Libraries, Utilities and Medical Vulnerability | NLM

Disaster Information Management Research Center | NLM

Libraries, Utilities and Medical Vulnerability

12/18/2019 12:00 AM EST

Source: National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Southwest Region (NNLM PSR). Published: 12/18/2019. This 55-minute webinar discusses how libraries, librarians, and library patrons are impacted by disruptions to grid energy. Understanding the health impacts of utility shutoffs and the programs in place to protect medically vulnerable individuals is critical to anyone who lives or works in the path of natural disasters, and anyone who provides health information to medically vulnerable populations inside and outside of disaster zones. (Video or Multimedia)