Biological hazard

Does your health care institution have a Bioterrorism Readiness Plan? The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics does have a plan of action for any threats, including bioterrorism. If so, please share some information about the plan? If not, discuss what would be specific details that would be included in a plan of action for your health care institution? External resources, such as law enforcement, public health, FBI, and CDC would all be contacted. Within the hospital,…

Hurricanes are a force of nature like no other. They can be hundreds of miles wide, packing winds of 150 mph or higher. A severe hurricane can literally wipe the landscape clean. With hurricane season in Texas, preparation before the storm and action after it passes makes all the difference. Get a Plan Together Before the Storm Arrives How will you protect your business assets if a hurricane passes through your area? That is the question you need to answer when preparing your business'…

COSHH means the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations. This Regulation instructs employers to make sure that there workplace is safe and secure to work in. This is done by checking for risks and hazards in substances so that they know how to prevent injuries from happening. This allows employers to predict the possible outcomes if a worker takes contact from substances. Normally to warn workers not to go near any dangerous locations they provide warning signs, showing what…

The world faces immense glitches when it comes to handling matters concerning natural hazards. Natural hazards are extreme and severe climate and weather events that occur naturally in all the expenses of the realm. However, some parts are more susceptible to definite regions than elsewhere. For instance, natural fires. Natural fires have traumatized the world with the devastating damages that it has to the environment. One of the most prevalent firestorms is the 2003 Firestorm in Southern…

In the article “Field, discipline, and profession: Understanding three major labels of emergency management”, authors Dr. Heriberto Urby and Dr. David A. McEntire attempt to distinguish three different labels often given to the subject of emergency management. Within its structure, the article incorporates a vast amount of background information and explanations. Before going into detail with each label, the authors first provide credible definitions to the topic being discussed. They begin by…

Natural Disaster: Flash Floods Place: Central, Texas When making a contingency plan for your business your main priority are your employees, customers and the community. This is why as we come up with the contingency plan our workers will be informed and trained to deal with floods in the area. As a company we must also partner up with other businesses and see how we can help better the preparations for flood in the community. Because if there isn't any customers there isn't a business.…

V. Detailed Crisis Communications Plan The following detailed crisis communications plan is to be implemented alongside the checklist shown above in the case of an aviation accident involving one of our airplanes. This is one of many examples of crises that occur in our organization, however is under the umbrella of those that is most likely to happen. The following are steps that are required under our guidelines to be followed and to be taken, and depending on the situation requires further…

No matter where an individual resides, no matter how ideal the setting, how depressed the surroundings, natural disasters may strike. Whether it is earthquakes in California, tornados in Oklahoma, or hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, certain areas are synonymous with specific natural phenomena. Natural disasters are a key component in crisis communications because even though organizations cannot be blamed for starting them, organizations are blamed if a state of normalcy is not achieved swiftly.…

Question One Emergency management has changed significantly after 9/11. Major changes to disaster relief had occurred during the 1950s and 60s by including intentional man-made disasters in emergency management in planning. Although there are several instances of terroristic behavior and bombings, these disasters never occurred at the magnitude of the 9/11 attacks. This led to administrators becoming more engaged with the planning process and being more proactive in civil defense systems.…

“There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.”-John F. Kennedy. Taking risks are sometimes important only when it is need to do so to accomplish what it is needed to do so… For example, I remember once we were on a trip to Houston and it was really rainy and we had to get to the airport so we had no time to stop as we got closer to the airport the rain was getting much more dense and heavy and as we were riding along the road it…