Week 3 Application: Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Abigail C. Diggs Walden Education NURS 4010-04: Family, Community and Population-Based Care November 3, 2013 Week 3: Application INTRODUCTION Natural disaster can be scary, chaotic and an tragic events for the entire community, city, state and even at the national level. In the events of an natural disaster, nurses played key role in planning before it can happen, and assessment when the disaster actually
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to the nation's disasters both natural and man-made.” The agency manages the National Flood Insurance Program and the U.S. Fire Administration as well as helps prepare state and local emergency managers by providing first responder and emergency preparedness training. The Department of Homeland Security channels funding to federal operations and provides grants to state and local agencies. FEMA defers to state and local emergency teams to handle disasters at their level (Rich 2). If a city cannot respond
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protect property. Having a well thought out plan in place will benefit the whole community. Mitigation Strategies The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) suggests that all emergency managers follow the guidelines designed in the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 when developing a plan (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 201 para 1). The framework of an emergency operation plan consists of goals, actions, and the action plan. The purpose of a plan is to identify the risk
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BEC1 Task 1 Western Governors University BEC1 Task 1 A1 and A2 Community Description and Data Rutherford County is a county located in the western foothills of North Carolina. Rutherford County was founded in 1779. Griffith Rutherford named the county after himself. He was a general in the American Revolutionary War. Today with the Motto of Small Town Friendly Rutherford County’s population is 67,810 according to 2010 Census. ("2010," 2014, p. 1) Rutherford County’s population is a mix of different
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Service Process Design: The Emergency Telecommunications Cluster and Humanitarian Disaster Relief Operations Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Factors Influencing Service Process Design 5 2.1 Disaster Preparedness 5 2.2 Disaster Response 7 2.3 Collaboration during Disasters 10 3. Project Management and Humanitarian Logistics 10 4. Conclusion 12 Bibliography 13 Appendix 1 – List of figures 16 Service process design: Emergency Telecommunications
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BIOTERRORISM Name: 1. Introduction Historically, infectious disease outbreaks brought about by microbial species against human beings have caused far more mortality rates than war itself. Numerous cases of disease outbreaks in the past have been a major concern to health authorities, although such concerns have been partially addressed in the recent past. Examples of disease outbreaks in the past include: the infamous Bubonic Plague of the 14th century in Europe that led to the death
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Adaptation Name Institution Adaptation Global warming and climate change exist, and the two have called for a world attention to reducing their impacts. The Great Eight nations, including U.S., have convened various global summits where heads of states come to debate how to counter the increased climate change. Various recommendations have been proposed to counter the effects of climate change and devise ways in which the change are accommodated. This paper will discuss the rhetorical questions
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to help in preparing and organizing their groups’ presentation. * Students are strongly encouraged to follow and fulfill each of the rubric criteria to help them get the best grade on their presentations. | Oral Presentation | Language | Preparedness / Length | Technology / Props / Costumes | Originality / Creativity | | 0 | Cannot communicate ideas. No projection. No preparation. | Language usage is mostly inappropriate | Members are not prepared in advance. | Students have made no effort
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Meningitis During the past several months officials and staff at a Michigan hospital have found themselves at the epicenter of spiraling fungal meningitis outbreak that has turned the facility into a learning laboratory and tested it emergency preparedness. They scramble to manage a virulent infection that has not been seen in humans. In a recent article “Anatomy of an outbreak” written in Modern Healthcare, St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor hospital has found itself at the center of a national outbreak
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The school held an earthquake preparedness headed by Mr. Renato U. Solidum Jr., director of PHIVOLCS- an institute of the government assigned to regulate and monitor volcanic activities as well as earthquake predictions, effects and sources. The aim of this symposium was to inform the students, faculty members, administrators and those of general services of the necessary precautions to prevent further damage that may happen during earthquakes. Information, preparedness and understanding of these natural
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