Category: E

In medicine, a retired physician who maintains a staff position within the hospital.  

An ATSDR supported demonstration program to facilitate development of emergency response and preparedness activities within the infrastructure of the public health community. These programs provide an opportunity for response and preparedness personnel to become oriented in health concepts and specific components of an integrated emergency response plan for chemical releases.  

The coordinated discharge of hormones and activity of the autonomic nervous system to prepare the body for flight or fight in a threatening situation.  

A person trained in all aspects of first aid and emergency treatment and situations. A trained paramedic who gives care to victims at the scene of an accident or in an ambulance. An allied health professional with special training in on-site and in-transit care of injured and emergency medical patients (victims), and also in providing…

A series of emergency medical response patient management protocols to be developed for the purpose of informing and guiding physicians on how to handle patients accidentally exposed to hazardous materials.  

In politics, a phrase added to a bill to make it effective immediately after passage and signed by the governor or the president.  

A substandard certificate for teachers who have not met all the requirements for certification.  

Coincides with the Age of Reason and emphasizes the rights of the common people for a better life, politically, economically, socially, and educationally. Rousseau was a leader of this movement.    

The stage of human development from the time of conception until the 8th week of gestation. Developmental stage that occurs during the first 2-8 weeks after fertilization of a human egg.  

The first 2 months of prenatal development.