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profit for the hospital, thus making it a mutually beneficial benefit. These services can be grouped into the following: clinics, surgery centers, home health care that includes rehabilitation and postacute care, women’s conditions, and conventional emergency care (Shi & Singh, 2013, p. 166). In addition, there are mobile facilities that can aid the patient…

incidents happen without warning, but often occur during normal yearly weather patterns and can be anticipated and planned. Typically, most operational challenges that firefighters may face during these weather-related incidents can be overcome through emergency operation planning (EOP). Acknowledging yearly weather patterns in conjunction with risk assessments will identify areas of vulnerability and high-risk potentials. Failure to have and utilize an EOP is perhaps the greatest challenge of…

happened here. • Texas is the state with the most flood/flash flood deaths in the past 36 years. • Texas has been ranked number 1 in deaths 21 out of 36 years. • Total deaths are double the total for the second-highest state, California Before the flood The Community Side: As the group of businesses around the area we have decided on how to help the community to prepare for floods. The community will have health and safety classes to prepare themselves for emergency like this. In the classes…

Introduction; In August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina attacked the Gulf Coast of the United States. Where, the storm causes landfall in golf coast states. The hurricane had a Classified 3 level on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The hurricane brought sustained winds about 100–140 miles per hour. Then, the winds have extended about 400 miles across. The storm itself did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic. Damage of dams led to massive flooding, and many people…

needed to respond to emergency situations”. An effective healthcare response requires evidence and information to meet various and often unpredictable eventualities. The public health department should facilitate rapid assessment of adverse health outcomes, availability of healthcare infrastructure, appropriate organizational strategies, and selection of feasible medical interventions to deal with any given disaster.(Mahapatra, 2014) . I believe that the primary role of a local or state public…

Competencies The Clinical Informatics Registered Nurse (CI) responsible for the implementation of the tele-psychiatry program should demonstrate Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) graduate-level competencies to assure a successful implementation that improves quality and safety. The QSEN graduate-level competencies were developed to assure graduate-level nurses are able to demonstrate the skills and attitudes required to improve quality and safety in their workplace. In 2012, the…

The Effect of Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina is a storm that made landfall on August 25, 2005.States affected were Mississippi and Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina is the sixth largest hurricane to strike the United States ever. The city that took the largest loss was New Orleans. The weather forecasters had warned these areas that Hurricane Katrina was coming and would make landfall. Mayor Nagan was aware and did not order a mandatory evacuation until it was too late. It is a known fact…

stronger socials infrastructure for resilience (Chandra, 2011). Developing strong communication networks allow for cohesive and integrated communication throughout a population, especially when dealing with at-risk or populations that need to receive emergency alerts and information through alternative means (Chandra, 2011). In both a public health and disaster response paradigm, it has been identified that population health literacy is an important component of community resilience. It consists…

that the government is not doing enough towards emergency preparedness, how when the governement did take the leadership to help out the results turned out useful, other countries such as Tokyo and United States are using evolving technology which is proving to be greatly efficient and the way government leadership is needed to create a powerful and practical policy. I want to emphasize the fact that the government is not doing enough towards emergency preparedness. Every seminar stated that the…

Introduction In the article "Challenging Disaster Administration: Toward Community-Based Resilience", by Lisa Ireni-Saban, the author analyzes the emergency management techniques of three different countries and their response to their own catastrophic events. Each country 's emergency management organization performed in a different manner with varying levels of effectiveness. The author utilizes the community-based disaster resilience model to explain the role of the community and the…