http://www.metafilter.com/tags/firstresponders Posts tagged with 'firstresponders' at MetaFilter. Thu, 08 Sep 2005 22:26:33 -0800 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 22:26:33 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/44960/Some%2DRampR <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2005/sep/08/090810247.html">NO First Responders</a> and their families are getting some time off in Las Vegas. In the wake of <a href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/09/05/amid_horror_2_officers_commit_suicide/">two suicides</a> and lots of resignations, some first responders are being rotated out to get a break from the stress of responding to the disaster. The trips are being paid for by the Red Cross as well as donations from <a href="http://www.stationcasinos.com/templates/home_corp.aspx?p=7">Station Casinos</a> and <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.allegiantair.com/&ei=ghchQ-XpOJO4apyomKgP">Allegiant Air</a>. The first group arrived Tuesday, and gets five days to check out the town and get some rest - sleeping in soft beds, eating hot meals, gamble if they please and maybe catch a show or two. Other cities like Atlanta are also participating in helping the first responders get away from the disaster zone to get a break. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.44960 Thu, 08 Sep 2005 22:26:33 -0800 firstresponders Katrina SirOmega http://www.metafilter.com/39435/The%2DAroma%2Dof%2DTerror Is the aroma of burning flesh putting you off your lunch? An Israeli company called Patus is marketing a new product called <a href="http://www.odorscreen.com">Odor Screen</a> to EMTs, soldiers, cops, and medical staff who work at the sites of suicide bombings, combat zones, and other modern catastrophes. The <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10771279&dopt=Abstract">Proustian</a> link between smell and vivid memories is <a href="http://www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/UBNRP/Smell/memory.html">well established</a>, and by displacing traumatic odors with a "calming vanilla aroma," the company hopes to lessen PTSD in first responders, and <a href="http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392349">that's no laughing matter</a>. [<i>via</i> <a href="http://www.medgadget.com">medgadget</a>] tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.39435 Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:25:01 -0800 911 firstresponders memory odor PTSD smell terrorism trauma war digaman