Emergency Response "Disaster in Franklin County" Julie Beal‚ RN Western Governors University HAT 1 725.8 April 24‚ 2013 Emergency Response "Disaster in Franklin County" The role of major health personnel in an emergency is to manage the safety and well being of the people in their community during and after a natural or man-made disaster. This is done by assessing the details of what occurred‚ what needs must be met and facilitating a team to organize information about the event
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Local Response and Local Emergency Managers The local response is the first responders to deal with the hazards in a plan and organized way. The local response consists of firefighter‚ police officer and emergency medical service to a hazardous incident. After the Hurricane Katrina incident FEMA had required all first responder to properly train in the Incident Command System (ICS)‚ so to eligible for federal grant funds. The local emergency manager is primarily over the providing an emergency plan
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Unit 15 Understand Health and Safety in Social Care Settings 8 Understand how to promote environmental safety procedures in the social care setting 8.4 Explain the importance of having an emergency plan in place to deal with unforeseen incidents Having an emergency plan in place‚ helps people to deal with things in an emergency. It lays out what should be done and how things should be handled. The idea behind an emergency plan is to meet specific needs. In the event of a fire or gas leak‚ it lays
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Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Brittiany Taylor NUR 408 February 19‚ 2012 Felita Patterson Community Emergency Preparedness and Response This paper discusses subjects in newspaper articles and scenarios in the Pearson Health Science Neighborhood in season two‚ episode five in the University of Phoenix student website under the course materials section. A fire began in the Neighborhood community and the residents developed respiratory complications related to the smoke from
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TASK 2 POLICIES AND PROCEDURES A policy – is a written statement about how you will work in one area of your practice A procedure are the actions you will take to carry out the procedure. They should be clear and simple. Your policy should start with a short‚ clear statement‚ eg: POLICY : “It is my policy to keep children safe when they are in my care” PROCEDURE: List the things that you will do to ensure that this statement is met. Say HOW you will do them and WHEN. You
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Your Body’s Response to Emergency How does the body prepare for emergencies? The answer lies in the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS). It is the branch of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) that controls the body’s reaction to physical and emotional stressors. The sympathetic branch activates the glands and organs that defend the body against attack. It is called the fight-or-flight response. This is a primitive response designed to protect from danger. When danger is perceived‚ the sympathetic
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Religious Site Visit For my Religious Site Visit I went to a Roman Catholic Mass‚ at St. Annes church in Hagerstown. I attended the Mass with my Girlfriend as my guide. When we walked in we blessed ourselves with holy water that they had at the entrance to the main chamber of the room. After that we took our seats. The first portion of the service was something my girlfriend said was called “Pray the Rosary”. This was a process were you say a prayer called a Rosary using the aid of a physical Rosary
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Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Crystal Lusk Walden University Family‚ Community‚ and Population-Based Care 4011-12 March 19‚ 2014 Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response A disaster is an event that is a natural or man-made occurrence that can disrupt or destroy the lives of those it affects (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2014). Management of a disaster includes four phases; prevention‚ preparedness‚ response and recovery (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2014). Hawaii’s isolation in the
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Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Emergency preparedness is the ability of individuals‚ organizations‚ and communities to respond to public health emergencies‚ such as natural disasters‚ bad weather‚ bioterrorism‚ outbreak of diseases‚ accidents casualties‚ and chemical or radiation emergencies. The most indigenous role of the federal‚ state or local government is to protect and prevent citizens from injury or potential harm‚ which involves helping people to prepare and respond to emergency
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Violence is an Appropriate Response to Racism I think that this statement is very negative‚ as it gives the impression that violence is the only way to solve things‚ and it is not.People need to talk about matters that concern them with the people that are causing the concerns‚ doing this wil make dealing with the problem of racism easier. The saying ’two wrongs don’t make a right’ is a very appropriate sayingto use in the issue of racism because racism towards people is wrong and so is violence
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