Community Emergency Response Team

of community health and community support to the residents of Guernsey County, Ohio, is the Cambridge- Guernsey County Health Department. The health department is located at 326 Highland Ave, Cambridge, Ohio 43725 and can be reached by phoning: (740) 439-3577. Hours of operation are Mondays: 8:00AM- 5:30PM and Tuesday-Friday: 8:00AM- 4:30PM. For this discussion board, I will be creating an overview of my local health department and the services provided, provide a brief overview of emergency…

The 2009 H1NI influenza strain had a large impact on the health of American people as well as the citizens of 74 other countries around the world (flu.gov). The first case of H1N1 was diagnosed on April 15, 2009 and was a 10 year old boy who lived in California and was participating in a clinical study. The boy’s case could not be identified as the standard seasonal flu and his sample was sent to the CDC for further testing. The CDC determined that virus was new to humans and first began as a…

transportation, and thousands sought temporary shelter as their homes and businesses were destroyed. Nearly 160 people lost their lives as a result of Hurricane Sandy with many of the impacted communities still attempting to rebuilding. The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy has shown that the needs of being better prepared for emergency situations. It did not help that the evacuation order for New York came very late in the process. As a result, many of the 375,000 residents in the most flood-prone…

Texas with a bachelors in Science in Emergency Administration and Planning with a minor in Leadership of Community and Nonprofit Organizations. Also, I received my Associates in Arts from Richland Community College in Dallas, Texas. While in college I interned and later volunteered at American Red Cross for over three years. That that is when my passion grew for volunteering and helping people in need. I later joined the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) they focused on the local city…

disaster. Professional counselors can be just as effective in these roles counseling psychologists. Specifically, three roles identified by the authors stand out as applicable to professional counselors. First, counseling psychologists collaborate with community groups to assist survivors during a disaster, ensuring basic needs are met and to minimize feelings of insecurity following the event. In the article, the authors mention collaboration with a local church to rebuild a fence at the school…

bioterrorism, chemical emergencies, radiation emergencies, mass casualties...” (Phillips, Neal, & Webb, 2012, p. 21). On top of that, the CDC helps with the training and equipping emergency response teams; in other words, the CDC plays a vital role in the medical response. 2) Give a high level summary of the evolution of emergency management, including what one thing you think is most significant. Early years and prior to 50 years ago, there was no significant emergency management. The federal…

accidents and injuries will produce work time lost or slowed. The company can use a culture of safety to recruit new employees and build their reputation by being a safe company (Cesarini, Hall, & Kupiec, 2013). An actual culture of safety is a full team effort. From share holders, corporate leaders, managers, supervisors to boots on the ground workers each have an important role to play. It requires more than…

of the gaps revealed by the Ebola outbreak response. This will help accomplish larger public health goals such as those of the public health system guided by the Ten Essential Public Health Services (EPHS).8 Given that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines public health as “what we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy”9, the EVD pose a public health threat to assuring the conditions of a healthy community. Although the foundation of public…

The increment effect of vulnerable population in case of mother and child will affect the future of the upcoming generations. So to stop and to provide a better future for the youth our community has decided to implement some new health services facilities for the pregnant women in each and every part of the city. The service model is known as “Health services and future” which is coming under directly health department. The services will be providing to those people who are coming under below…

firefighters make the right decisions when responding per emergency response guidelines? And as stated earlier, there were other cars that contained acrylonitrile but no transfer operation was conducted. Before I investigate the emergency response procedures, It seems all responders acted accordingly to what is required. So let’s take a closer look at what the emergency guidelines require in a situation like this. According to the Emergency Response Guidebook the potential hazards listed for…