Fatality management refers to the ability to coordinate with other organizations so as to facilitate efficient recovery, handling, identification, transportation storage and disposal of human remains in case of a mass fatality incident. Mass fatality cases are those that result in more deaths than what can be handled by the available local resources. Here are no minimum number of deaths that can be used to define a mass fatality because the number of individuals in different communities. When planning for response to a mass fatality, it is the responsibility of the healthcare and the fatality management professionals to ensure effectively and organized management of the deceased people.
Mass fatalities may result when a catastrophic emergency …show more content…
Examples of such incidents include the bombing of the Edward Murray federal building in Oklahoma City, the September 11 attacks, the hurricane Katrina incident as well as the recent H1N1 outbreak. These are among the markers of the potential of the catastrophes in creating mass fatalities. As such there is the great need for emergency management as part of the national efforts in the management of disaster as preparedness of such events in future (Calhospitalprepare.org, 2016).
Currently, the modern day efforts to address the response to mass fatality incidents stands at the formation of two specialty teams which are weapons of mass destructions team and the family assistance care team. These teams have been incorporated into the disaster management teams which are within the national disaster medical system (Calhospitalprepare.org, 2016). Numerous public and private initiatives have been put in place to improve the ability of the state to respond to mass fatality incidents. However, the achievements that have been attained to date only scratches to the surface of what should be done to address comprehensively the complex planning and the response need that should be undertaken (World Health Organization, 2007). As such the elected officials, emergency planners and the public health professional and other …show more content…
The first functional operation of the strategy will be to determine the role of public health in fatality management. With the coordination of the leading jurisdictional authority, the plan will involve identification of the roles and the responsibilities of the public health entities in fatality management activities. Secondly, the plan will involve activation of the public health fatality management’s facilities. This will be accomplished by facilitating access to resources such as human workforce, record keeping facilities as well as the physical space (Altay & Green, 2006). These are the most important resources in the in addressing the fatalities from a catastrophic incident. This is in keeping with the public health jurisdiction
Mass fatalities may result when a catastrophic emergency …show more content…
Examples of such incidents include the bombing of the Edward Murray federal building in Oklahoma City, the September 11 attacks, the hurricane Katrina incident as well as the recent H1N1 outbreak. These are among the markers of the potential of the catastrophes in creating mass fatalities. As such there is the great need for emergency management as part of the national efforts in the management of disaster as preparedness of such events in future (Calhospitalprepare.org, 2016).
Currently, the modern day efforts to address the response to mass fatality incidents stands at the formation of two specialty teams which are weapons of mass destructions team and the family assistance care team. These teams have been incorporated into the disaster management teams which are within the national disaster medical system (Calhospitalprepare.org, 2016). Numerous public and private initiatives have been put in place to improve the ability of the state to respond to mass fatality incidents. However, the achievements that have been attained to date only scratches to the surface of what should be done to address comprehensively the complex planning and the response need that should be undertaken (World Health Organization, 2007). As such the elected officials, emergency planners and the public health professional and other …show more content…
The first functional operation of the strategy will be to determine the role of public health in fatality management. With the coordination of the leading jurisdictional authority, the plan will involve identification of the roles and the responsibilities of the public health entities in fatality management activities. Secondly, the plan will involve activation of the public health fatality management’s facilities. This will be accomplished by facilitating access to resources such as human workforce, record keeping facilities as well as the physical space (Altay & Green, 2006). These are the most important resources in the in addressing the fatalities from a catastrophic incident. This is in keeping with the public health jurisdiction