First Responder
Mobile health clinic aims to ‘meet firefighters where they are’
The Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Health System, has launched the Firefighter Cancer Initiative mobile health clinic for the prevention and detection of cancer in the firefighter population.
Q&A: Virtual reality program prepares EMTs, physicians for mass casualty disasters
A new virtual reality program is providing first responders, law enforcement and physicians with training and experience in mass casualty disasters, occurrences that have grown significantly over the last several years.
World Trade Center responders can still take steps to lower lung injury risk
Reducing excess body fat and adjusting factors of metabolic syndrome can greatly lower the risk for lung disease among World Trade Center first responders, according to data in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Disaster responders experience high PTSD burden, need mental health support, study finds
Specific interventions may mitigate PTSD symptoms among mass disaster first responders, according to results of a prospective cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.
High thyroid cancer rate among 9/11 responders likely due to heightened surveillance
An increased rate of thyroid cancers observed among firefighters who responded to the 9/11 World Trade Center attack may be associated with heightened surveillance rather than an increase in disease, according to findings published in JAMA Internal Medicine.