...* * * * * * * * * A Disaster in Franklin County * Lori Zrebski * October 13, 2014 * SZT1 * * * * * * * * * A Disaster in Franklin County * * Role of Public Health Personnel * When a disaster strikes, the general population relies heavily on the expertise of public health personnel. It is their expertise in disaster management that keeps communities safe, whether it be a natural disaster or otherwise. * Franklin County was hit hard by a summer storm, leaving thousands without power, safe food and water, and access to healthcare and medication. It is the role of the various public health officials to ensure that community stays safe, focusing on immediate life and safety threats. Their role also includes assessing the long term effects on public health. * The Public Health Deputy Director served as the Incident Commander (IC) at the Public Health Emergency Operations Center; the Public Health Director represented the Public Health Department at the County EOC. Both of these people need to have great knowledge of the department and be able to give direction * Mary Schneider, a book keeper was appointed as the Finance Section Chief; this person is responsible for ensuring that the proper contractual agreements and finances are in place. She was chosen for her knowledge of accounting software and...
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...Disaster in Franklin County The role of the Health Personnel and the public nurse is to provide immediate relief in the aftermath of a disaster, helping the community to rebuild and recover from the damages sought by the disaster. The member of the public health personnel includes the public information officer, whose role is to make sure that the proper Public Health Information is disseminated to the public and all the agencies involved. This person has extensive experience in supervising and organizing people and will organize, supervise the team and resources. The Operations Section Chief is responsible for manifesting the objective and goal of the department. The Planning Section Chief is responsible for complying, analyzing and circulating information. This person directs the planning procedure of the team. The Logistic Section Chief, accesses the resources the operation requires to help the community through the disaster. They will organize for, supplies, equipment and spaces. The Financial/Administrative Section Chief is responsible for making sure that the team follows necessary contractual and financial processes. The Liaison officer is responsible for providing information by answering questions from all the agencies and acts as go-between them. The Public Nurse duty is to secure the well being of the people in the community to provide quality health care through the utilization of the multidisciplinary team available. In this disaster, the severe thunderstorm left...
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...Disaster in Franklin County Shardae M. Crawley Western Governors University SZT 1 December 24, 2013 Running Head: DISASTER IN FRANKLIN Disaster in Franklin County In the event of a disaster, such as the one presented in the online simulation, the community relies upon public health personnel to evaluate the needs of the community, provide reliable information, and access to available resources. Public health personnel focus on the safety and well being of individuals within the community, as well as potential long term issues that may arise, as a result of disaster. It is essential that local health workers are trained to address any issues the community may face, so that they can function properly in the event that something may happen. In order to facilitate effective action, the roles of major public health personnel must be delegated properly in disaster situations. Those in the public health department were responsible for ensuring that the citizens of Franklin County had all the basic necessities needed such as clean water, shelter, food, and medications. They also informed the public on how to obtain help, and possible health/hazard concerns the community may be facing. The public health nurse functions to assure the needs and concerns are met within their scope of practice, by utilization of their assessment skills. The public health nurse also communicates and collaborates with other local health personnel to mobilize available resources required during...
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...SZT1 – Task 4 WGU Preparedness is vital in managing any disaster situation. During the simulation, Disaster in Franklin County, the role of the public health personnel was fundamental for its success, particularly the public health nurse, since the nurse often times is a first responder in disasters like this. It’s especially helpful to observe the actions and techniques that were used by a nurse during this disaster simulator. Role of Public Health Personnel Maintaining emotional and physical safety of the community is part of the role of the public health personnel during a disaster situation. During the Franklin County disaster, the Public Health Department personnel ensured safety and basic needs for survival for its community. Basic, and yet essential, necessities such as shelter, clean water and food as well as medications were provided. The Public Health Department has the responsibility to maintain and distribute the most current information on how the community can get help, how to obtain basic supplies, and if there are any health threats and concerns. The public health nurse uses skills of assessing and prioritizing, assuring that all needs and concerns within her scope of practice are met. Other members of the Public Health Department team operate and maintain all the other jobs that aren’t in the scope of practice of the nurse. The health educator helped direct those evacuated to the closest shelter; the bookkeeper is responsible for maintaining...
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...HAT 1 Task 4 Disaster in Franklin Country Community Health Practice Western Governors University Role of Major Public Health Personnel The County Public Health Director would most likely be asked give the media information during a disaster. It is important that the County Public Health Director calms the public and only says things that are true and confirmed. The County Public Health Director attends incident command briefings. There, he or she will discuss questions and important matters related to the disaster with the rest of the team. The County Public Health Director will lead the public health department in identifying the needs of the public, and determine if there are any other concerns like food and water safety and sanitation. He or she will also form a public health incident command system, and will designate different officers based on the skills and experience of the people available. The Public Information Officer collaborates with other team member to assure that proper information is being distributed to the public. The Finance Chief is responsible for making sure the right financial contracts are in place and organized pertaining to the disaster. The Logistics Chief is responsible for making sure different supplies and equipment are acquired to get various jobs done. The Operations Chief organizes and assigns tactical filed resources. The Planning Chief is...
