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Emergency Response and the Responsibility of Management

there had been disorganization. An example is given of failure as it respects the 1991 East Bay Hills Fire that occurred in Oaklan...

California's Emergency Services and its Relationship with the Federal Government

and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the South Pacific Division of the US Army Corps of E...

The Debate Regarding Scientific Progress

the first who heralded with major changes. His revelation that it was the sun, not the Earth, that was the center of the universe...

Patient Scenario on Stroke Examination

affect patient outcomes (Finley, 2004). The degree to which Mr. Smith will be affected by the stroke, and, indeed, his very survi...

Australian Duty of Care/Emergency Services

or her field of duty is encompassed by the law of the Northern Territory of Australia, specifically the Personal Injuries (Liabili...

ER Personnel and Problems of Violence

of the ED staff members had been threatened by a weapon; 55 hospitals (43%) reported that a physical attack on a staff member occu...

January 2000 Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Crash

the planes horizontal stabilizer trim shortly before the crash and had been diverted to from its initial destination of San Franci...

An Overview of FEMA

1959). The total destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Andrew, considered to be historys worst in terms of death and damage, ...

Terrorism Preparedness, Travis County, Texas

Balcones Escarpment, with the land to the west being more arid than the country to the east; the vegetation varies accordingly, ra...

A Historical Analysis of EMTALA

some schools do not receive funding if they hold religious classes for example or do not abide by affirmative action. Similarly, E...

Major Indicators of Performance and Call Centers

attitude, recourse is immediate by simply hanging up and calling another company. Call centers cannot afford to lose potential cl...

Hospital Emergency Department and Supply Chain Management

platform that could standardize procurement. Thus, there was no way to assure each emergency department was paying the guaranteed ...

Multivictim Situations and an Intervention Study

programs have changed in recent years and whether important events, including the events surrounding the September 11 bombing of t...

Katrina, Rita, and FEMA's Response in 2005

funds many short-term solutions a. Provides grants for needs such as truck rental for those who cannot pay for it. b. Directs thos...

Issues of Emergency Response Disaster Management

minds of many - if not most - Americans was a part of the ongoing feud between religious factions in the mideast that occasionally...

Resources Relating to Cardiac Emergencies

Coronary artery disease is the number one killer in the United States (Sullivan and Sullivan, 1997). Indeed, an acute myocardial ...

Departures vs. Emergency, Similar Themes

mothers feelings. Nevertheless, he never rectifies this error and remains increasingly more aloof from human concerns and true car...

Ethics and Legalities of Health Care

to believe that his strategy for paying the hospitals bill for treatment to be a sound one. He had sued the local trolley line (a...

1996 Study on Emergency Situations and Clinical Decision Making

picture" and not miss crucial details that can lead to positive patient outcomes is a question that has been addressed, to some ex...

An Article on Families in the ER Critiqued

and fear and engenders feelings of support and help for the patient " (MacLean, et al, 2003). In regards to negative outcomes, fam...

Providing Comfort in the Emergency Room

charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...

Emergency Management

specifically designed for such an occurrence. What is the single most important aspect of emergency management falls into category...

Concepts of Emergency Management

appropriate policies and procedures (Bechtel et al, 2000). The belief here is that creating a plan to encompass events that are li...

Natural Disaster Aftermath and Transporting Clean Water to Those in Need

dependent they are on easy access to clean water until something prevents that access. The Impact of Natural Disasters Informati...

Confidentiality Issues and Nursing Ethics

he could use public transportation to visit his parents nearby town. In short, the argument that Mr. Paul depends on his dr...

Emergency Room Case Management Structural Development

Upon entering the ER via any means - whether walk-in or ambulance-delivered - the patient will see a triage nurse who will then as...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Emergency Vehicle Lights and Sirens

on the number of accidents caused by emergency vehicles. The points these opponents make are indeed valid. Emergency veh...

'Emergency' and Indira Gandhi

that one might readily argue how this particular occurrence was almost predicable. Upon her 1971 election, Gandhis campaign cente...

Emergency Nurse Triage and Education

being the most complete. Education in triage generally has not been complete at all, however (Crafter, Little and Ritchie, 2000)....

Emergency Room Decision Making

attack if irreparable harm and indeed loss of life is to be prevented (Isenstein, 1999). The statistics regarding coronar...