DISASTERS: HURRICANES : MEDICAL: EMERGENCY MEDICINE: NLM Resources on Hurricanes [and MORE] .This post is shared with the permission of the National Library of Medicine librarian who posted these sources. Information and knowledge is even more critical this year and perhaps going forward with the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico adding immensely to the havoc and destruction that hurricanes bring. The content below Cara Breeden's signature lines I have put together.
David Dillard Net-Gold Moderator Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 12:08:14 -0400 From: "Breeden, Cara (NIH/NLM) [C]" <cara.breeden@xxxxxxx> To: MEDLIB-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: NLM resources on hurricanesWith the start of the 2010 hurricane season, here is a reminder of the National Library of Medicine resources related to hurricanes.
Access health topics from MedlinePlus for the general public at <http://medlineplus.gov/> These resources are also available in Spanish at <http://medlineplus.gov/spanish/> * Hurricanes <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hurricanes.html> * Floods <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/floods.html> * Disaster Preparation and Recovery <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html> * Coping with Disasters <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/copingwithdisasters.html>* Carbon Monoxide Poisoning [Poisoning can result from carbon monoxide entering homes when cooking grills or generators are used during power outages.]
<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/carbonmonoxidepoisoning.html> * Drinking Water [Water may not be safe for drinking after a disaster.] <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drinkingwater.html> * First Aid http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/firstaid.html * Food Safety [Food safety is a concern during and after power outages.] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodsafety.html * Molds [Molds may be encountered during clean up of flooded buildings.] <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/molds.html> Health, disaster, and toxicology workers (and the public) may find the following Enviro-Health Links from <http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/envirohealthlinks.html> to be of interest. * Hurricanes: Links to Information About Preparedness, Recovery, and Environmental Health http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html * Disaster Recovery and Environmental Health <http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/disasterrecovery.html> * Special Populations: Emergency and Disaster Preparedness <http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/specialpopulationsanddisasters.html> * Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma: Impact on Environmental Health <http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricanearchive.html>For background information on the Gulf oil spill and the potential impact of future hurricanes:
*Hurricanes and the Oil Spill <http://response.restoration.noaa.gov/book_shelf/2076_hurricanes_oil.pdf> *Huracanes y el Derrame de Petróleo ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/hurricanes_oil_factsheet_sp.pdf>If you want to stay informed on disaster health information and resources, please consider joining the DISASTR-OUTREACH-LIB listserv. About 400 librarians and information professionals use this listserv to share ideas and information about disaster health resources, including publications from grey literature sources, webinars, conferences, and training. List members may also post questions, news, announcements, job openings and other content of interest to those involved in disaster information outreach. You can sign up at
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<http://disasterinfo.nlm.nih.gov> For more information, please send me an email at cara.breeden@xxxxxxx Cara Breeden Cara Breeden, MLS (Contractor, Aquilent) Technical Information Specialist Disaster Information Management Research Center Specialized Information Services Division National Library of Medicine 301-496-5480 (T) 301-480-9680 (F) cara.breeden@xxxxxxx"Support for librarians providing disaster information outreach to their communities."
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