the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
In this regard, technological or human-generated have little regards in disaster risk reduction management. The study therefore will highlight complexities involving man-made disaster from the experiences of injuries, disabilities even death due to non-use of helmet. Wherein, as practicing health and medical professionals it is important to uphold and protect the health and well-being of the public. Thereto, disaster in viewpoint of health advocates is completely the reverse of protecting the public’s health, as health is the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
The argument of helmet use and saving lives
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Hence, man-made disaster highlights the interaction of factors vulnerabilities and exposure to hazards. Thereto, provides the same grounds as with Pigeon and O’Leary (2000.) In their works citing Freudenberg, 1988; Pidgeon, 1994; Vaughan, 1996, “The man-made disasters model proposes that the build-up of latent errors and events, at odds with the culturally taken for granted, is accompanied by a collective failure of organizational cognition and `intelligence', as the developing system vulnerability to failure remains concealed by social processes which attenuate evaluations of risk.” Thereby, the compliance to the systems and policy is indeed an important factor in protecting and saving lives of the …show more content…
Only 0.4% was considered dead on arrival. Of the 20 dead upon arrival cases, 12 were motorcycle riders and 3 were pedestrians. All of the 12 motorcycle riders who were dead upon arrival were not wearing helmet at the time of the incident; Majority of the reported injury cases sustained abrasion with 62.1%. Other types of injuries sustained include open wound accounting for 28.5%, contusion with 13.9%, fracture with 10.9%, avulsion with 4.9%, concussion with 3.9%, traumatic amputation and burn with 0.4% and 0.3%, respectively. As to severity, 92.3% of the reported transport/vehicular crash injury cases were considered minor injuries, 6.9% were serious injuries, and 0.9 were
Drea Knufken’s thesis statement is that “As a society, we’ve acquired an immunity to crisis” (510-512). This means that humans in general, or citizens of the world, have become completely desensitized to disasters, we think of them as just another headline, without any understanding of their impact upon fellow
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Millions of people all over the United States choose motorcycles over automobiles for the thrill, speed, and high performance capabilities. On the other hand, motorcycles are not at all the safest way of transportation. Motorcycles do not provide the passenger with the outer protection that cars provide, therefore, when one crashes, the results are usually much more serious. Injuries to the head are responsible for 76% of fatalities when dealing with motorcycle crashes many of which could have been prevented had the rider been wearing a helmet. For this reason, many states have adopted the motorcycle helmet law. The law states that every passengers must wear a helmet at all times when riding on a motorcycle. This law has created a great deal of controversy. One side supports the law, believing that it protects motorcyclists from danger and saves the economy a great deal of money. The other side argues that the law is unconstitutional and it violates our right to freedom. However, statistics show overwhelming support in favor of the motorcycle helmet law. Although wearing helmets cannot prevent motorcycle crashes, they can greatly reduce the number of deaths caused by head injury as well as lowering taxes, insurance rates, and health care costs. Therefore, the helmet law should be put into effect in every state across the United States.
Boom! Crash! Sound echo everywhere. People scream all around you. A deadly 7.1 magnitude earthquake has just hit your town. On October 14, 2013 this happened in the Philippines (B-Essay). There were 3,512,281 affected individuals and 36,645 houses damaged (Doc. D). 39 roads and 18 bridges were in disrepair (Doc. D). People respond in certain ways after a natural disaster. They band together and react with Red Cross and government, Evacuation centers, and Gathering supplies.
While wearing a helmet can improve a rider’s chances of surviving an accident, it is not a failsafe. In a motorcycle accident, any evidence that the victim can gather is helpful in ensuring that the negligent, careless or reckless driver is held responsible. Hiring a personal injury attorney may increase the chances that compensation for the damages covers medical bills, especially when long-term care is
Hazards pose risk to everyone. Our acceptance of the risks associated with hazards dictates where and how we live. As humans, we accept a certain amount of risk when choosing to live our daily lives. From time to time, a hazard becomes an emergent situation. Tornadoes in the Midwest, hurricanes along the Gulf Coast or earthquakes in California are all hazards that residents in those regions accept and live with. This paper will examine one hazard that caused a disaster requiring a response from emergency management personnel. Specifically, the hazard more closely examined here is an earthquake. With the recent twenty year anniversary covered by many media outlets, the January 17, 1994, Northridge, California earthquake to date is the most expensive earthquake in American history.
