Download or read book Hurricane Preparedness Planning for a Hospital written by Oscar Webb and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-06-10 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Meteorology, Aeronomy, Climatology, , language: English, abstract: Implementation of a hurricane preparedness and response plan requires the coordinated efforts of multiple agencies from throughout the region. Utilization of effective team support produced very good results when applied with strategic management efforts built on an application of solid ethical principles. Understanding the importance of strong communication throughout the process allowed the team to produce superior results and build upon previous successes. The team was also cognizant that the experiences of the community and those that had gone through the process previously were important factors in allowing the current process to proceed in a positive fashion. Disaster preparedness is by no means an exact science. Despite this fact, there are ways to eliminate errors and provide an organization with the highest chance to reduce negative outcomes. This is achieved through experience and repetitive training designed to mimic potential scenarios that may be encountered. Analyzing previous successes and failures of the organization and other entities can provide valuable insight into what strategies will lead to the desired outcomes for the planning committee. Failing to consider the merits of past performance is a surefire way to mismanage a potential impending disaster. Even a successful previous plan can yield data about corrections and improvements when analyzed thoroughly.
Download or read book Disaster Preparedness for Healthcare Facilities written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Health Care Emergency Management Principles and Practice written by Michael J. Reilly and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-25 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research underscores a serious lack of preparedness among hospitals nationwide and a dearth of credible educational programs and resources on hospital emergency preparedness. As the only resource of its kind, Health Care Emergency Management: Principles and Practice specifically addresses hospital and health system preparedness in the face of a large scale disaster or other emergency. Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.
Download or read book Emergency Management in Health Care written by and published by Joint Commission Resources. This book was released on 2012 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a resource as health care organizations plan for managing emergencies. This title helps them assess their own needs, better prepare staff to respond to the events most likely to occur, and develop a level of preparedness sufficient to address a range of emergencies.
Download or read book Hospital Based Emergency Care written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-05-03 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today our emergency care system faces an epidemic of crowded emergency departments, patients boarding in hallways waiting to be admitted, and daily ambulance diversions. Hospital-Based Emergency Care addresses the difficulty of balancing the roles of hospital-based emergency and trauma care, not simply urgent and lifesaving care, but also safety net care for uninsured patients, public health surveillance, disaster preparation, and adjunct care in the face of increasing patient volume and limited resources. This new book considers the multiple aspects to the emergency care system in the United States by exploring its strengths, limitations, and future challenges. The wide range of issues covered includes: • The role and impact of the emergency department within the larger hospital and health care system. • Patient flow and information technology. • Workforce issues across multiple disciplines. • Patient safety and the quality and efficiency of emergency care services. • Basic, clinical, and health services research relevant to emergency care. • Special challenges of emergency care in rural settings. Hospital-Based Emergency Care is one of three books in the Future of Emergency Care series. This book will be of particular interest to emergency care providers, professional organizations, and policy makers looking to address the deficiencies in emergency care systems.
Download or read book Date with Disaster written by United States. Office of Emergency Preparedness and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disaster Preparedness written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emergency Preparedness written by Cynthia A. Bascetta and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Potential terrorist attacks and the possibility of naturally occurring disease outbreaks have raised concerns about the ¿surge capacity¿ of the nation¿s health care systems to respond to mass casualty events. This report identified 4 key components of preparing for a medical surge: (1) increasing hospital capacity; (2) identifying alternate care sites; (3) registering medical volunteers; and (4) planning for altering established standards of care. The author was asked to examine: (1) what assistance the fed. gov¿t. has provided to help states prepare for medical surge; (2) what states have done to prepare for a medical surge; and (3) concerns states have identified related to medical surge. Includes recommendations. Charts and tables.
Download or read book Establishing a Healthcare Emergency Response Coalition written by Jay Lee and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the event of a disaster or public health emergency, individual agencies and hospitals cannot always effectively act alone. In order to provide a collaborative, comprehensive system of planning and response a Healthcare Emergency Response Coalition (HERC) is needed. This book introduces the concept of a HERC and demonstrates why and how a HERC is among the most effective tools for health emergency response and preparedness. Establishing a Healthcare Emergency Response Coalition addresses all matters related to instituting and developing a successful HERC. This Guide is based on Palm Beach County's experiences during the formation and implementation of their tried and tested HERC_now a national model_and can serve to direct your community in establishing its own HERC. It addresses the most fundamental questions of starting a HERC, such as - What is a HERC? - Why do we need a HERC? - How do we start a HERC - How should a HERC be structured? It also provides guidance for developing and sustaining a successful HERC by outlining the steps and activities needed to begin and providing a list of policies and procedures that can be implemented and resources that can be consulted. This information can be applied and customized to any community's specific needs and resources to implement a program that will address any size disaster or healthcare emergency that presents itself. This book provides myriad benefits to everyone invested in emergency preparedness for a community, from health officials and emergency response teams to government officials and fire and police departments, along with anyone else involved with preparing his or her community for disasters and public health emergencies.
Download or read book Health Materiel and Facilities Planning Guide for Emergency Management written by United States. Public Health Service. Division of Health Mobilization and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Disaster Preparedness for Health Care Facilities written by Daniel Kollek and published by PMPH-USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text covers disaster preparedness for health care facilities such as hospitals and long-term care homes. It covers how to assess the risk to and readiness of a health care facility for potential disasters and how to deal with any deficiencies found.
