“If we should suffer a medical emergency, we take for granted that our community will be able to provide the medical services we need. We assume that somebody - possibly a passer-by - would be able to give proper first aid and to summon help. We assume that the ambulance attendants would be well-trained and able to aid us en route to the hospital. Unfortunately, in far too many American communities, our assumption would be false.”

On receiving ACEP's Disaster Medical Sciences Award, Oct 2019... These remarks seem more important now.

AXIOM: There is a relentless march of patients coming to the ED. Likewise, there is a relentless ever-growing march of disasters coming to the world…