The Long Emergency

UNICEF (United Nations International Children Emergency Fund) is available world-wide to provide aid or response to developing countries during natural disasters such as tsunamis, floods, earthquakes or tornadoes. The main objective of the United Nation’s program is to provide relief for women and children in need. Natural disasters are unpredictable and can happen at any given time. In most cases, UNICEF is deployed in scenarios similar to war zones with many civilians undergoing strict…

EMT stands for Emergency Medical Technicians. EMTs and Paramedics have the same knowledge and skills to take care of patients. The biggest difference between them is their scope of practice. They’re usually associated with 911, like operators of 911. They accept the blame for to commonplace medical emergency, but the most common are car accidents, childbirth, violent traumas, heart attacks and accidents. Their mission is to assess the medical needs of sick people and their injuries, and then…

going to describe how an emergency incident is graded by the police forces call centre. I am then going to talk about the importance of responding safely to the emergency incident call, between the station to where the crime or scenario is taking place. In the next part of this assignment I am going to identify the statutory and voluntary who work together on the scene of an incident and what the roles and responsibilities are for the public services when attending the emergency. Finally, I am…

38 hours. More often than not, these shifts are accepted in hopes of increasing our chances of making a living. Sometimes this practice causes the an ambulance to go down due to paramedic fatigue, and one less resource is able to respond to your emergency as a…

Yuma, Arizona has faced a wide array of disasters and emergencies over the years. It is the responsibility of all organizations to develop a plan to incorporate all facets of emergency management in the protection of the community. The Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) for Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is part of this framework and is based on preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery. Within the EOP, the communication plan must be foundationally strong for the overall success of the…

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…

distress. Before becoming a certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), I was completely unaware of the Good Samaritan Laws. In fact, I fallaciously believed that medical equipment such as an AED could only be handled by medical professionals. The widespread lack of awareness of Good Samaritan Laws prevents many from assisting in a sudden cardiac arrest situation. The fear of lawsuits may deter individuals from providing assistance in a cardiac arrest related emergency. Andrew Roszak of the…

author speaks to a general audience about a news issue shared to the public. If paramedics were allowed on the scene the night of the shooting at Pulse nightclub, a lot more lives could’ve been saved. He gives a strong argument that the approach emergency responders have now are “outdated”, and that it is nearly impossible to not put your life in danger while trying to save a victim’s life. Hazzard uses logos as he compares the two tragedies of the Orlando and Colorado shootings. Paramedics…

troubling dilemmas in prehospital care that you have experienced?” 21% of the 400 EMT participants answered that the most troubling dilemmas “were conflicts involving do-not-resuscitate (DNR) situations. (Ethical Dilemmas in Emergency Medical Services: The Perspective of Emergency Medical Technician). This percentage is hardly surprising when considering the potentially complicated nature of DNRs. DNRs are complicated enough issues but add in suicides in relation to DNRs and it creates an…

gone to Santa Cruz, California for a vacation. They were at the boardwalk, and since the rides were closed, chilling out at the beach was the best option. Brynn was swimming, and April was trying to splash Iris, who was sitting near the beach. After a long day of playing and getting soaked in the salty and playful water, the three headed back to the hotel. “I wish I could go to the beach everyday. The water speaks to me,” said April. “Yeah, it’s cold in New Jersey.” Brynn remaked. The three…