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...SZT1 Community Health Practice Task 4 Disaster in Franklin County Tracie Willis Western Governors University Franklin County was recently victim to a massive summer storm. The storm resulted in tornado, thunder storms, flash flooding, power outages, roads and bridges closed, and even a hazardous materials spill. To assess the damages that the towns and the residents suffered, and how to best deal with the aftermath, a task force was created. The Emergency Operations Center (EOC) was set up and an Incident command briefing was called. The chain of command was established at this time. All members of the task force reported to the EOC commander. The community health nurse was called to join the task force as a member of the Public Health Group; this group was under the supervision of the Medical/Health Branch Director. The Director of the Medical/Health branch reported to the Operations Chief and she reported directly to the EOC Commander. One of the branches of the task force, the Public Health Group, was tasked with evaluating the health risks and needs of the community. This group was led by the Operations Chief; her responsibilities included developing and implementing strategy and tactics to carry out the objectives identified by the taskforce at the EOC briefing, as well as organize, assign, and supervise the tactical field operations. The Logistics chief supports the operation by acquiring things that are need to get the...
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...SZT1 Task 4 Western Governors University During disasters, healthcare personnel are vital in recovery efforts. Responsibilities of healthcare officials during times of disaster include assisting in prevention of injury, upholding food and water safety, relaying information regarding health consequences, and coordinating access to healthcare needs. Following disaster situations, public health care providers are responsible for ensuring citizens have access to follow up care and evaluating disaster response to plan for future disaster response. Each member of the healthcare team has responsibilities as well. The nurse’s responsibilities are ensuring that the needs of the community are met, in order to do this, they may do health inspections of restaurants, door to door interviews to assist with medical needs that may present, and ensure that people have healthy living conditions with clean drinking water and food that has been safely prepared. The nurse may also speak with the media to answer any public health questions they may have. After the disaster, the nurse provides education regarding safety concerns. The public information officer is responsible for guaranteeing that appropriate information is provided to public and ensuring public health staff has correct information so message is consistent. The finance section chief ensures that contractual and financial processes remain intact and tracks resources. The liaison officer acts as the point of contact for supporting...
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...Northern counterparts. The South was the poorest section of the depression with a per capita income ½ of that of the northern states. Workers struggled to feed their families even before the stock market crash of 1929. As people who would be interviewed later on would state, “those were the good old days, but the good old days were pretty tough.” After the depression hit the south fell into even worse hardship. One county in North Carolina saw 3,500 Farm Foreclosures out of 5,280 farms in the county in a single year. This means if you were farming during that time period and lived next to two other farmers’ chances are two out of the three of you would have lost your farm within the year, an amazingly high figure. A swarm of Locus and a drought hurt farmers even more by making it harder for them to grow their crops. Governments in the South during the great depression responded to the economic disaster by raising the sales tax and cutting spending on government programs. These two things lead to an even greater disaster. All of the problems in the South lead Franklin Roosevelt to refer to the south during the great depression as the nation’s number one...
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...Community Health Nursing Emergency Response 725.8.8 Stefanie Pipia Western Governors University April 18, 2014 Disaster in Franklin County In the event of a disaster there are many people with various roles needed to respond and meet the needs of the community affected. The role of major public health personnel is to assess the incident for immediate health needs, severity of health needs and the potential health risks of the community. The public health personnel have specific roles, responsibilities and functions to carry out during the disaster to identify, manage and minimize aftermath. The public health nurse can assess for immediate health needs related to injury and disability. They can identify and provide health related education to reduce the health risks related to the disaster as well as prevention of secondary conditions. Secondary conditions can be caused by food and water contamination and injury from chemical spills or exposure. The public health nurse can provide first aid treatment within their scope of practice, assess vital signs and communicate the need for other health related resources. They can manage of pre-existing conditions by assisting with transportation to shelters for those in need of electricity for nebulizers, oxygen or other necessary medical equipment. Coordinating with others to meet the needs for those on life sustaining medications, such as blood pressure or chemotherapy medications or people receiving dialysis...
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...it was an inland hurricane. An inland hurricane has different characteristics than what actually took place on this hectic day. The damage it did to the citizens, cities, and counties, both health wise and financial wise, was very devastating. An inland...
