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Can Churches Be Made Safe Again? church safety (Update: Since the writing of this [...]
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I’ve written quite a bit lately about shooting and terror events, but recent events highlight [...]
As a physician, my focus is how to heal wounds rather than how to cause wounds. A terrorist, [...]
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Given the spate of bombings and shootings throughout the world, most recently in Brussels but [...]
Joe Alton, MD's YouTube series on mass casualty triage ends with a review of the victims he [...]
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Given the recent reports of shooting incidents, it’s good to have an idea of how to [...]