Incident Command System

services occur in real time, the risk of failure is always high. Therefore, it is imperative that organizations take a systematic approach to managing rage incidents. For example, the C.H.A.R.M. School provides lessons in Customer Hostility and Rage Management. Employees learn various identification techniques to spot potential incidents before they happen and plausible tactics to defuse potentially dangerous customers. Forward thinking organizations that prepare employees for rage through…

I have been asked to create a reflective account on an incident within my HNC work placement where I have had to overcome communication barriers with a patient. My reflection will be structured using Driscoll’s cycle, known as Driscoll (1994) Model of reflection. According to Driscolls cycle there are three processes in which should be used when reflecting on an incident or in general practice. These are what (returning to the situation), so what (understanding the context) and now what…

Safe care needs NP’s to take decisions & actions against situations of risk that threaten the safety of patients and the possible occurrence of incidents that can be from the slightest, that may often go unnoticed, to serious adverse events & consequences which can result in disability, injury, or death. Analyzing incidents in systemic ways based on reflective & systematic models, where errors are investigated from the insecure act of the NP towards decisions at managerial level, replaces a…

with the Army Materiel Command, I actually was responsible for several other programs that covered many of the Army’s core functions for communications and signal. One of the Army’s major functions is Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR). Absent the actual purchase of weapons system the second most important function that needs to be performed is controlling those systems via communications. The Army Materiel Command is responsible…

brought some of its senior management from Canada to supervise the new Philadelphia based sight. Berkeley began working under Partick Wharton. Patrick Wharton is Vice president, her direct boss and the alleged harasser. Berkeley claims that the incidents started occurring a few months after the merger. Wharton would stare at her for “several minutes at a time” across the divider…

NIMS, National Incident Management System, is the national standardized approach to incident management that is equally appropriate for all jurisdictional levels including local, state, and federal, and is functional for all hazards. This system mainly started to develop after the incident of 9/11. The basis for the development of NIMS was the document called HSPD-7 which established a broad range of specific responsibilities for the DHS. There are five main components of NIMS; it includes…

concept that came from NIMS was the Incident Command System (ICS). The ICS addresses the question of who is in charge during an incident and where everyone needs to be. There are five major management systems addressed by ICS: command, operations, planning, logistics, and finance. Command encompasses developing, directing, and maintaining communication and collaboration with multiple agencies on site. Operations handles the tactical portions, coordination with command objectives, and organizes…

Implementing these channels and procedures can be difficult for their civilian counterparts. Efforts to improve collaboration include the development of the Crisis Information Management Systems (CIMS) to increase the interoperability of these cooperative agencies (Markus et al., n.d.). However, difficulty in generational technology upgrades can be a disconnect, as oftentimes the government relies on older technology, whereas private agencies…

The lack of coordination, and communication are some of the problems that can interfere with the response to a disaster. In order to create a sense of order, the Incident Command System (ICS) was developed to help volunteers create a coordinated and systematic approach in working together. Including in the ICS were a planned set of directives to assign one coordinator to manage the infrastructure of the response, assigning…

Based upon OSHA’s Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers(OSHA 3249-08N 2006) and ATSDR’s Managing Hazardous Materials Incidents(HSEES 2001), PPE recommended for hospital first receivers is Level C+ (Level C with additional respiratory protection), and consists of; 1) A powered air-purifying respirator (PAPR) with chemical cartridges, 2) A chemically resistant suit, 3) Double gloves, and, 4) Chemically resistant boots.…