Download or read book Five Days at Memorial written by Sheri Fink and published by Crown. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ • A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina—and the suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning physician and reporter “An amazing tale, as inexorable as a Greek tragedy and as gripping as a whodunit.”—Dallas Morning News After Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs. Five Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting by Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink, unspools the mystery, bringing us inside a hospital fighting for its life and into the most charged questions in health care: which patients should be prioritized, and can health care professionals ever be excused for hastening death? Transforming our understanding of human nature in crisis, Five Days at Memorial exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals how ill-prepared we are for large-scale disasters—and how we can do better. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Entertainment Weekly, Christian Science Monitor, Kansas City Star WINNER: National Book Critics Circle Award, J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Ridenhour Book Prize, American Medical Writers Association Medical Book Award, National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Award
Download or read book Medical Disaster Response written by David Goldschmitt and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the job of a clinician in a disaster scenario is to save lives without regard for the cause or rationale for the injury, medical and emergency professionals who understand the diverse aspects of a disaster are better equipped to respond effectively. Giving emergency personnel the tools they need to perform in catastrophic situations, Medical
Download or read book Hospital Safety Exercises Toolkit written by Mary Russell and published by Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospital Safety Exercises Toolkit: Disaster Plans for All Hazards and Joint Commission Compliance Mary Russell, EdD, MSN Respond quickly and efficiently to disaster events Test the true capabilities of your plans and staff readiness to respond to an emergency with the Hospital Safety Exercises Toolkit: Disaster Plans for All Hazards and Joint Commission Compliance. From hurricanes and floods to radiation exposure and power outages, we have your needs covered. This book and CD-ROM gives you disaster-specific: Scenarios Hazard vulnerability analyses Victim profiles Evaluation forms Advance the capabilities of your staff with mock exercises TheHospital Safety Exercises Toolkit: Disaster Plans for All Hazards and Joint Commission Compliance helps you plan and conduct exercises for your healthcare organization so your staff members can respond fast and understand their responsibilities during an emergency. Evaluate your processes for every exercise or event using this go-to guide There is no exercise that is better than a real event. But planned exercises such as the ones found in Hospital Safety Exercises Toolkit help you evaluate your organization's reaction to disaster events. Expert author Mary Russell, EdD, MSN, provides common critical processes that need to occur within hospitals for both sudden onset and anticipated disaster scenarios. You'll turn to this book and CD-ROM set for the tools you need to initiate, execute, and evaluate emergency exercises. Take a look at the table of contents: Chapter 1: Involving Staff, Agencies, and Community in Exercises Chapter 2: Prioritizing Exercises Chapter 3: Scheduling Exercises Chapter 4: Locations for Exercises Chapter 5: Methods for Conducting Exercises Chapter 6: Exercising Plan Format Chapter 7: Evaluating Exercises Chapter 8: Corrective Action Planning and Performance Improvement Protect your facility and comply with The Joint Commission's emergency management standards There is no need to go searching for updated preparedness information and resources. Hospital Safety Exercises Toolkit provides updated guidance from the federal Department of Homeland Security and ties in the latest in mandates for emergency management from The Joint Commission. Scenarios offer victim profiles for a specific disaster to help you structure an emergency preparedness exercise. The companion CD-ROM provides time-saving tools such as: A Community Risk Profile A Target Capabilities List A Scenario Crosswalk The templates included for planning, evaluation, and corrective action steps, alleviate a lot of legwork and save emergency planners time and money. Are you new to emergency management? Whether you are an emergency preparedness planner or not this book gives you so much more than objectives and the timing and resources to be deployed. The easy-to-use templates for planning provide users of all types with evaluation and corrective action steps so the focus can remain on advancing the organization's response capabilities.
Download or read book Healthy Resilient and Sustainable Communities After Disasters written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the devastation that follows a major disaster, there is a need for multiple sectors to unite and devote new resources to support the rebuilding of infrastructure, the provision of health and social services, the restoration of care delivery systems, and other critical recovery needs. In some cases, billions of dollars from public, private and charitable sources are invested to help communities recover. National rhetoric often characterizes these efforts as a "return to normal." But for many American communities, pre-disaster conditions are far from optimal. Large segments of the U.S. population suffer from preventable health problems, experience inequitable access to services, and rely on overburdened health systems. A return to pre-event conditions in such cases may be short-sighted given the high costs - both economic and social - of poor health. Instead, it is important to understand that the disaster recovery process offers a series of unique and valuable opportunities to improve on the status quo. Capitalizing on these opportunities can advance the long-term health, resilience, and sustainability of communities - thereby better preparing them for future challenges. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters identifies and recommends recovery practices and novel programs most likely to impact overall community public health and contribute to resiliency for future incidents. This book makes the case that disaster recovery should be guided by a healthy community vision, where health considerations are integrated into all aspects of recovery planning before and after a disaster, and funding streams are leveraged in a coordinated manner and applied to health improvement priorities in order to meet human recovery needs and create healthy built and natural environments. The conceptual framework presented in Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters lays the groundwork to achieve this goal and provides operational guidance for multiple sectors involved in community planning and disaster recovery. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters calls for actions at multiple levels to facilitate recovery strategies that optimize community health. With a shared healthy community vision, strategic planning that prioritizes health, and coordinated implementation, disaster recovery can result in a communities that are healthier, more livable places for current and future generations to grow and thrive - communities that are better prepared for future adversities.
Download or read book Enhancements to Hospital Resiliency written by Daniel Baldwin Hess and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Are You Prepared written by J. Christopher Farmer and published by Joint Commission Resources. This book was released on 2006 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
