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Hurricanes, floods, fires and other emergency circumstances can be stressful for a lot of people, but they present additional hurdles for those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. In the United States, there is an estimated 36 million adults who report some degree of hearing loss and 2-3 of every 1,000 children is Hard of Hearing or Deaf (National Institute). When an emergency situation arises, all too often these populations of people are the last to find out because it is not accessible to them; having

Avoidable emergency department (ED) encounters places a significant burden on the health care system. Seniors 65 years or older have the highest rate of hospital encounters of any other age group (Bulut, Yazici, Demircan, Keles & Demir, 2015). The Center for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) have placed stiff penalties on hospitals that are not able to reduce repeat encounters (“Coordinating better care & lowering costs”, 2017). These penalties result in the loss of guaranteed funding if the hospitals

Emergency Operations Plan University Health Services Emergency Management Programs, Policy, and Planning Trenton Pearson 7/11/2016   Emergency Operations Plan University Health Services 960 Learning Way, Tallahassee, FL 32306 Phone - (850) 644-6230 July 11, 2016 Table of Contents Promulgation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ii Record of changes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- iii

unpredicted. In emergency management, authorities in collaboration with governmental entities that have a responsibility to enforce plans, take steps to plan for potential incidents by developing an emergency operations plan (EOP). Many aspects of an EOP will depend on the locality, but the objectives remain the same; ensure preservation of life by minimizing the risk of injury and death, and protecting critical infrastructure. This paper provides an analysis of Georgia’s Emergency Operations Plan

second phase of a traditional emergency management plan, and the third phase in the Los Angeles Unified School District is represented by the response phase. At this level, the emergency management team is already faced with the crisis situation, in the meaning that the risk has materialized, and they are forced to manage the ongoing crisis in an effort to minimize the losses of the emergency situation. Throughout the response phase, the actions of the emergency management team are completed in

Running head: POC IMMUNOASSAY Executive Summary: Emergency Department Poc Immunoassay Testing Lora Atkinson Grand Canyon University: NURS-451V 10/07/2014 Executive Summary Introduction Cardiovascular disease is a substantial concern and has emerged as one of the leading health issues. In examining cardiovascular disease, its incidence is astounding. Each year approximately one million men and women die, averaging

regards to some kind of emergency, has been something that has been around since the day the earth was created. The cavemen communicated with one another about a danger by grunting or throwing rocks at each other to get the attention across, the dinosaurs made noises of distress when something wasn’t right, the cowboy era had guns to shoot in the air or a simple yell for help would suffice, and with the invention of the telephone and television the warnings of emergencies were on their way to what

San Andreas portrays an interpretation of potential events that are feasible if the San Andreas fault resulted in a major earthquake. Although the movie’s creators and directors dramatized or intensified facts regarding earthquakes and events that would commonly occur in the midst of an earthquake for entertainment purposes, the information presented regarding events that could occur during and following an earthquake was generally accurate. However, there was inaccurate information presented in

describe the legal considerations that an emergency manager must consider when conducting searches, seizures, and evacuation operations. The paper will address the following: 1. The Fourth and Fifth Amendment as they apply to searches, seizures, and evacuation operations within emergency management. 2. The difference between criminal law enforcement and community caretaking. 3. State laws pertaining to searches, seizures, and evacuation operations within emergency management. Searches Search is defined

Terrorism and Emergency Responder Preparedness The United States (US) is vulnerable to terrorist incidents just as every other country. Even though, the likelihood of getting in a deadly car accident is greater than being involved in a terrorist incident or attack, the emergency responder must be on alert to the possibilities of terrorism. Suicide bombings in the United States have a low probability of happening compared to Middle Eastern countries, although there is still a possibility of a suicide