E.C.M.S SCIENCE &
OUTBREAK! TECHNOLOGY
Stay tuned for this breaking Be the expert…
As the investigative reporter, you will become
story!!! the expert on the illness you chose; but your
Over the past two years you've worked hard to job as a news broadcaster is to make sure
become the investigative reporter for the local that you inform the general public. There are
television station. While investigative reporting 3 parts to your broadcast:
sounded fun, it has amounted to reporting on some
pretty boring stories. That all changed as of five PART 1 – ABOUT THE DISEASE
minutes ago, when an anonymous caller informed
you of an impending epidemic. Classification (Bacterial? Parasitic? Viral?)
Symptoms (What happens when infected?)
In order to break this story you need to use your Mode of transmission (How it spreads?)
incredible investigative skills to discover as much as How are Organ System(s) affected?
you can about this illness. You are going to report (Skeletal, muscular, circulatory, respiratory,
on a SPECIFIC past or current epidemic as nervous, digestive, excretory, integumentary)
though it is happening in the present (NOW). Life of the illness (incubation stage, onset
Success will no doubt bring you job offers from all of symptoms, contagion, resolution)
the major networks, from CBC to CTV, as well as
making you a hero in the eye of the nation.
PART 2 – ABOUT THE OUTBREAK
Source of Outbreak (First known case?)
Geographical location affected (Where?)
Rate of infection (Number of people sick?)
PLACE PHOTO HERE, High risk groups (Who’s in danger?)
OTHERWISE DELETE BOX Infection Prediction (How quickly might it
spread and why?)
Before you start your
broadcast:
You need to decide which disease epidemic or PART 3 – ABOUT THE EMERGENCY PLAN
pandemic you will be researching. Below are a few
ideas, feel free to consult with your teacher if you Prevention (How to protect yourself?)
have any other idea you would like to pursue. What treatments or vaccines are available
to the general public?
E. Coli, Ebola, Botulism, Salmonella, Yersinia pestis Infectious control methods available or
(Plague), Smallpox, Avian Influenza (Bird Flu), being used (Quarantine, isolation etc.?)
Leprosy, Cholera, Tuberculosis, Puerperal Fever, Public Actions (Where to go, what to do if
Encephalitis Lethargica, Malaria, Chagas’ Disease, the situation gets worse?)
Hookworm, Measles, Yellow Fever, Dengue Fever,
Rabies, Polio, SARS, Kwashiorkor, Tularemia,
Necrotizing Fasciitis, Norovirus, Pertussis, Scarlet
Fever, West Nile Virus, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease,
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
E.C.M.S OUTBREAK! SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
Your Broadcast ~ LINKS ~
Centre for Disease Control (US):
Your news broadcast can either be a live http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/
broadcast in front of your classmates or a
pre-recorded video broadcast. Public Health Agency of Canada:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/id-mi/index-eng.php
Each member of the news team needs to
report on their part of the story during the World Health Organization:
broadcast. Be creative in your news http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/index.html
broadcast, but don’t forget that you are
reporting a serious story. Props/costumes
are welcomed. If you are reporting on an old
epidemic as though it is happening today,
you will want to consider what society would
have been like back then. You may also
want to watch the news to get some
broadcasting tips.
The links on the right are excellent sources of
information for current/past
epidemics/pandemics.
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