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Peter1469
12-04-2017, 07:22 PM
Nuclear war, we are not prepared for the scale of casualties (http://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-war-n-korea-were-not-prepared-scale-casualties-729656)

The author is an expert in disaster management- he points out, rightly so, that we (or other nations), don't have the ability to care for those wounded in a nuclear strike.


Those of us in the field of emergency preparedness shudder with the realization that a growing number of nations are joining the global thermonuclear arms race.

This reality is fraught with consequences that most people do not recognize, and frankly do not want to know.

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A typical serious thermal burn injury in a well staffed hospital takes three to four medical personnel per patient to provide adequate care. When we have hundreds of thousands of surviving burn patients due to an urban thermonuclear detonation, we are not going to be able to treat even a tiny fraction of them.

barb012
12-05-2017, 08:14 AM
That is true and it is also true if we had a pandemic.

Kacper
12-05-2017, 10:51 AM
In the event of a nuclear strike our first domestic priority should be preventing as many people as possible from being exposed, not aiding the hopeless to be quite frank.

MisterVeritis
12-05-2017, 12:56 PM
Nuclear war, we are not prepared for the scale of casualties (http://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-war-n-korea-were-not-prepared-scale-casualties-729656)
The author is an expert in disaster management- he points out, rightly so, that we (or other nations), don't have the ability to care for those wounded in a nuclear strike.
It doesn't really matter. We are never prepared for big wars. One with the Norks will be a small war.

Peter1469
12-05-2017, 07:24 PM
It doesn't really matter. We are never prepared for big wars. One with the Norks will be a small war.

Unless they are successful with an EMP attack.