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Tag: Medicine
How COVID Is Impacting the Coal Industry
04/20/20
“How is COVID impacting the coal industry?”
The coal industry has been in decline for many decades now. However, the COVID pandemic is only accelerating things. Since coal workers are forced to stay at home and electricity demand is dropping, the revenue streams of these companies have all but disappeared. This is forcing many into bankruptcy, spilling into further contraction for the sector. This is How COVID Is Impacting the Coal Industry.
Interhospital Communication
04/14/20
“How can hospitals communicate with one another?”
Hospitals are often thought of as stand-alone institutions. However, this is rarely the case, especially in times of crisis. Interhospital Communication can facilitate resource and research interchange and ensure that capacities can be combined to achieve the most effective action.
Hospital Surge Plans
04/07/20
“How can hospitals plan for a sudden surge of patients?”
Hospitals during emergencies (such as during the COVID epidemic) can expect a sudden surge of patients. To prepare for this, these facilities will need a Hospital Surge Plan. These can include rapidly recruiting medical workers, procuring a massive amount of hospital beds to increase hospital capacity, and establishing communication protocols.
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Hospital Capacity
04/05/20
“What are the limits to hospital capacity?”
Hospitals, like all pieces of physical infrastructure, have a certain capacity associated with them. Holding a limited number of beds and critical care infrastructure, if too many patients arrive at the same time then a surge plan might be enacted or patients might be diverted to other hospitals. This is why Hospital Capacity is so important.
How the Coronavirus Epidemic Is Leading to Emissions Reductions
03/16/20
“How is it that the coronavirus epidemic is leading to carbon emissions reductions?”
The (at the time of writing) Coronavrius epidemic is causing industries to close, people to stay inside, and economies to grind to a halt. This stopping of economic productions and transit means that fewer resources are being used, leading to carbon emissions reductions. This is How the Coronavirus Epidemic Is Leading to Emissions Reductions.
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COVID-19
03/14/20
“What exactly is the novel Coronavirus and why is it so deadly?”
As of writing, the entire world seems to be in a panic. A new infectious disease has been spreading, prompting entire countries to shut down travel and impose quarantines. But what is the root Well, this is from a new virus that has been spreading around. The Coronavirus disease 2019, often referred to in professional circles as COVID-19, is a virus that is thought to have an animal-origin which gives infected individuals flue-like symptoms such as fever, dry cough, and fatigue. Since older individuals have a fairly high death rate (around 15%) and it can spread fairly easily from person-to-person, governments are taking extra precautions and mandating extreme isolative measures to prevent further spread.
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How Climate Change Will Exacerbate the Frequency of Deadly Diseases
07/23/19
“Why will there be more diseases as a result of climate change?”
Insects and viruses thrive in warm climates and human’s immune systems suffer when under temperature stress. As the global climate heats up, more areas will become warmer. This will enable more disease vectors to breed and put stress on humans, therefore vastly increasing susceptibility to illness.. This is How Climate Change Will Exacerbate the Frequency of Deadly Diseases.
Why you get sick from reading in a car
06/19/17
“Why do you get sick while reading in a car?”
Have you ever noticed how you get sick when you read in a car? Well, you have nothing but your own body’s physiology to blame. To estimate your location, your body receives some of its spatial information from its inner ear and eyes. When you are concentrating on a book, all you see is the stationary tome, but your ears will be listening to cracks, bumps, and changes in velocity. This incongruity of perceptual information will cause your brain to become disoriented and induce motion sickness. To avoid such an issue, try looking out of the window from time to time during the vehicular voyage.
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