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Thomas D. Kirsch

Washington, D.C.
As seen in: The Washington Post, Washington Post Opinions, The Atlantic, The Hill, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association), JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, Health Policy and Planning, Prevention, Health Affairs, HotAir and
Covers:  Healthcare. disasters and humanitarian emergencies, ethics, health and mental health, outdoors, adventure and travel
Emergency doc, disaster med and public health expert, writer, and austere environment geek. Tweets are my own. Retweet or like is not endorsement. BE SAFE!
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Trail Angels in the Time of COVID

Trail Angels in the Time of COVID

We all need to be good to one another as COVID sweeps the nation.

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Healthcare Workers Deserve Better Protection from Corona Virus Disease

Healthcare Workers Deserve Better Protection from Corona Virus Disease

Deaths of health care workers of COVID-19 are a testament to their ethical duties and heroic frontline effort…

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What Happens If Health-Care Workers Stop Showing Up?

What Happens If Health-Care Workers Stop Showing Up?

Unless the country does dramatically more to provide them with the equipment they need to do their job safely…

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Opinion | The nightmare of rationing health care

Opinion | The nightmare of rationing health care

There are no “ethical norms” in catastrophes like the COVID pandemic. There is only rationing, and what makes…

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https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180720.168527/full/

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180720.168527/full/

The need for an objective, structured method to evaluate natural and human-caused mass casualty and disaster …

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Blood, toil, tears and a lot of sweat in the medical tent

Blood, toil, tears and a lot of sweat in the medical tent

The day starts about 5:30 a.m., when the hotel turns back on the power. The fans come back on, at least. Peop…

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Earthquake-response doctors in Haiti can't save everyone seeking emergency care

Earthquake-response doctors in Haiti can't save everyone seeking emergency care

We have three tents for our "triage emergency department." Two tents stand out: the "Jiffy Pop" (look that up…

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The Line

The Line

Rationing healthcare in the aftermath of a disaster damages the soul.

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National Disaster Safety Board—Objective Measures, Improved Outcomes

National Disaster Safety Board—Objective Measures, Improved Outcomes

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We have too little data to know how to help countries like Nepal recover from natural disasters

We have too little data to know how to help countries like Nepal recover from natural disasters

It hasn't even been a week since Nepal's massive earthquake killed thousands and destroyed businesses, homes,…

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COVID is killing the nation's workforce - The Supreme Court needs to act now

COVID is killing the nation's workforce - The Supreme Court needs to act now

American workers are dying at an unprecedented rate - thousands of healthcare workers have already been kille…

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A Tribute - Paul Auerbach, MD

A Tribute - Paul Auerbach, MD

Paul S. Auerbach is often called the father of wilderness medicine. Sometimes it annoyed him."I get a lot of …

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