Emergency medical services

To facilitate this, the mental health care specialist will be trained in psychological first aid. Federal Emergency Management Agency (2013) state, “ PFA is designed to reduce the initial distress caused by traumatic events and to foster short- and long-term adaptive functioning and coping” (p. 12). The normative functions of an organization can only return to optimal state when the people who comprise of it are able to perform to the best of their ability. Reducing initial and long-term…

The article “How to Survive a Disaster” was written by Amanda Ripley who is a senior writer at TIME. Throughout the article she describes different ways on how we as people should be more prepared to surviving disasters. She gives us techniques on how we should act and what we should do if we are unfortunately stuck in the middle of a disaster. She also tells us others people experiences on how they were when they had to deal with a natural disaster. She begins the article on telling us how we…

understand the basic concepts of Weather-Ready nation. The basics boil down to activity inside the office and outside. Inside the office personnel must be trained to work with new ideas, techniques and technology. Impact-based Decision Support Services (IDSS) is one of these concepts. Part of this concept is to develop Better Forecasts and Warnings and extend Forecast Accuracy and Consistency. Getting the forecasters to better utilize the Forecast Builder and Hazard Builder in AWIPS so as to…

Communication and Pediatric Emergency Preparedness Preparing for a disaster requires strategic planning; however, in recent years there have been several challenges, causing unnecessary deaths and illnesses. A critical component of emergency preparedness is communication at multiple levels. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presented grand rounds on preparedness challenges for children in public health emergencies with discussions on strengths, challenges, and opportunities…

Slide 1 Title: Emergency Operation Center – These power point presentation is for LP5 Assignment on Emergency Operation Center. Slide 2 Table of Contents – The table of contents the area I will be covering are on: the functional roles of the Emergency Manager, Deputy Emergency Manager, Command Staff, Public Information Officer, Safety Officer, Liaison Officer, Operations Coordination Chief, Planning Coordination Chief, Investigation and Intelligence Coordination Chief, Resource Coordination…

Although, emergency management in the sense we know today was not fully existent during the cold war, but the principles that that civil defense model was established has carried into modern day. Certain measures were set in place such as identification of bomb shelters to protect individuals and families (Haddow, et al, 2014). Today, similar practices remain in place regarding preparedness, emergency managers identify shelters within a community for residents to occupy during emergencies,…

There are various different Crisis Management Plans in place at Springfield Middle School. The first plan is in the event of a fire. Each classroom has a designated stairwell and exit to use if they need to evacuate the school. The teachers are to bring a class roster with them and make sure all students are present once they find their designated spot outside the building. The attendance clerk is responsible for bring the student enrollment forms outside of the building. There is also a…

problem statement 1.4 significance of study 1.5 objectives of study 1.6 questions of research 1.7 outline I finished my second bachelor degree in Emergency Medical services (EMS) in 2012, I worked in emergency department for a year, and then I got a contract to work as a clinical instructor for Emergency Medical Services bachelor students at one of medical colleges in Saudi Arabia. My interest in teaching and training during my study and professional life, was achieved by this new position,…

paired up with one of the nurses on the floor. He was very helpful, he loved Physiology and Organic Chemistry, so we obviously spoke the same language. By his side I got to spend time with two very similar cases. The patients had almost the same medical history, and chief complaints of deteriorating health due to CHF. They arrived at the hospital very hypoxic, I got to see how their mental status was regained once levels increased. On my second ER day I worked with a different nurse, this time I…

Bangladesh is vulnerable to a variety of hydro-meteorological hazards. Approximately, 45 damaging cyclones were reported in the coastal areas of Bangladesh from 1793 to May 1997; therefore the cyclone recurrent period becomes 4.5 years (Shamsuddoha M and Chowdhury R.K, 2007). Hasan. A et al (2013) identified the decadal distributions of cyclones that hit Bangladesh. Source: (Hasan. A et al 2013) Cyclones generally form in Indian Ocean and due to ‘Coriolis Effect’ and the funnel shape…