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study of emotions. Interesting findings

http://bigthink.com/risk-reason-and-rea ... se-in-need

And the scene from the end of Schindler's List (which admittedly some people found unrealistic, but which I liked a lot!)

thanks for sharing this. I shared on facebook.

And speaking of kiddos and others in refugee camps, a true miracle of the last 30 years has been the promotion of oral rehydration therapy (ORT), which really should be basic first aid information.

THE TREATMENT OF DIARRHOEA: A manual for physicians and other senior health workers, World Health Organization, 2005.
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2 ... 593180.pdf

Check it out, parts of it are a lot more readable than you may think. For example, see page 9 (13 in PDF).

They're talking about unsalted rice water, salted rice water, unsalted vegetable soup, salted soup, weak tea, and other fluids mothers feel acceptable for a child with diarrhea, with the goal being a modest amount of sugar and salt. And the goal being to start early and often to hopefully prevent dehydration in the first place.

And from page 12 (16 in PDF):

" . . Vomiting often occurs during the first hour or two of treatment, especially when children drink the solution too quickly, but this rarely prevents successful oral rehydration since most of the fluid is absorbed. After this time vomiting usually stops. If the child vomits, wait 5-10 minutes and then start giving ORS solution again, but more slowly (e.g. a spoonful every 2-3 minutes)."

This whole approach was originally developed to treat child and adult victims of cholera.