Uttarakhand Tragedy – A Man-Made Disaster Recent tragedy because of heavy rains and flash floods in Uttarakhand has resulted in heavy loss of life‚ property and damage which will take years to recover. Many villages and cities were affected because of this catastrophe. Why meteorological department did not warn residents of those areas earlier in advance? Why evacuation orders were not issued? Why proper disaster response team was not in place so that when such a disaster strikes the whole government
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Canadian Emergency Legislation: A Comparative Analysis Between the Canadian Emergency Management Framework and Federal‚ Provincial‚ Territorial Legislation By Wendy Hayko May 15‚ 2007 For Disaster and Emergency Management Practice 510 Instructor: Ron Kuban Royal Roads University‚ Master Arts Disaster and Emergency Management Program Introduction 3 A Look at the Numbers 3 In the Event of Emergency
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when the double doors of the emergency room burst open. Pushed by several nurses‚ doctors‚ and other medical staff‚ a lone hospital stretcher with a bloody‚ wounded patient flies through the medical center towards the doors to the operating room. This image is what generally comes to mind when you think about an emergency room. Many people believe that the hospital’s emergency room is a dark and scary place. While this is true‚ the common misconception is that the emergency room is a place clear of humor
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As a feature of the way toward building up a personality an individual will encounter a few character emergencies (Marcia‚ 1980). James Marcia (1980) revealed that these emergencies add to the advancement of a strong‚ characterized personality – a term which he suggests as "personality accomplishment." There are various identity attributes that have a tendency to change contingent on the personality status that an individual possesses. The securing‚ or lessening‚ of these identity attributes can
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In the profession of emergency management‚ there is a broad spectrum of functions that encompass a comprehensive network of emergency management strategies. Since the field of emergency management has existed since the 1940’s‚ efforts to hazard mitigation‚ prevention‚ preparedness‚ response‚ and recovery has become a process of continuous and ongoing training for leadership and personnel. The ability to maintain a high level of training has allowed for leaders in emergency management to become more
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A 24-year-old male presents to the trauma bay of an emergency department after being struck as a pedestrian by a car. Upon arrival‚ his Glasgow consciousness scale (GCS) is 15 and the patient is hemodynamically stable. Examination reveals left lower leg deformity with a 1 cm overlying skin wound. There is some fat visible in the wound‚ but no bone or gross contamination is identified. There is slow‚ but steady‚ dark blood oozing from the wound. Radiographs obtained in the trauma bay are shown below
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EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR HEAT EXCHANGER TESTING C. M. D’Angelo M. E. Kerst Proto-Power Corporation 591 Poquonnock Road Groton‚ CT 06340 and S. M. Ingalls Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Rope Ferry Road Waterford‚ CT 06385 EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR HEAT EXCHANGER TESTING C. M. D’Angelo M. E. Kerst Proto-Power Corporation 591 Poquonnock Road Groton‚ CT 06340 and S. M. Ingalls Northeast Nuclear Energy Company Rope Ferry Road Waterford‚ CT 06385 Abstract Nuclear
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SIMULATION MODEL FOR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ABSTRACT The paper presents a comprehensive research study on the Simulation Model for Emergency Department. The study was conducted in the Emergency Department (ED) at The Ohio State Medical Center. A simulation model was developed using Arena (7.0) to model the process flow of patients in order to analyze the ED System performance. A Statistical Design of Experiments study was performed to study the significance/ non significance
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Accident‚ Illness and Emergency Policy Accident and emergency: It is my policy that when children are in my care I will keep them safe. My premises have been checked and they meet the requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage in England. I also regularly review‚ update and practise my safety routines‚ including fire drills. As a registered childminder‚ I am legally required to have a valid first-aid certificate before registration. I can administer basic first-aid treatment‚
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fire / earthquake evacuation procedure. What are the steps that the school must observe during such emergency cases? * Before Fire or Earthquake: -Assist in training of emergency personnel under their command. - Designate an assembly area (or areas) for the building.Occupants of the building should be directed to assemble in this area when required to evacuate the building in an emergency. This will facilitate checking that all occupants are safe and enable speedy return to the building
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