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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

pcta.org — 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

The JAMA Network — Deaths of health care workers of COVID-19 are a testament to their ethical duties and heroic frontline efforts despite profound risks. Yet they are also an illustration of legal and policy failures to protect them from harm at their workplaces.
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What Happens If Health-Care Workers Stop Showing Up?

What Happens If Health-Care Workers Stop Showing Up?

The Atlantic — Unless the country does dramatically more to provide them with the equipment they need to do their job safely, it risks disaster. About the author: Tom Kirsch is an emergency physician, disaster scientist, and writer living in Bethesda, Maryland. The morning before my shift, I try to stay busy with emails, writing, cleaning the house, anything really.
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Opinion | The nightmare of rationing health care

Opinion | The nightmare of rationing health care

Washington Post Opinions — There are no “ethical norms” in catastrophes like the COVID pandemic. There is only rationing, and what makes it so horrible is that we are rationing life. That’s wrong...
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https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20180720.168527/full/

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

Health Affairs — The need for an objective, structured method to evaluate natural and human-caused mass casualty and disaster events is clear and urgent. The work of the NTSB has demonstrated that such investigations save lives and reduce economic losses.
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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 Washington Post — The day starts about 5:30 a.m., when the hotel turns back on the power. The fans come back on, at least. People begin stirring, snores fade away, backpacks rustle and feet pad around. The bus to the hospital leaves at 7 a.m., driving less than a mile past normal buildings and lives and crumbled buildings and lives, and tent camps.
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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

The Washington Post — We have three tents for our "triage emergency department." Two tents stand out: the "Jiffy Pop" (look that up, those of you born in the microwave era) and the Blue Tent. The Blue Tent is the infectious-disease tent, for the emaciated people coughing blood that we think have advanced TB.
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The Line

The Line

JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association — Rationing healthcare in the aftermath of a disaster damages the soul.
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Health Affairs —
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National Disaster Safety Board—Objective Measures, Improved Outcomes

National Disaster Safety Board—Objective Measures, Improved Outcomes

Health Affairs —
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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

The Washington Post — It hasn't even been a week since Nepal's massive earthquake killed thousands and destroyed businesses, homes, roads and hospitals across the country. But already, the United Nations has called for $415 million in aid; more than $50 million has been pledged by 53 countries and foundations for immediate relief.
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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

The Hill — American workers are dying at an unprecedented rate - thousands of healthcare workers have already been killed by COVID-19. The Supreme Court may allow this to continue. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 807,050 healthcare worker infections and 3,067 deaths.
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A Tribute - Paul Auerbach, MD

A Tribute - Paul Auerbach, MD

Wilderness & Environmental Medicine — Paul S. Auerbach is often called the father of wilderness medicine. Sometimes it annoyed him."I get a lot of credit for wilderness medicine, but that's not fair. I am just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many people doing incredible things out there."
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