Community Emergency Preparedness & Response Paper NUR 408 March 25, 2013 Community Emergency Preparedness & Response Paper Media coverage of disasters across the globe come in real time and with intensity that one would believe that natural or manmade disasters happens more frequently, affecting thousands if not millions of lives. People prepare for the worst such as buying premium insurance to decrease the anxiety but still expecting the best. Disasters in all form is part of life and
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The Challenges of Youth Residential Group Homes: Struggling to Survive The Challenges of Youth Residential Group Homes: Struggling to Survive “By the time you finish reading this 15-20 children will have been abused, beaten or raped. In five minutes, 30 more. Within the next hour 360 more. And by tonight, close to 8000+ children will have suffered abuse, 5 of which will die.” (Potter, 2011) That is why residential group homes for at-risk adolescent youth are an important service
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Strayer University Continuity Planning Overview CIS-359: Disaster Recovery Management October 29, 2015 Introduction: This paper will briefly expound upon the lead position or manager’s role, of a healthcare company. It will provide a list of responsibilities a business continuity manager is expected to perform, how to build the framework for, and execute a business continuity plan, and also display a chart that pertains to giving a BCP presentation. Explain four high-level
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Katrina’s black and white victims is that the white citizens were able to escape or ended up better off than their black counterparts in general. For example, a white woman and a white boy with his family were filmed having a trailer given to them by Fema. None of the black citizens of New Orleans were shown to live in a trailer or have anything close to it. The main question that should be asked here is “Why did every black citizen questioned
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operating procedures or codes to enhance the different areas of incident management, principles, planning, organization, training, logistics and actual practice that have been implemented nationwide as a requisite for obtaining preparedness budgets FEMA. The result was the formation of the Integrated Command System, Multi Agency Support Systems as well as public information systems (NIMS 2008 Page 1). . These systems ensure the harnessing of resources from the different agencies, levels of government
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The Contributions of Management Theory and Practice to Emergency Management John C. Pine is the Director of the Disaster Science and Management, Professor-Research with the Department of Environmental Studies and Interim Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. (225) 578-1075 Email: jpine@lsu.edu httt://www.risk.lsu.edu Abstract This chapter takes a look at the impact that management theory and how the basic functions
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The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 Case Studies John Williams Columbia Southern University May 18, 2013 The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 Case Studies This case study converses about one of the most historically known natural disasters that has ever occurred within the 50 United States in the 1900. The hurricane that started out as a tropical storm was one of the most deadly events that have ever taken place during that time. As everyone prepared for the common tropical storm they did not realize
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passes over. The questionable assumptions that could be made, is that the generators that are in place. Will there be enough generators available for those areas? The “pecking order” of who will receive the generators is assumed that the hospitals and FEMA aid stations will get theirs first. The implication that was ignored was the elderly, small and sick children, and homeless. These groups of individuals in some cases have to be heard
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During my more than 20 years with the United States Army, law enforcement and the transportation security aviation sector, I’ve been faced with numerous instances of where my crisis management/emergency preparedness knowledge, skills and abilities have been tested. I have responded to numerous significant transportation security incidents and other critical incidents as defined by the National Incident Management Systems (NIMS) or as directed by the Federal Security Director (FSD) or appropriate
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Abstract Disasters have devastating and severe acute and long-term consequences for individuals and communities. The paper expounds on the social ramifications of disasters, while highlighting a disaster’s effects in vulnerable populations. The collaborative actions of communities, governments, public health, media, and health professionals are also depicted in the paper. Lastly, implications for Advanced Practice Nurses concerning leadership, involvement in public policy and education, and development
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