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No obstante la destrucción en muchos sitios de México por los huracanes y los sismos recientes, nuestro país sigue recuperándose gracias a millares de muestras solidarias de apoyo entre cada mexicano y personas allende de nuestras fronteras que, trabajando codo con codo, han ido rescatando a cientos de personas donde la muerte se hacía inminente.
Tenemos una sola meta y el camino para alcanzarla está lleno de sonrisas, apoyos y obstáculos. México está de pie, y en esta ocasión más unido que nunca. Mil gracias por darnos su apoyo.
Despite the destruction in many places of Mexico due to recent hurricanes and earthquakes, our country continues to recover thanks to thousands of solidarity samples of support between each Mexican and people beyond our borders who, working side by side, have been rescuing hundreds of people where death was imminent.
We have only one goal and the way to reach it is full of smiles, supports and obstacles. Mexico is standing, and this time more united than ever. Thank you for giving us your help.
Apesar da destruição em muitos lugares do México devido a furacões e terremotos recentes, nosso país continua a recuperar graças a milhares de amostras solidárias de apoio entre cada mexicano e pessoas além de nossas fronteiras que, trabalhando lado a lado, estão resgatando centenas de pessoas onde a morte era iminente.
Temos apenas um objetivo e a maneira de alcançá-lo é cheia de sorrisos, apoios e obstáculos. O México está de pé, e desta vez mais unido do que nunca. Obrigado por nos dar sua ajuda.
En dépit de la destruction dans de nombreux endroits du Mexique en raison des récents ouragans et tremblements de terre, notre pays continue de se remettre grâce à des milliers d'échantillons de solidarité entre chaque Mexicain et des personnes au-delà de nos frontières qui, travaillant côte à côte, ont sauvé des centaines des personnes où la mort était imminente.
Nous n'avons qu'un seul objectif et la façon de l'atteindre est pleine de sourires, de soutiens et d'obstacles. Le Mexique est debout, et cette fois plus unis que jamais. Merci de nous avoir donné votre aide.
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Utilización de los servicios médicos de emergencia de helicópteros en la respuesta médica temprana a incidentes graves: una revisión sistemática de la literatura.
Utilisation of helicopter emergency medical services in the early medical response to major incidents: a systematic literature review.
BMJ Open. 2016 Feb 9;6(2):e010307. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010307.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:This systematic review identifies, describes and appraises the literature describing the utilisation of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) in the early medical response to major incidents. SETTING: Early prehospital phase of a major incident. DESIGN: Systematic literature review performed according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Web of Science, PsycINFO, Scopus, Cinahl, Bibsys Ask, Norart, Svemed and UpToDate were searched using phrases that combined HEMS and 'major incidents' to identify when and how HEMS was utilised. The identified studies were subjected to data extraction and appraisal. RESULTS: The database search identified 4948 articles. Based on the title and abstract, the full text of 96 articles was obtained; of these, 37 articles were included in the review, and an additional five were identified by searching the reference lists of the 37 articles. HEMS was used to transport medical and rescue personnel to the incident and to transport patients to the hospital, especially when the infrastructure was damaged. Insufficient air traffic control, weather conditions, inadequate landing sites and failing communication were described as challenging in some incidents. CONCLUSIONS: HEMS was used mainly for patient treatment and to transport patients, personnel and equipment in the early medical management of major incidents, but the optimal utilisation of this specialised resource remains unclear. This review identified operational areas with improvement potential. A lack of systematic indexing, heterogeneous data reporting and weak methodological design, complicated the identification and comparison of incidents, and more systematic reporting is needed.
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La reforma sanitaria en México: antes y después de los terremotos de 1985.
The health care reform in Mexico: before and after the 1985 earthquakes.
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The earthquakes that hit Mexico City in September 1985 caused considerable damage both to the population and to important medical facilities. The disaster took place while the country was undertaking a profound reform of its health care system. This reform had introduced a new principle for allocating and distributing the benefits of health care, namely, the principle of citizenship. Operationally, the reform includes an effort to decentralize the decision-making authority, to modernize the administration, to achieve greater coordination within the health sector and among sectors, and to extend coverage to the entire population through an ambitious primary care program. This paper examines the health context in which the reform was taking place when the September earthquakes hit. After presenting the damages caused by the quakes, the paper analyzes the characteristics of the immediate response by the health system. Since many facilities within the system were severely damaged, a series of options for reconstruction are posited. The main lesson to be learned from the Mexican case is that cuts in health care programs are not the inevitable response to economic or natural crises. On the contrary, it is precisely when the majority of the population is undergoing difficulties that a universal and equitable health system becomes most necessary.
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Los ciclones tropicales en un año de aumento de las temperaturas mundiales y un fortalecimiento de El Niño.
Tropical cyclones in a year of rising global temperatures and a strengthening El Niño.
Disaster Health. 2015 Nov 16;2(3-4):151-162. doi: 10.1080/21665044.2014.1111722. eCollection 2014 Jul-Dec.
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The year 2015 is notable for the coincidence of several strong climate indicators that having bearing on the occurrence and intensity of tropical cyclones worldwide. This year, 2015, is clearly on track to become the warmest on record in terms of global temperatures. During the latter half of 2015, a very strong El Niño has formed and is predicted to build impressively, perhaps rivaling the memorable El Niño of 1997/1998. Warm Pacific Ocean temperatures, coupled with a strengthening El Niño, have supported the proliferation of Western North Pacific basin typhoons and Eastern/Central North Pacific Hurricanes. Most notable among these, Hurricane Patricia formed on October 20, 2015 and experienced extremely rapid intensification to become the strongest hurricane in the history of the Western Hemisphere and then weakened just as abruptly before dissipating on October 24, 2015. Rather than an aberration, these climate patterns of 2015 represent an ongoing trend with implications for the disaster health of coastal populations worldwide.
KEYWORDS: ENSO; El Niño; accumulated cyclone energy (ACE); climate change; hurricanes; temperature anomalies; tropical cyclones; typhoons
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Variabilidad Intrabasin de los Ciclones Tropicales del Pacífico Este durante el ENSO Regulado por los Vientos de Intervalo Centroamericanos
Intrabasin Variability of East Pacific Tropical Cyclones During ENSO Regulated by Central American Gap Winds.
Sci Rep. 2017 May 10;7(1):1658. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-01962-3.Abstract
Hurricane Patricia in 2015 was the strongest Pacific hurricane to make landfall in Mexico. Although Patricia fortuitously spared major cities, it reminded us of the threat tropical cyclones (TCs) pose in the eastern North Pacific (ENP) and the importance of improving our understanding and prediction of ENP TCs. Patricia's intensity and the active 2015 ENP hurricane season have been partially attributed to the strong El Niño in 2015, however there is still a lack of fundamental understanding of the relationship between El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and ENP TCs. Here, we demonstrate that ENSO drives intrabasin variability of ENP TCs, with enhanced (reduced) TC frequency in the western portion of the ENP during El Niño (La Niña), but reduced (enhanced) TC frequency in the eastern nearshore area, where landfalling TCs preferentially form. This intrabasin difference is primarily driven by the Central American Gap Winds (CAGW), which intensify (weaken) during El Niño (La Niña), producing low-level anticyclonic (cyclonic) relative vorticity anomalies and thus an unfavorable (favorable) environment for TC genesis. These findings shed new light on the dynamics linking ENP TC activity to ENSO, and highlight the importance of improving CAGW representation in models to make skillful seasonal forecasts of ENP TCs.
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