Emergency response activities are conducted during the time period that begins with the detection of the event and ends with the stabilization of the situation following impact. FEMA (1998b‚ p. 12) indicates the goal of emergency response is “to save lives and property by positioning emergency equipment and supplies; evacuating potential victims; providing food‚ water‚ shelter and medical care to those in need; and restoring critical public services”. In many cases‚ hazard monitoring systems ensure
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The Emergency Room The emergency department team consists of many trained professionals each with a specific job in treating the patient. Emergency room personnel usually consists of administrative registration clerks‚ a triage nurse‚ primary nurses‚ a charge nurse‚ the attending physician or emergency nurse practitiner‚ and nursing assistants. Also‚ in certain hospitals the trauma team (surgeons‚ anesthesiologists‚ and specialized physicians) may be on standby to aid in an emergency situation in
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Ethics of Emergencies “The Ethics of Emergencies” explains Ayn Rand’s radical and unique view of altruism. She believes that there are 4 consequences of altruism‚ all of which are negative. These‚ simply put‚ are lack of self-esteem‚ lack of respect for others‚ a pessimistic view of life‚ and an indifference to ethics. She says that altruism hinders acts of true benevolence‚ and instead people act out of an obligation to others that has been internalized over time. Rand then argues that one should
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Consider the colours that are presently used for emergency vehicles. What do you think are the reasons that those colours are used? What are their advantages and disadvantages? Malaysia currently use red colour as the colour for emergency vehicles. Red colour is being chosen as the colour for the emergency vehicles strobe lights is because of the night vision capability by using this colour. It cannot be denied that red colour is more easily to be notice if compared to other colour. Red colour
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Being an intern in an Iraqi emergency is hard and dangerous thing. You have to develop special survival skills to save yourself‚ and you should have an extra-talent not only in diagnosing and treating patients (despite limited facilities); but also in the way in which you manipulate them otherwise you will face distresses‚ become frustrated‚ and unable to keep your daily work‚ You may even get offended! {1} On my first duty at emergency department—I was shocked when my senior colleague told me ‘’the
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certain outcome. The agency needs an information system to provide feedback to staff. ( Expectancy Theory‚ n.d.). In the day and age‚ we have computers to log employee ’s quality and the sorting of data. Although computers could have prevented the emergency evaluation from becoming chaotic‚ a successful computerization depends on the agency processes and procedures being organized and precise. The federal evaluation wants information on the participants in any training workshop that was completed
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idea of Emergency Contraception is not a new to society‚ however it is still igniting many debates just as it did when it was first introduced to the United States. Emergency contraception continues to be a highly emotional and controversial issue‚ both for advocates who believe EC will lower the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions‚ and for opponents who believe that using EC amounts to an abortion. The controversy fueling this debate centers around one of the ways that emergency contraception
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CR the internet: imprisoning our young people Nikolovska.M and Réseau.A ‚ two members of the Society for Upholding Traditional Values wrote the article “The internet: imprisoning our young people” in a website‚ published in September 19‚ 2010 to criticize how disastrous the internet affects youths’ lives and their interpersonal skills. The authors point out that social relationships of juveniles has been becoming loosed because of the virtual communication. In addition‚ young people’ verbal
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Head: IMPROVING FLOOD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 1 Improving Flood Emergency Preparedness in League City Abstract This paper explores a vital need to the residents of League City in regards to flood emergency response. Based on online research from the City of League City Mitigation Plan‚ Galveston County Mitigation Plan‚ and The Council for Excellence in Government‚ a local flood preparedness campaign focusing on a coordinated community emergency preparedness educational
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Coordinating embarking of the rescue vessels (lifeboat‚ rescue boat‚ life raft etc.) Third Officer and Pumpman : Assisting Chief Officer Second Officer : Assisting Master‚ maintaining a written record of events during the response‚ Radio Officer for emergency communication Chief Engineer : Coordinating and ensuring power supply and availability of technical equipment‚ maintaining engineering service as long as required Crew : Acting as per muster list and upon order Actions to be carried out: ?Activate
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