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Perspectives

Calamities, Codes, and Crises

Mary C. Meyer, MD, MPH, explores the intersection of healthcare and disasters.

Calamities, Codes, and Crises
Where There's Wildfire Smoke, There's Respiratory Infection

We're only just beginning to understand what wildfire smoke is capable of

November 17, 2024
A photo of a wildfire in Santa Barbara California.
Calamities, Codes, and Crises
Healthcare's Post-Traumatic Growth

This existential crisis is painful, but necessary

September 24, 2024
A photo of signage outside a hospital directing COVID patients to a separate entrance.
Calamities, Codes, and Crises
Are You Ready for Wildfire Season?

Wildfire season is a double whammy for healthcare workers across the country

August 31, 2024
A photo of a highway running through smoke and fire in Chico, California.
Calamities, Codes, and Crises
If You Build It, They Will Come: EDs Are Victims of Induced Demand

We cannot simply build our way out of the overcrowding and boarding crisis

July 23, 2024
A photo of the emergency entrance to a hospital.
Calamities, Codes, and Crises
Fast-Food Medicine: EDs Desperately Need a New Model of Care

The current system lacks both affordability and efficiency

June 2, 2024
A photo of a busy hospital waiting room.
Calamities, Codes, and Crises
Revisiting the Boston Marathon Bombing a Decade Later

Even now, the emergency still has important lessons to teach us

April 19, 2024
A photo of shoes tied to barricades in a makeshift memorial to victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing.
Calamities, Codes, and Crises
Eulogy for a Healthcare Worker

Medicine's next generation can do it better

March 2, 2024
A photo of signage on the front of a hospital during the COVID pandemic which reads: HEROES WORK HERE
Calamities, Codes, and Crises
Learning to Control Traumatic Hemorrhage Can Prevent Firearm Deaths

Escalating gun violence necessitates widespread bystander response

December 21, 2023
A photo of an ambulance blurred by motion

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