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The Common Frontier
Managing Conflict in the Comm Center While there are some among us who seem to thrive on conflict, they are (fortunately) few and far between. On the other hand, comm centers—and emergency services more generally—tend to attract hard-charging, ambitious, high-energy, … Continue reading
The Brain of the Active Assailant
Recently—especially since the Newtown shootings, but at least for the past five years or so—scientists have shown increasing interest in understanding the brains of violent people. Their studies offer significant hope but also pose very real ethical and methodological questions … Continue reading
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What does emergency care cost?
This morning, the federal government released Medicare data—finally—that provides a glimpse into just how much a hospital stay can cost. More importantly, this data offers some insight into what huge variation there is in hospital costs. The data provides individual … Continue reading
Location, Location, Location
At Navigator last week, I had the opportunity to attend two fascinating meetings about dispatch research. One was the research council meeting, where we discussed the ongoing research projects being done by the Academies, the creation of the Annals, and … Continue reading
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Welcome!
Welcome to aedrjournal.wordpress.com, a new online forum for sharing dispatch research, brought to you by the Annals of Emergency Dispatch (AEDR), the official research journal of the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. We are excited to use this blog as … Continue reading
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