Tag: Emergency

Today, while reading the Portuguese newspapers, I got some mind-blowing news. The Portuguese National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) is planning to implement a ChatGPT-based virtual assistant named “Voicebot 112”, to answer calls to the country’s emergency number s...

Introduction Ah, there’s nothing quite like a relaxing trans-Atlantic flight — except when it turns into an emergency return due to a rogue bowel movement. Here’s the scoop on Delta Flight 194’s journey from Atlanta to Barcelona: picture yourself miles above the ground, si...

It is time to tax the ultra Rich and hold the city of Chicago accountable until they restore and repair the harm that was created long before the Migrant Crisis. It is clear that all Communities of color have had about enough. We are in solidarity about this, no doubt. This was a problem before t...

The Indian capital of Delhi is currently engulfed in a thick blanket of toxic smog, marking the annual return of one of the world’s worst air pollution crises. On November 3rd, air quality index (AQI) levels in Delhi breached the ‘hazardous’ category, reaching as high as 500 on a s...

“The science is clear. The world is in a state of climate emergency, and we need to shift into emergency gear.” This is the opening sentence on the UN’s Environment Program (UNEP) page on climate emergency. The first part of the sentence is indisputable. Not only is the sci...

Those of us who express and sign the content of this document are descendants of the first peoples and nations that creation has left under the laws of nature to take care of the earth, which is the home of humanity. We are the historical guardians of life that manifests in water, plants, fauna, for...

“Amid the doom-laden exhortations to change our ways, let us remember that we are striving to create a more beautiful world, and not sustain, with growing sacrifice, the current one. We are not just seeking to survive. We are not just facing doom; we are facing a glorious possibility. We are o...

Less than a year ago I crossed a magical line in the legislative sand. I turned 59.5. Yeah, I know, that’s kind of an odd number, isn’t it? Tell that to Congress though. They made that age a critical milepost in letting us access our own money from tax-deferred retirement accoun...

In my first year of high school, a teacher dropped dead in the shower at a school camp. He was the Drama teacher — ironically. He died of a heart attack. He was 39 years old. I was thinking about this teacher as I went drove to the local hospital emergency department with chronic chest pain...

Welcome to the next milestone on our roadmap to inclusive leadership. Today, we dive into the 10th key, one that is largely overlooked, even by some of the most experienced inclusive leaders: emergency preparedness. In this part of our series, we won’t just be talking about planning and being ...

Emergency contraception is the only way to prevent pregnancy after sex has already occurred. It can be used when no contraception was used or it was used incorrectly, such as with missed birth control pills or broken condoms. Emergency contraception is also used to prevent pregnancy after sexual ass...

Where something like violence serves as a modality for social conflict and unrest, its foundations are nearly impossible to approximate, because they are continually shifting on a psychological level. People do not “inflict” harm on others in the strict sense—it is a matter of foll...