On February 1, 2003, the Space Shuttle Columbia was lost due to structural failure in the left wing. On take-off, it was reported that a piece of foam insulation surrounding the shuttle fleet's 15-story external fuel tanks fell off of Columbia's tank and struck the shuttle's left wing. Extremely hot gas entered the front of Columbia's left wing just 16 seconds after the orbiter penetrated the hottest part of Earth's atmosphere on re-entry. The shuttle was equipped with hundreds of temperature sensors positioned at strategic locations. The salvaged flight recorded revealed that temperatures started to rise in the left wing leading edge a full minute before any trouble on the shuttle was noted. With a damaged left wing, Columbia started to drag left. The ships' flight control computers fought a losing battle trying to keep Columbia's nose pointed forward.
One of the most horrifying events a person can experience is a car accident. Between the physical, mental, and emotional effects, most people struggle to move forward after such a traumatic experience. To make things worse, there are people who have to deal with the aftermath of getting into a head-on collision with an 18-wheeler or a tractor-trailer. The thought is insanely terrifying, but these things do happen.
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,
According to a 2013 study in Brevard County, Florida, there were 57 motorcycle accident deaths, and 32 of those had helmets on, and this ratio was very similar across Central Florida for the next two years. However, according to a study at the Health First’s Holmes regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Florida, there have been over 70 studies since 2000 that “support the use of motorcycle helmets in decreasing the incidence of lethal head injuries, death, and non-lethal head injuries related to the use of helmets for motorcyclists.” This study found that the use of motorcycle helmets decreased deadly head injuries and
And while these statistics prove that wearing a helmet has a greater effect of saving a life, unfortunately, many of the deaths that do occur are from when a collision from another vehicle
August 23rd, 2005; Hurricane Katrina, formed over the Bahamas, hitting landfall in Florida. By the 29th, on its third landfall it hit and devastated the city of New Orleans, becoming the deadliest hurricane of the 2005 season and, one of the five worst hurricanes to hit land in the history of the United States. Taking a look at the years leading to Katrina, preventative actions, racial and class inequalities and government, all of this could have been prevented. As presented in the newspaper article, An Autopsy of Katrina: Four Storms, Not Just One , we must ask ourselves, are “natural” disasters really natural or, are they a product of the people, who failed to take the necessary actions that needed to be taken?
The purpose of this paper is to discuss potential disasters that could affect a community and cause mass causalities. Further discussion will include who is responsible for the management preparedness, what barriers must be considered and finally this paper will discuss the health care facilities role in emergency supplies and care of the patient in a disaster situation.
The increase in unpredictable natural disasters events for a decade has led to put the disaster preparedness as a central issue in disaster management. Disaster preparedness reduces the risk of loss lives and injuries and increases a capacity for coping when hazard occurs. Considering the value of the preparatory behavior, governments, local, national and international institutions and non-government organizations made some efforts in promoting disaster preparedness. However, although a number of resources have been expended in an effort to promote behavioural preparedness, a common finding in research on natural disaster is that people fail to take preparation for such disaster events (Paton, 2005; Shaw 2004; Spittal, et.al, 2005; Tierney, 1993; Kenny, 2009; Kapucu, 2008; Coppola and Maloney, 2009). For example, the fact that nearly 91% of Americans live in a moderate to high risk of natural disasters, only 16% take a preparation for natural disaster (Ripley, 2006).
Good morning everybody, by now all of you will have seen the morbid and shocking images on television. Known to man as one of the most damaging, disastrous and detrimental typhoons in history, Super Haiyan ravaged through our entire country leaving nothing to spare. Within a split second those which were known as our most prized possession were instantly consumed by the monstrous typhoon. Our initial reports show that this monstrosity left a wake of massive destruction that is unthinkable, unprecedented and horrendous. Thousands of neighbourhoods were left in ruins, thousands more were injured among those were children struggling with all their might to deny the horrible fact that their parents were lying on the ground, lifeless, cold, pale . The devastation is so staggering that I struggle to find words to describe the horrific events that have occurred.