to special needs planning

Thursday, April 22, 2010

When preparing for emergencies, planners should be cognizant of individuals with "special needs." Analyzing various governmental agencies’ definitions demonstrates a lack of general consensus on who should be considered “special needs,” thus making it difficult to accommodate these individuals in current emergency plans.

Montgomery County Functional Exercise 2010: Hurricane Zoe

The CHHS Exercise and Training team led by Christina Crue designed, planned, and executed a functional exercise for Montgomery County, Maryland in April 2010. The exercise scenario was based on a Category 3 hurricane ravaging Maryland.

Needles in the H1N1 Haystack

Sunday, February 21, 2010

When children are accidentally vaccinated at school without parental consent, compensation may be hard to find.

Can My Boss Stick it to Me? Courts May Give a Shot in the Arm to Employer-Mandated H1N1 Vaccines

Monday, February 22, 2010

The H1N1 influenza virus, more commonly known as “swine flu,” emerged in the spring of 2009. In response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza outbreak, New York State Health Commissioner Richard Daines, MD, enacted an emergency regulation requiring all New York healthcare personnel to receive the seasonal influenza and H1N1 influenza vaccine by November 30, 2009 as a precondition of employment.

Out of the Black Hole: Regulatory Reform of the Over-the-Counter Derivatives Market

A video of CHHS Founder & Director Michael Greenberger's presentation at the Make Markets Be Markets conference on March 3, 2010. To find out more, visit the Roosevelt Institute's website.

No matter what: Ensuring the performance of essential functions through devolution plans

Thursday, February 25, 2010

This article focuses on the role that devolution planning should occupy in an agency's continuity planning effort. A devolution plan is an integral part of a Continuity of Operations (COOP) plan; however, many agencies do not expend the necessary time and effort to develop these essential plans.

The Relationship of Unregulated Excessive Speculation to Oil Market Price Volatility

Friday, January 15, 2010

This paper presents supplemental views to the Energy Market Volatility portion of the Report by the Expert Group established by the Jeddah and London ad-hoc Energy Meetings (2008) to provide recommendations to the Twelfth International Energy Forum (IEF) Ministerial Meeting in March 2010.

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