Health Program Evaluation: Northern Territory Emergency Response

Emergency Spill Response Management The discussion hereafter will concern a hypothetical scenario in which a tanker is leading corrosive material into an unstable environment. It is incumbent upon us to navigate this scenario in order to bring stability to the emergency response task at hand. First, with respect to the release of a hazardous substance, we must not that "conventional management systems frequently do not adequately address the unique behavior of materials that may react to cause…

Emergency Preparedness and Response Protecting the public’s health historically has been a state and local responsibility. However, the growing threat of bioterrorism has highlighted the importance of a strong public health infrastructure to the nation’s homeland security and has focused increased attention on the preparedness of the public health system (Frist, 2011). Since the 2001 anthrax attacks Congress has passed new legislation to increase the strength of the nation’s public health system…

Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response in Schools Jennifer Cox Walden University NURS 4010 Section 06, Family, Community, and Population-Based Care May 5, 2013 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND DISASTER RESPONSE IN SCHOOLS The professional nurse uses clinical judgment and decision making skills to provide appropriate nursing care and collaborates with other health care professionals responding to the emergency or disaster. The purpose of this paper is to outline the professional nurse’s role and…

Ravandeep Kaur (Group B) Unit 3: Health, safety and security in health and social care. D2: Justify responses to a particular incident or emergency in a health or social care setting. In my P4, I talked about 4 different incidents and emergencies that could occur in a health and social care setting such as a hospital and what the priorities and responses would be in each scenario. I will now be justifying why the responses I chose would be the most…

Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Kimberly Lewis NUR 408 May 7, 2012 Theresa White, MSN Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Preparing for an emergency and knowing what to do in case of an emergency is an important aspect every community should know. Preparedness can be the difference between life and death in certain situations. This is the case in Season two Episode five of this week’s assignment. A forest fire is raging out of control near the Neighborhood…

Laura Dawson. Explain possible priorities and responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health and social care setting. In health and social care there are a lot of procedures and precautions put into place so that accidents don’t occur, but no matter how careful organisations are with these kind of incidents there is no way really of preventing them. In health and social care a lot of risk assessments are taken to make sure the place is safe but obviously there is…

Disaster Planning and Emergency Response Disasters, both man-made and natural, occur on a regular basis. It is the responsibility of community officials to prepare ahead of time for these disasters, to ensure residents receive needed care immediately following the disaster and in the following weeks while the community recovers. Because of this communities have created emergency response plans and have trained personnel already in place when such events occur. The following is a discussion of the…

possible priorities and responses when dealing with two particular incidents or emergencies in a health or social care setting & M2; discuss, health, safety or security concerns arising from a specific incident or emergency in a health and social care setting&D2;Justify responses to a particular incident or emergency in a health or social care setting. My health and social care setting is an under 5's nursery, within my setting there may be many incidents or emergencies. There could be incidents…

employed in the event of massive emergency situations or natural disasters are able to respond rapidly and effectively. The policy stance for building capacity to manage massive destruction threats and their aftermath rests on three pillars: Establish a common language (definitions), delineate and deconflict interagency functioning (plans, roles, and responsibilities), and establish a clearly defined and streamlined response channel. Not surprisingly, interagency response capabilities are not always sufficiently…

The Northwest Territories is a large mass of Northern Canada. This territory has many advantages regarding its physical and social settings. The three factor that make the Northwest Territories an adequate territory to live in is the economy, population, and physical geography. The economic factors contribute to the Northwest Territories’ accomplishments. The main industries in the Northwest Territories are tourism and mining. Since the ground has permafrost and is unsuitable for farming and agriculture…