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Also, how did you get into it, and what sort of education or certifications (if any) did you need?

And if you were to get into the same niche today, would you? (And in some cases--COULD you, or has the door closed?)

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[–] philpo@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I work in disaster planning - so if you want a really good disaster to happen then give me a call.

To be more serious:

I write disaster response plans mostly for the medical field, e.g. hospitals, nursing homes. That starts with ordinary fires and flooding, but also includes things like "IT outtakes"(which kill far more people than fire each year), "supply line collaps", etc.

We also train staff, mostly management, and conduct full scale exercises. Additionally I write medical intelligence and evacuation reports. These are basically "plans" for aid workers, expats. that go to risky places: "Oh, I broke my leg in bumfuck nowhere South Sudan! What now? Is there a hospital? Which one do I go to? Which one has actual doctors? Is there a chance that a medical evacuation plane can reach me?"

Originally I am a critical care paramedic and I am currently studying towards (another) master degree in healthcare management. Before I founded my current company I worked as a consultant for various healthcare related firms, before that as an ambulance service director.

But mass casualty situations always were "my thing" and the multi-stakeholder approach I take during planning talking to basically all roles in a hospital, from the higher ups to the guy in charge of waste disposal, is something I enjoy immensely.

[–] IonAddis@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I bet Covid got you a lot of fun data to play with re: "supply line collapse".

I've always been interested in work like this--I took a class that covered lean manufacturing and kept thinking about how "just in time" inventory seemed like it'd be awful for a hospital, as the hospital would be MOST needed if supply lines collapsed, and JIT stuff seemed a dumb move. But I was only spitballing on the surface as an outsider.

[–] philpo@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What if I tell you that even most ambulance services work with JIT?

[–] Getawombatupya@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And mass casualty events are generally centred around population centres. If a train hits that bus in bumfuck, it's six hours before triage and transport

[–] philpo@feddit.de 0 points 11 months ago

Yeah, thankfully in central Europe our "bumfuck nowhere" still means that some infrastructure is reachable within 120min usually - and as long as the weather permits we throw dozens of helicopters at it.

Personally I am far more afraid of other scenarios therefore.