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...consequences of the act/s, which could include expulsion from Indiana Wesleyan University. The Flood of 2008 June 7, 2008 was a day like no other that Columbus, Indiana residents could recall. Torrential showers inundated the area with 10 inches of rain onto already saturated ground. This event would forever change the lives of hundreds of citizens of this small central Indiana town. The flood caused an estimated $180 million in damage to Bartholomew County homes and businesses, many of them in Columbus (McLaughlin, 2010). This piece details the response efforts of citizens, as well as local, state, and federal agencies. This paper includes the personal account of a law enforcement officer who, working alongside fellow officers, citizens, and business owners, responded to a flash flood that has since been referred to as the hundred year flood. Also included is the recollection of a flood survivor who nearly lost everything he owned. In addition, preventive measures which were in place in the event of such a disaster are evaluated, as are mitigation efforts that are currently coming to fruition. The flooding occurred at such a fast pace there was no time to prepare and there was little, if any, warning for the citizens of Columbus. Even the staff of the Columbus Police Department were unprepared as their building was...
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...America took form in neighboring Alabama. West Tennesseans, led by Governor Isham G. Harris, overwhelmingly wished connection with the Confederacy, while in East Tennessee most residents remained fervidly loyal to the Union. In the state's middle section, the counties in the Central Basin leaned heavily toward secession, but those on the basin's rim were more ambivalent in their support, a discrepancy which led to divided communities and divided families and prepared the way for vicious neighbor-against-neighbor guerrilla conflict when the Civil War commenced. In 1861 Governor Harris summoned the legislature into a special session to consider secession. To obtain a better view of the voters' sentiments, the legislature called for a February referendum to decide whether a secession convention should be held. At this point the secession fever that had gripped the Deep South remained much more muted in Tennessee and the other border states. By a vote of 69,000 to 58,000, a majority of Tennesseans rejected the call for a secession convention, with West Tennessee supporting the convention, East Tennessee rejecting it overwhelmingly, and Middle Tennessee almost equally divided. Secessionists continued to agitate, and Franklin Countians even threatened to secede from the state and join Alabama. The firing on Fort Sumter in April and President Lincoln's subsequent call for seventy-five thousand state militiamen to put down the Southern rebellion forced many Tennesseans to reevaluate...
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...King County’s Community and Culture The Effects on Obesity King County The Oregon Territorial Legislature established King County of Washington State from a portion of Thurston County on December 22, 1852 after the Oregon Territorial Assembly (King County history quick facts, 2016). King County was first named after William Rufus King of Alabama, the vice president of Franklin Pierce; but in 2005, it was later renamed after Martin Luther King Jr. To the west of King County is Puget Sound, Cascade Mountains to the east, the Canadian border to the north and the Oregon border to the south. A magnificent 2126 square miles of land and 180.5 square miles of water surround it with natural beauty (King County, Washington, 2016). It consists of 20 school districts and 19 cities, including the largest city in Washington, Seattle. Community Assessment In 1860, King County’s population originated as 305 residents; its current population census is a remarkable 2 million, ranked the 14th most populated county in the United States (King County history quick facts, 2016). The number of households in the year 2015 was 850,932 and is estimated to increase to 906,000 in 2020. The diversified industries and populations consists of 64.8% Caucasian, 15.5% Asian, 8.9% Hispanic or Latino, 6.0% African American, and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native (American FactFinder - Community Facts, 2016). In the 20th century, King County’s population growth was an industrial divergence contributed...
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...Great Depression would alert a “reorganization of capitalism which will take a variety of political forms from the New Deal to Fascism" (Klee). The “depression left the majority of Canadians unemployed” and allowed Mackenzie King’s Liberal government to bring Canada out of the depression. (Bennett and King Attempt to Solve the Problems of the Great Depression, 1930-1939). Unfortunately, his government was unable to respond to the crisis and Richard Bennett's Conservative Party would win the Canadian Federal Election of 1930. After Bennett was inaugurated, he would have a rough road ahead of him as he he would be unaware of the disasters, “nor were his Conservative policies capable of dealing with them”...
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...President Harry S. Truman! Project By: Cassandra Marie Hall Dr.Mash American Government 03/22/2011 Harry S. Truman was born Missouri on May 8, 1884, His father and mother were John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman. He had also had a brother Vivian Truman and a sister Mary Jane Truman Young Harry attended public schools in Independence, graduating from high school in 1901. After leaving school, he worked briefly as a timekeeper for a railroad construction contractor, then as a clerk in two Kansas City banks. In 1906 he returned to Grandview to help his father run the family farm. He continued working as a farmer for more than ten years. The religious background of President Truman, the 33rd president, was the second Baptist president. Truman did not attend a traditional school until he was eight Truman had three main interests: music, reading, and history, Truman enlisted in the Missouri Army National Guard in 1905, and served until 1911. Truman rejoined the Guard. Before going to France, he was sent to Camp Doniphan, near Lawton, Oklahoma for training. He ran the camp canteen with Edward Jacobson, a Kansas City clothing store clerk. Truman became an officer, and then battery commander in an artillery regiment in France. His unit was Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, 60th Brigade, 35th Infantry Division, known for its discipline problems.[25] During a sudden attack by the Germans in the Vosges Mountains, the battery started to disperse;...
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