Emergency services

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…

national actors are normally the first responders and respond in a timely manner (Zyck und Krebs, 2015, p. 3). A report regarding the 2004 tsunami in Southeast Asia shows, “local people provided almost all immediate life-saving action and early emergency support, as is commonly the case in disasters.” The first 72 hours are the most important ones to save lives, get fewer injuries and less damage. In these critical hours local and national actors are mostly the first and only responders. They…

Dr. Dan Hafling, an emergency department physician, researcher, and director of emergency management at Inova Health System states quite simply “until events of Sandy’s magnitude come along, emergency preparedness is just a box that has to be checked” (Begley, 2012). Following the disaster caused by Hurricane Irene, New Jersey hospitals should have been well prepared for any adversity brought by Hurricane Sandy. Though there was an effective and quick reaction towards recovery once the storm had…

While some things within COOP’s overlap with the information in emergency operation plans, there are still many differences associated with it. Within this plan, facilities were to identify essential personnel needed in events which are key personnel identified as needed for continuation of essential operations within the facility. They also were to list out essential functions which are functions that provide vital services to the facility. Once listed these functions were to be prioritized…

exit safely during and emergency. The design of new buildings is influenced as a result of human behaviors during past fire emergency. For many years, engineers and architects have believed that when an alarm sounds occupants will immediately leave the building in an orderly fashion. Under this assumption, the location and quantity of fire exits were determined based on the occupancy load. But what psychologist…

These groups use this style of thinking for strategic planning for critical events and emergencies. For example, leaders use critical thinking when mapping out evacuation routes should a natural disaster occur. Scenario-based training will assist in the critical thinking process when simulating making “game-time” decisions for emergency service personnel. For critical thinking to work one must overcome and be aware of their own bias, assumptions, myths, and theories…

is steadily evolving to try to meet the variety of services that the health care patient is requiring. For instance, a hospital can offer a patient an outpatient status on variety of health services instead of having to be hospitalized. They offer such services, so the patient can save time and money on their insurances costs, but at the same time, it increases the profit for the hospital, thus making it a mutually beneficial benefit. These services can be grouped into the following: clinics,…

are being completely honest the career I had in mind at the beginning of the year was not exactly an emergency physician, it was actually a nuclear and radiological engineer. While yes engineering more closely matches my personality type and newly sparked interest, the title of emergency physician still very much intrigued me. Even though I am still torn between the two I have chosen the Emergency Physician career to further explore in depth. Growing up I always thought I would later pursue a…

The emergency room is where all of the injuries come to in order to be revamped. Many people work together in the emergency department, such as nurses, paramedics, and support personnel to care for people who have emergencies; although, the person with the most responsibility is the emergency department physician. The emergency room (ER) doctor or physician’s job has many parts to it, yet the first part is one of the most critical: stabilize, assess, and determine whether to admit or transport…

plan is known as the Emergency Action Plan and is a critically important document for athletic trainer to have. It states how emergency situations, that need immediate medical aid will be handled. Athletic trainers should be able to act quickly and effectively in case of an emergency. This means performing the necessary actions on the injured individual as well as delegating tasks such as contacting emergency medical services (EMS) to someone nearby. The emergency action plan should…