Citizens of the United States face catastrophic disaster such as hurricane, tornadoes, hazmat spills and flooding. Emergency management situations varies. Managers have to put into consideration the type of disasters or the response of citizens. A great example, the hurricane in Tuscaloosa, AL required large amounts of medical and debris assistance from teams to help return the destructed site back to prior condition. National Disaster Medical Systems would be one of the first to respond if there is a tragic event like in Tuscaloosa, AL. Threw research, I hope to cover the history, objectives, goals, and support towards National Disaster Medical System.
National Disaster Medical System is a federally coordinated system that augments the Nation's medical response capability according to phe.gov. NDMS serves as a National medical response team that is capable in response for State and local authorities in dealing with medical affects of catastrophic peace time disasters in which helped aide military as well as the Department of Veterans Affairs medical systems by aiding wounded individuals from overseas to the U.S.
All 50 U.S. states are funded locally through the government, by organizations such as FEMA and Red Cross. Citizens fail to realize the importance of having financial security during the response stage of a disaster program in damaged areas. Financial stability plays a huge role in the success of many emergency response organizations moreover great planning should be recognized as a continuing process. The National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) aids the Federal Medical response to natural or man made disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods transportation accidents, and terrorist acts inv...
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NIMS provides agencies with extensive guidelines to attain preparedness that apply to all disasters including terrorist attacks. Agencies and responders who are fully prepared are confident and reliable ensuring the best outcomes in responding to disasters. There are many steps to take to
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There are many government, state, local and tribal agencies and organizations working together to resolve the aftermath of a massive wildfire. The following will discuss the responsibilities of a Hospital Incident Command Systems (HICS) which is at the forefront for caring and treating individuals and communities affected. The HICS ensures pre-planning, planning, evaluating, and testing of the system has been done prior to an incident (CDC, 2011). The first step when an incident occurs is the hospital needs to assess the situation. Some questions to ask include (CDC, 2011). What geographical area(s) has been or may be adversely impacted? How many people are threatened, affected, exposed, injured, or dead? Have critical infrastructures been affected (electrical power, water supplies, sanitation, telecommunications, transportation)? Is the hospital and surrounding healthcare facilities affected? How will current and forecasted weather conditions affect the situation? Has the local, state, or
Claire B. Rubin’s second edition Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2010 is a wide ranging book that effectively breaks down over 100 years of America’s emergency response history. In the book, Rubin uses an array of previous emergencies and details local, state, and federal response efforts. In doing so, Rubin effectively portrays the ways in which the Federal Government has played an ever increasing role in emergency response. As Rubin states early in the book, the current mechanisms The United States has in place for emergency response and management have come into existence after many lessons learned from ineffectual response efforts in the past. These disasters, referred to as “focusing events” (p. 4), and they have
The goals include increasing nurses’ awareness of their roles and responsibilities in preparing for and responding to a disaster. There are web-based courses available for professionals who are not necessarily planning to deploy to a disaster site but working in hospitals, schools or long-term care settings. These individuals could help with the long-range planning of patients involved in a disaster. The course is designed to protect the nurse and the public through the use of universal precautions, protective equipment, evidence collection and isolation precautions. These are areas that the emergency nurse may not consider when volunteering on the front line of a disaster (Stokowski, 2012). Other areas of the course include how to prepare for a disaster, who to notify when an event is unfolding, the assessment, diagnosing and treating of injuries and illnesses, incorporating clinical judgment skills, and supporting the community after the disaster (Orr,
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Haddow, G. D., Bullock, J. A., & Coppola, D. P. (2010).Introduction to emergency management. (4th ed., pp. 1-26). Burlington, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.
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