The earth has been affected by the natural hazards over a long time as man emerged into picture the picture that the natural occurrences were becoming disaster‚ together with being documented in various ways providing a warning for the future generation. However in 1920‚ there was a published study referred to as the catastrophe and social change by Henry Samuel Prince. This was the Halifax Disaster documented account and the occurrence of the social change. The first person to deliver evidence based
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When I was six years old I broke my right arm playing on the swing in front of my house. I remember my parents nervously driving me to the emergency room. I had an x-ray taken and the doctor said I would need a cast. My parents explained this to me‚ but after the long day I was overwhelmed and started crying that I didn’t want a cast. They got me to calm down enough so that the doctor could start putting the cast on. As she was working‚ she started asking me about school‚ and friends‚ and then she
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which is beyond the normal capacity of the affected communities to cope with unaided. Disaster is sometimes also used to describe a catastrophic situation in which the normal patterns of life (eco-systems) have been disrupted and extraordinary‚ emergency interventions are required to save and preserve human lives and or the environment. Disasters are frequently categorized according to their perceived causes and speed of impact. Yet in other sources like researchgate.com‚ it’s a natural or man-made
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U.S. Healthcare Delivery Readiness and Effectiveness for a Bioterrorism Event Health Service Systems The topic of my course project is the readiness and effectiveness of the U.S. Healthcare Delivery System in responding to a widespread bioterrorist event. Since the September 11th terrorist attacks‚ the United States has never been in such a state of alert to prepare for a bioterrorist attack. The U.S. Healthcare system will contribute greatly in such an event. The U.S. Healthcare
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Disaster. (Disaster Management) It can be understood and studied on a wide perceptive‚ focus multidisciplinary responses which focus on health related issues and consequences of disaster. It involves three essential areas: risk management and emergency; public health‚ clinical and psychological care. 2. Consider three recent events and explain why they meet this definition of a disaster. Few events in the last decade in Australia which are considered as a major disaster event consequently
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testing of the fire alarms take place every six weeks at the School. The log book is kept by the head teacher‚ this is available to any visiting fire officer. Fire instructions are clearly posted in all classrooms‚ offices and corridors. Also emergency exits are clearly signed. There are always at least 2 fire exits in each classroom. In the event of raising the alarm the glass will need to be broken in one of the many alarms allocated around the school. It is the responsibility of
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FINAL PAPER DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN CHINA A CASE STUDY ON THE 2008 SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE OR THE GREAT SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC‚ POLITICAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND OF CHINA China is located in East Asia. It is bordering the East China Sea‚ Korea Bay‚ Yellow Sea‚ and South China Sea‚ between North Korea and Vietnam. Officially China is the People ’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ founded in 1949 after the Communist Party defeated the previously dominant nationalist Kuomintang
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who is brought to the emergency department after collapsing at her residence. Just prior to the incident‚ the patient is reported to have been acting “confused.” Upon arrival to the emergency department‚ the patient is having difficulty breathing with an increased respiratory rate and pulse. The nurse is unable to complete the initial examination before the patient becomes unresponsive and has increased work of breathing. At this point‚ it is necessary to active an emergency response team and begin
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Disaster‚ which can be classified into nature and man-made‚ occurs in many forms: floods‚ wind‚ fire‚ explosions‚ extreme range of environmental temperatures‚ epidemics‚ multiple car crashes with many casualties‚ school shootings‚ and environmental contamination from chemical agents and/or bioterrorism (Maurer‚ & Smith‚ 2016). Disaster can be divided into three phases‚ pre-impact‚ impact and post-impact. Pre-impact phase is the phase before the disaster happens. In the phase the Nursing interventions
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Examples are flooding‚ fire‚ electrical outage. Code Triage External: the activation of the organizations Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) to respond to an external event that has disrupted‚ or may disrupt‚ the facility’s normal operations. Examples are fog-related incidents‚ multi-casualty car crashes‚ and earthquakes. When we activate Code Triage Internal and
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