Emergency

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…

continuous cycle of emergency management. Dr. Baird states that “the ‘recovery’ component of emergency management is more complex that the other components and involves a much larger group of diverse stakeholders with sometimes-conflicting objectives.” (Baird, 2010). A concise description of the recovery phase is: “The basic definition of recovery is the process of returning a community to ‘normal.’” (Castillo, 2011). Dr. Ronald Perry and Dr. Michael Lindell, in their book Emergency Planning…

Situational awareness is very critical in dealing with emergency management and the planning process. One must always be prepared and ready in case of an emergency and/or a crisis. Both could be deadly depending on the circumstances and if you respond within a timely manner. Situational awareness is the best action anyone can take against accidents. Being alert of your current situation and thinking ahead of what may happen in the future is a must and essential for your survival. Communication…

Midterm Essay In the reading in “Emergency Management” had brought awareness and how effective management takes care of the staff and citizens safety. Emergency Management is the back bone of America in handling disasters. Emergency planning and preparedness efforts may face apathy from some and resistance from others (Lindell and Perry 2006). Emergency management is an important role of the government you want to know how management using all the resources to the objective to resolve the…

Virginia Beach Emergency Operation Plan ESF 10 Analysis Hazardous materials (HAZMAT) incidents are dangerous types of emergencies that can turn into a major disaster. Despite, many cities that run along the Atlantic Ocean become divested by tropical storms and flooding, HAZMAT related emergencies are a close second. In Virginia Beach, VA hazard risk are delineated into four categories: Critical Hazard – High Risk, Critical Hazard – Moderate Risk, Noncritical Hazard – Low Risk, and Negligible.…

The history of emergency medical services (EMS) dates to the Civil War era. At which time, all military personnel had to be examined by medical officers to qualify for duty and ambulances with trained attendance were assigned to a regiment based on its size (History of EMS, n.d., p. 1). Following the Civil War, the Anglo-American model of care began to evolve in Cincinnati with its first civilian ambulance in 1865 followed by New York City in 1869, it was during this time and ambulance…

Franklin County emergency preparedness is complex and involves collaborating with many agencies throughout the region and state. Part of that network is the Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security (FCEM&HS), and at the community level it focuses on training, operations, planning, warning, resources, recovery, and citizen preparedness. Since nurses make up the largest single healthcare group, they can have a significant impact on emergency response and recovery. In this post…

James Howard Kunstler’s The Long Emergency is the stuff of suburban nightmare. As someone who has lived her entire life in the comforts and trappings of suburbia, the events that have been laid out in this text have raised several levels of alarm inside myself. Many suburbanites schlep their reusable bags into their hybrid or flex-fuel vehicles and regularly run their several mile journey to the grocery store multiple times a week. In the absence of fossil fuels, not only would this trip for…

and neck injuries during his transport to Mercy Hospital in Washington, Missouri. Upon arrival to the emergency room he was again seen by a physician, who ordered an x-ray and lab work. The doctor and an x-ray technician both agreed there were no signs of fracture seen in the x-rays. Mr. Appler was complaining of intense pain, had problems sitting, standing, and walking unassisted, the emergency room doctor admitted him to Mercy Hospital and was treated by Dr. James Jansen. Mr. Appler says…

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and ambulance technician are terms used in some countries to denote a health care provider of emergency medical services.[1] EMTs are clinicians, trained to respond quickly to emergency situations regarding medical issues, traumatic injuries and accident scenes. Under the British system and those that are influenced by it, they are referred to as ambulance technicians (often shortened to techs), while in the American system and its influenced countries, they…