The Federal Emergency Management Agency‚ or FEMA‚ was created to solve a dire need in America. Disasters‚ unfortunately‚ happen all the time‚ and we as a country need to be prepared to handle them and have a system in place to provide relief after the fact. Throughout the 1960s and 70s‚ a series of disasters struck the nation and those in charge realized that America was poorly suited to help. In 1964‚ the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded hit Alaska‚ killing 139 (Taylor). The Midwest
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Emergency Management is a complex system used to protect the lives and property of human beings all over the planet. In the United States and within the Department of Homeland Security lies the Federal Emergency Management Agency. According to the FEMA website this agency is responsible for supporting the citizens and first responders in building‚ sustaining‚ and improving their capabilities to prepare for‚ protect against‚ respond to‚ recover from‚ and mitigate all hazards (FEMA.gov‚ 2015). One
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GUIDING PROCEDURES TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY SITUATIONS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS By Maj ® Muhammad Ijaz Student MS Disaster Management-2012 at NUST (MCE) Introduction Construction projects involve use of heavy machinery‚ execution of numerous work activities simultaneously. Working environment like in Pakistan where safety culture does not prevail results in increased vulnerability to accidents thus frequent emergency situations on construction projects. The author being a Project Manager
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the next day. The concept of PLS is to have more resources in the higher call volume times and areas. I work as a Paramedic for the Medical Express Ambulance Service (Medex) where both SSM and PLS are used. First‚ the concept of System Status Management. Our 2 most northern posts at Medex are Swedish Covenant Hospital (northeastern chicago) and Resurrection Medical Center (northwest chicago). The dispatchers attempt to keep 2 ALS and 3 BLS ambulances around the hospital. However if all of our ambulances
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is the most important phase of treating medical emergencies‚ despite all the efforts of prevention emergencies will still occur. An emergency is a medical condition that requires immediate treatment. Emergencies do occur in the dental offices. A survey of 4‚000dentists conducted by Fast and others revealed an incidence of 7.5 emergencies per dentist over a 10 year period. Here are three steps to prevent medical emergencies in the dental office: Medical History‚ Patient Evaluation‚ and Staff Training
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Responding to emergency service incident P3 - identify the statutory and voluntary agencies who may work together at the scene of an emergency incident Statutory and voluntary agencies: Statutory agencies are services like the police‚ fire and ambulance. These will always join an emergency incident. However at some incidents they will be helped by voluntary agencies like: St John Ambulance - St John Ambulance is a charitable organisation staffed by trained volunteers. The organisation
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Title: (CPR) (The information above the introduction is for the reader) Specific Purpose: to inform my audience of the three steps to take when responding to a medical emergency. Thesis: When responding to a medical emergency you should take three main steps--survey the scene‚ contact emergency medical services‚ and start CPR. Method of Organization: Chronological Introduction (Begin your presentation with the statement beside Roman numeral I) I First Sentence: "Imagine you’re
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Head: Department of Emergency Medical Care and Podiatry Faculty of Health Sciences UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG Re: Motivation letter for bridging course into B-EMC My name is Lesiba Hendrick Motshegwa. I am a qualified emergency care technician currently employed by Gauteng Emergency medical services. I qualified as an Emergency Medical care technician in April 2010 and started working on 10 May 2010. During the three years which I have been practicing as an Emergency medical personnel‚ I have learnt
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starting point. According to Oachs and Watters‚ EMTALA is an acronym for the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act‚ enacted in 1986 by congress as part of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)‚ and is also known as the patient antidumping statute (Oachs and Watters‚ 2016). In our readings‚ it is discussed that the main reason for EMTALA‚ by Congress‚ was to ensure public access to emergency medical services regardless of ability to pay. Section 1867 of the Social Security Act imposes
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patients and providers can transpire. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act was passed as a feature of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986. This federal law requires the stabilization and treatment of the patient who arrives at the emergency department‚ regardless of the individual’s insurance status or ability to pay for services. By law‚ public and private hospitals are forbidden to repudiate treatment of the patient in an emergency‚ transfer the patient to another hospital
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