Emergency medical responders

Disasters rip through communities, states, and regions daily. At some point the effects of a natural disaster will directly or indirectly affect every living person. The positive or negative outcomes of a disaster reflects strongly on the ability of the local people responding to the disastrous even. The purpose of this paper is to explore the natural disaster of Hurricane Matthew including information about the type of disaster, characteristics of the disaster, and an in-depth look into disaster

purpose of CPR is to preserve brain function until further treatment can be provided. There are multiple techniques used to preform CPR; which technique is used depends on the patients age and your medical training. The method that this paper covers is for use on adult patients and is basic level medical knowledge. The ability to perform CPR is a live saving procedure that every person should know and practice in order to respond correctly to cardiac arrest.

B1). Steve Cantrill, “associate director of emergency medicine at the Denver Health Medical Center (Connolly A29)” warned in an interview with the Washington Post that “most hospitals could not handle a sudden surge in patients caused by a biological assault without degenerating into chaos” (Connolly A29). The first responders to any biological attack would not be agents from the Center for Disease Control (CDC), but rather local emergency responders such as “doctors and local public health authorities”

what that means. Everyone will tell you that marriage is hard and that it takes work, but they have never been on the side of spouse to a first responder. They tell you that your husband is so brave, strong and noble. I have even heard, “it’s got to be nice to be married to someone who always puts others first.” Also, “you married him for the free medical advice.” What people do not see is the life of the spouses and families have. From the seven months I have been married, I have already learned

will be utilized including: State Homeland Security Program, Urban Areas Security Initiative, Metropolitan Medical Response System Program, and the Citizens Corps Program. Each of these grant programs will be utilized if the city cannot accommodate the cost for recovery out of its $44,000,000 budget. SHSP provides funding to local governments to administer aid to infrastructure such as medical institutes and schools. Once again this aid is to be used for training and education, but this is primarily

disaster, depression was found to be prevalent among first responders who also were local residents of where the disaster took place. The participants were from three different groups. The first was 610 local municipality workers, the second was 421 medical workers, and the third was 327 firefighters. All were given a self-administered questionnaire. The results indicate that higher levels of depression are more significant in medical personnel versus firefighters (Sakuma, 2015) Psychological

especially I Southern Louisiana” (Miller). This was especially true in the case of emergencies. Some consequences of lost communications were the New Orleans Police Department’s communications system was inoperative for all of three days after the hurricane, and only a few first responders were in the area of the disaster (Miller). The National Guard responders were unable to get a direct link to the Governor or any state emergency agencies for 48 hours after the hurricane made land fall (Miller). Other consequences

the moment a 911 operator identifies the situation in a call, a team of trained professionals quickly yet calmly assemble and in 8 minutes/ 59 seconds or less, arrive at a scene to potentially save someone’s life. Paramedics are the basis of first responders, and are skilled in several different fields. They have to handle extreme situations ranging in cities, towns, and even way out rural areas. Although often associated with ambulances, they also work in helicopters, hospitals, and the occasional

lifetime goal. Being a paramedic isn’t just to drive an ambulance with flashing lights, for me it’s about helping people in emergency and saving lives. The main reason I want to become a paramedic is because I want to make a difference. I want to impact someone’s life in a good way as it once did mine. When I was ten, I was in a really bad car crash and the first responders were an ambulance who had seen the crash. They rushed to the scene and assessed the situation. They calmed me down and told

looked. Additionally, because these same women often live a significant distance from adequate neonatal resources, without rapid emergency intervention they would likely have a negative outcome in the pregnancy. For this reason, it