many times random. It is important to have response plans in place to provide a structure for emergency personnel. In these situations it is important to have a command structure in place. Its at these times we rely on the preparedness plans that are in place and put them into action. Tornados are to be considered Catastrophic Disasters and would rely on that annex to help create a framework for the emergency personnel. Usually in cases where you have a Tornado as a natural disaster, local…
CHAPTER EMERGENCY PROCEDURE TEAM RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Emergency Procedure Team: President (in charge) Vice President-Standards House Chairman Chapter Council Adviser 2. Emergency phone numbers for police, fire, emergency medical service/ambulance and campus security should be posted by all phones in the chapter facility. 3. Chapter member immediately contacts the appropriate emergency service and a member of the Emergency Procedure Team. 4. Chapter President • Ensures appropriate…
EMTALA: Ant-Dumping Law The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) was established by Congress in 1986 and is considered the only universal legal right to health care in the United States. EMTALA was establish to prevent hospitals from “patient dumping”. Patient dumping occurs when hospitals deny treatment and transfer patients that cannot pay to public hospitals for emergency care services. The law was developed to rid communities of the unethical practices of private hospitals as…
During stable conditions and non-disaster operations, individuals in the emergency management community must focus their efforts on finding ways to keep communities safe and secure. Doing so requires a commitment from emergency managers and local leaders to increase emergency preparedness and community resiliency. The purpose of this paper is to analyze Holderness, New Hampshire’s Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) by evaluating its components, strengths and weaknesses, and offering recommendations…
in the emergency department at Legacy Salmon Creek during my paramedic education gave me insight to the patients I hope to eventually serve. During this experience, I got the opportunity to help patients suffering from life-threatening illnesses. However, the majority of the patients I worked with did not have emergent conditions. I realized that many patients visited the emergency department because they did not have access to affordable health insurance for preventative care. Emergency visits…
About half of them were in Louisiana. Of the $120.5 billion in federal spending, the majority went to emergency relief, not rebuilding. Insurance claims covered less than $30 billion of the losses. The current socioeconomic demographics has changed somewhat than before.…
there was no mandatory evacuation for the people. The Policy (FEMA) Federal Emergency Management Agency policy impact was that there was no mandatory evacuation to assist the African American people before the disaster came. (FEMA) lack of mandatory evacuation resources many African Americans died from lack of water, food, hygiene, medication. FEMA lacked emergency evacuation public safety transportation, Lacked emergency medical services, lacked water and food, and lacked to provide and…
Background On Sunday, November 7, 2010 the cruise ship, Carnival Splendor, departed Long Beach, California for seven-day, six-night cruise touring the Mexican Riviera; with stops in Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Carnival Splendor was to arrive back in Long Beach with its 3,200 guests and 1,167 crew members on Saturday, November 13. On Monday, November 8, 2010 at 6:00a.m., a fire erupted in the aft engine room. The Splendor operates on six diesel engines, three in the…
Hurricane Andrew was the third largest hurricane that struck the southeast part of the United States on August 24, 1992. “Andrew was a small and ferocious Cape Verde hurricane that wrought unprecedented economic devastation along a path through the northwestern Bahamas, the southern Florida peninsula, and south-central Louisiana” (Rappaport, 2014). Before Hurricane Andrew struck land it was reported as being a category 4 storm, but was later updated as a category 5 that pass through the…
This article is about Hurricane Katrina and how the world can learn lessons from it. A quote from Edward Barbier states that “For the parts of the world that have extremely vulnerable populations, I think there are lessons that can be learned from the planning strategy that took place in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina”. He is basically saying that people can learn a very valuable lesson from Hurricane Katrina and can learn from better planning and strategizing. After causing about $110…