Federal Emergency Management Agency

Sensation and perception along with learning and memory in psychology are very beneficial toward the health information management career. Psychology is the science of mental states and processes. (dictionary.com, 2015)In relation to psychology, health information management is a combination of business, science, and information technology. Those who work in this field are experts in processing, analyzing and reporting information vital to the health care industry, respected staff members who…

reported the phone was busted into fire. Issue 1 Source In fiscal year 2013, United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) received a notification listed cyber incidents from major agencies and it was found that these major agencies did not consistently…

despite the information shared well in advance of potential significant weather events, within a few hours, and immediately prior, the general public has a gap in knowledge or compliance with the information. An opportunity may exist for local emergency management to increase or improve the dissemination of tornado warnings so that there does not remain an at risk population in need of receiving the information. This study was completed in search for answers as to why so many fatalities…

What is the treatment for anthrax exposure? Medscape states early intervention has been seen to drastically improve patient outcomes in 8 of 15 patients with inhalation anthrax since 2001 with pleural effusion management, antibiotic, hemodynamic support, mechanical ventilation and antitoxin treatments (2014). According to Fowler, the US FDA has approved penicillin, doxycycline and ciprofloxacin for the treatment of inhalational anthrax (Fowler & Shafazand, 2011…

Background The world of emergency management has done more than just increase my knowledge base and inform me about the “in’s and out’s” of the field, but has enlightened me on the depth and scope that is involved within it. Knowing that I would inevitably work at some point in my career in the field of law enforcement, I studied and graduated with a Bachelors degree of Science in Criminal Justice. When I was nearing the end of my studies, my focus moved more towards the federal government and…

In chapter five of Acts of God, Ted Steinberg discusses a flood-prone area of Missouri that is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers – St. Charles County. Steinberg begins the chapter by mentioning the Deerfield Village Mobile Home Park. The author states that Deerfield Village is on a low-lying piece of land and susceptible to flooding. Indeed, in 1933 the Mississippi River surged over a levee and submerged this mobile home park. Steinberg contends that magnitude of…

everything a person has and knows could be gone. It is estimated that hurricane Mitch killed more than 11,000 people, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without homes and causing billions of dollars in damages (History.com, 2009). As the local emergency manager I am asking for funding to implement new…

placing more accentuation than ever upon risk mitigation. Within the IT department at Southside Virginia Community College, risk management is the process of identifying, analyzing and responding to factors focusing on human characteristics behaviour and its impacts on information security ultimately associated with risks. To be prosperous, advanced risk management must be a process that is thoroughly embedded into the agency’s strategic plan focusing on comportments such as overall governance…

mentorship on license and non-license staff on Emergency Care, Critical Care, Acute and Sub-acute Care, Post Anesthesia Care, Trauma Care, and Intermediate Intensive Critical Care, and other Specialty Care areas of adults, young adults, adolescent, geriatrics adults in the health care industry. …

The boom of Management Information Systems (MIS) has resulted in major social, financial, and economic advancements in the twenty-first century. But like any major milestone in the advancement of the human race, the development of MIS has come with issues of moral and ethical dilemmas. Both business and private uses of MIS have the potential to cause financial, economic, and in extreme cases physical and mental harm to parties that use these modernized services. In 2013, the Internet Crime…