National Disaster Medical System

Introduction: The United States has been passing around the idea of a national DNA database much controversy has stemmed from this issue. This issue offers many benefits such as disaster identification, catching criminals and helping medical staff with the inclusion of medical records. On the other hand many view this as a blatant disregard for people’s privacy and a threat to their democracy. It is seen as a system that is much to costly and easily abused and too totalitarian for the government…

Abuse and Homelessness A real challenge facing any medical professional in seeking to help the homeless population is how to provide quality care to those suffering from mental illness and/or substance abuse. Providing continual, follow up care is another layer to the challenge. When planning exactly how to help homeless with mental illness and/or substance abuse disorders, CCFD would do well to consider the words of An-Pyng Sun in her 2012 National Association of Social Workers article…

The medical health record is an integral part of the healthcare system and has evolved greatly over the years. This form of communication is necessary for keeping information about a patient’s health at the fingertips of healthcare professionals. The medical record includes everything from billing and administrative information to complete diagnoses and medications. ("What information does an electronic health record (EHR) contain? | FAQs | Providers & Professionals | HealthIT.gov," 2013).…

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…

Response to Question 1 Flood in Maryland Disasters of any kind (natural or man-made, domestic or international) remain great concern for humankind. Disaster comes in different forms such as: floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, storm surges, tornadoes, wildfires or terrorist attacks and so forth. Any forms of disaster serve as threat and can result in loss of lives, property damage and destruction of infrastructure. This was the case in Ellicott City, Maryland where two people were dead, several…

equipment that are non-medical in nature, such as food, water and fuel will be arranged for by the Logistics and Operating Chief. Texas Health Denton has inventory storage agreements with Owens and Miner. The resource management strategies outlined by Texas Health Denton appear to be sufficient for successfully managing supplies and equipment during an emergency. However, Texas Health Denton may increase this functionality by implementing the Incident Resource Inventory System (IRIS). The…

society that influence professional nursing include incivility, violence in the workplace, mental health needs, global aging, imbalance of supply and demand of nursing professionals, consumerism, complementary and alternative care, technologic changes, disaster preparedness, and nursing research. Incivility. Incivility, also known as bullying, have been increasing through the years, and is evident in all settings. Incivility include harassment at the physical, verbal, and electronic levels,…

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…

leads to implementing these resources that include the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and National Response Framework (NRF). These two systems will demonstrate the effectiveness for preparing and making the effort to spread awareness for future catastrophic incidents by having an effective means of communication, establishing command, coordinating roles and…

depend on emergency departments ask for too much from the system, leading to very crowded and long waiting…