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In Milwaukee County, as many as 350 patients a year could benefit from blood transfusions before reaching a hospital, said Dan Pojar, director of the county Office of Emergency Management's EMS ...
Wisconsin Emergency Management traces its history back to the establishment of the Office of Civil Defense, created by a 1951 act of the Wisconsin Legislature (1951 Wisconsin Act 443). At that time, the office was established within the Office of the Governor, and was primarily tasked with developing emergency plans in case of war.
An office of emergency management (OEM) (also known as a office of emergency services (OES), emergency management office (EMO), or emergency management agency (EMA)) is a local, municipal, tribal, state, federal/national, or international organization responsible for: planning for, responding to, and dealing with recovery efforts related to natural, manmade, technological, or otherwise ...
While serving as an associate professor of Emergency Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Weston is also the Director of medical services for the Office of Emergency Management and the Chief Health Policy Advisor for Milwaukee County. Weston's research interests include prehospital care, resuscitation, health equity, and public health ...
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Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley announced an infusion of state funding to help rehabilitate the county’s first building for emergency housing for homeless individuals.
Public health care in Milwaukee began with the creation of pesthouses during early epidemics and a quarantine hospital in 1877. In 1880 the county built a general hospital at the poor farm in Wauwatosa, but distance was an obstacle for many residents. In 1894 the city created an emergency hospital on Michigan Street, but it had limited capacity.
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