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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Community Emergency Preparedness Disasters‚ whether natural or man-made can strike a community at any given time without notice. Year after year‚ hurricanes‚ earthquakes‚ oil spills‚ and other disasters make news headlines. As recent history has shown‚ it is critical that businesses‚ individuals‚ and organizations are prepared to respond during and after a disaster situation. Situations such as those that occurred during Hurricane Katrina‚ serve to highlight the need for citizens and businesses
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Brownsville Emergency Operations Plan Brownsville Texas is located in approximately 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and it is vulnerable to a major hurricane like Hurricane Katrina that devastated much of Louisiana in 2005. During Hurricane Katrina many of the things when wrong because emergency leaders were because‚ emergency managers were not prepared for the after mass of the hurricane. It is important for a city to have a structured Emergency Operations Plan in place in the event of a major
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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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Emergency Medicine and the Ethical Dilemmas Luisa Martin HCA 322 Instructor Thomas December 5‚ 2010 Picture this scenario: You are working in the emergency room of a public hospital where the inflow of patients is higher than the available beds. You are treating an elderly man who is breathless and cyanosed. While you assess whether he has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or heart failure‚ he becomes drowsy and starts gasping. You quickly intubate him with some difficulty‚ prolonging
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Word Count (excluding title and references) = 1469. What are the basic assumptions about sexuality‚ health decision-making‚ and the doctor-patient relationship that inform the positions of opponents and proponents of emergency contraception (EC)? Introduction: Emergency Contraceptives (ECs) have been defined as a post coital method of contraception that is effective if taken within 72 hours of intercourse. Although the primary method of post coital contraception is ingestion of oral pills
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Four Phases of Emergency Management In this section‚ the four phases of emergency management will be defined: mitigation‚ preparedness‚ response and recovery. Mitigation Over the last decade the social and economic costs of disasters to the United States‚ and throughout the World have grown significantly. During the 1990’s‚ FEMA spent over $25.4 billion to provide disaster assistance in the United States. During that decade‚ the economic toll of natural disasters‚ world wide‚ topped $608 billion
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In the scope of emergency organization (EO)‚ actually the role of Meteorology‚ Climatology and Geophysics Board (MCGB) is important. MCGB provides the necessary data about the daily information of temperature‚ weather‚ earthquake and the possibilities of tsunami warning. MCGB distributed the data through a lot media such as online‚ by phone and by fax. In relation to tourism‚ the data from MCGB is used as the consideration for flying of all airline in Indonesia and surrounding. The forecasting data
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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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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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