and federal government, as well as Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), who are local volunteers, are involved in the disaster process, by providing appropriate resources and utilities, and reducing the risk of devastation should a catastrophe occur (FEMA, 2014). They also provide financial resources for response and recovery, and may be involved in the mitigation process (FEMA, 2014). First responders, such as police, fire departments, emergency medical services, and non-governmental…
While working as a Scribe at the Emergency Room in San Bernardino, I have been confronted with many difficult situations, including the death of children and the death of people my age. One particularly difficult case for me was when an eight year old boy was brought into the Emergency Room by his mother because he felt sick. Upon arrival, the boy was having a hard time breathing and had one episode of coffee-ground emesis. We immediately brought him to a bed in the back to stabilize him and…
respected. Accident and Emergency Handling A guard should have the set of skills, knowledge and probably experience to handle an emergency competently, as well as be equipped on how to prevent accidents from occurring within and around his workstation. This could entail securing an area, by switching off electrical appliances that might have been left on by other employees, and the likes. A security guard must be knowledgeable in the best way to respond to emergencies or various dangerous…
government and private sector entities, nonprofit organizations, and citizen volunteers, to converge on the crisis event with goals of mitigating any active threats, stabilizing the scene, and saving lives. A critical component of the response effort is Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which plays a major role in providing initial medical treatment to victims, preparing them for transport, and evacuating them to hospitals for follow up treatment and care. Hospitals are also vital to the…
Bing Emergency Medical Technician isn’t about flashing light, wearing a uniform, working with firefighters, others’ and it is not about driving a track. There are all thing that many aspiring EMT dream of. There are a lot of peart to an EMT’s job. There are emergency medical which take up the majority of the job. There are also public safely and paramedic which both of these characteristics appeal to me. This isn’t reason I want to become EMT. The important EMT is to becoming appreciable in…
hurts themselves in the setting the practitioner should comfort them and get the first aider. If it is an emergency the manager and the child’s parents should be informed and an ambulance called. The nursery should have permission from the parents to call the ambulance in a emergency. If it is not an emergency once the child’s injuries have been tended to and the accident incident and emergency form or book needs to be filed in as it is a statutory requirement. The form needs the details of:…
EMT stands for Emergency Medical Technicians. EMTs and Paramedics have the same knowledge and skills to take care of patients. The biggest difference between them is their scope of practice. They’re usually associated with 911, like operators of 911. They accept the blame for to commonplace medical emergency, but the most common are car accidents, childbirth, violent traumas, heart attacks and accidents. Their mission is to assess the medical needs of sick people and their injuries, and then…
available manpower, supplies, equipment and services necessary for disaster emergency readiness, response and recovery (Emergency Management Agency, 2017). One method that enables Lackawanna County’s community to be adequately prepared for a natural disaster is CodeRed. CodeRed is a system that can be used to alert people to a variety of situations, from evacuation notices, weather advisories and highway closures to fire emergencies, boil-water notices and missing-children reports. It is capable…
The job I want to apply to is a Paramedic because I heard it is a good job and it pays really well. I'm gonna show you what the Paramedics are supposed to do. The job of a paramedic is about helping people in need of emergency. Being a paramedic isn’t that difficult it may seem to other people. They also help out the special needs people also. The qualifications of a paramedic are an associates degree, 30-350 hours of training a GED, a high school diploma and a CPR certification. If you…
Non-Emergency Patient Transport (NEPT) evolved from an identified need in the Victorian health care system in the late 1990’s when there was a major reform of the (then) Metropolitan Ambulance Service. The main reason for the reform was that many patients were being delayed in their appointments, as ambulances were being redirected to emergency cases. During the early years of the new century, many lobbied for change, as the service was unregulated. In October 2003 the State Parliament passed…