brought Hurricane Katrina to the coast Lousiana and, she devastated the city of New Orleans. Today our community’s natural disaster is a life-threatening biological agent which has spread in the water supply of several towns. Technology has changed the way a community in a disaserous situation communicates after the Three Mile Island and Hurricane Katrina. Comparing the way an Emergency Management Office communicates with the public and the groups involved, the advantages and challenges that come with
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have taken a keen interest in the duties and functions of an Emergency Management Professional. I would certainly like to pursue a career in that area; and my dream position someday is to work in the capacity as Vice President of a major petroleum company, state or local government in charge of emergency management and preparedness. The job description for this position is detailed as follows: Job Title: Vice President for Emergency Preparedness Management Duties: The incumbent will serve
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE BP OIL SPILL RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR THE DEEP HORIZON – WHY DID IT FAIL? Toni Josina Elfrieda Beukes* May 2012† ABSTRACT: Based on events that unfolded in the U.S. in the weeks and subsequently months of the Macondo well blow-out, it is clear that neither industry nor government was equipped to deal with a spill the scale and complexity of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. As one of its key recommendations to President Obama for addressing the causes
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HR Management Strategy Plan HRM/420 Human Resource Risk Management May 13, 2013 HR Management Strategy Plan A human resource risk management strategy plan is an integral part of an organization as it helps solve and reduce the problems an organization faces and/or will face. Risk management is managing potential risks that will or have posed a negative threat on a business and/or organization. Managing risk is a work process that not only is used to solve risks as they arise but also to
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nursing informatics in the clinical area. According to Hebda and Czar (2009) computer technology helps support all aspects of nursing. Nursing informatics has a lot of applications that support my work in the field of healthcare. It reminds me to plan
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communicable diseases in emergencies Description This chapter gives an overview of common and emerging communicable disease threats among displaced populations because of natural and human-made disasters. General and disease-specific strategies for monitoring, preventing and controlling disease outbreaks are discussed. Learning objectives To review communicable diseases of public health importance; To discuss the basic principles for communicable disease control in emergency and post-conflict
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establish a communication plan as soon as the risk becomes known. For this reason we will communicate with the public by informing them this threat and the steps they need to take in order to protect themselves and their community. Individuals and groups that are communicated in the crisis: To communicate with the public there are key things that should always be recognized: An explanation of what went wrong, an expression of concern, and a sincere apology. With a communication plan in place for a biological
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Community Health Practice Aline Prosper HAT 1 November 2, 2012 Western Governor University Community Health Practice The community we are introducing today is the people living around McGuire Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Richmond Virginia. A decade ago, African-American and European-American populated Southside Richmond only. Southside Richmond, like the whole state, is experiencing increasing racial diversity with the rapid growth of Hispanic and Asian populations. African-American
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Emergency Preparedness The world has encountered multiple disasters throughout the past decade. The devastation from tsunamis, mudslides, hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, wildfires, super storms, and terroristic attacks impacts the lives of millions, and the affects will be felt for generations. A "disaster is an event that causes a level of destruction, death, or injury that affects the abilities of the community to respond to the incident using available resources" (Nies & McEwen, 2011,
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The Fukushima accident was a compounding disaster that followed a strong earthquake and huge tsunami that left hundreds of thousands dead and unaccountable displaced and some presumed still missing. There have been efforts to rebuild the lives of the affected people by building temporary houses and offering medical help. The current status of reconstruction is providing health and living support, restoration of towns and houses, revising industry and livelihoods and Revitalizing and reconstruction
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