This chapter addresses worker safety in disaster response, including evaluation and management of workers involved in a disaster, medical surveillance, legal and regulatory requirements related to worker exposures, and specific…
Overview of disaster risk management Risk, as it relates to the health care system during and following a disaster, has several meanings that health care emergency managers, hospital administrators, and…
The definition of mitigation includes a wide variety of measures taken before an event occurs that will prevent illness, injury, and death and limit the loss of property. Taking steps…
With increased awareness and attention to disaster and emergency preparedness, significant efforts have been directed toward enhancing pre-event training using educational exercises. This has resulted in the need to train…
The United States and many other countries are threatened by a number of new crises because of terrorist activities. Behind these new threats looms the ever-present danger of a natural…
In the chaos and craziness that ensues during or immediately after a disaster, whether it is a suspected contagious disease, an earthquake, or the explosion of a dirty bomb, there…
In 1988 Jan deBoer and colleagues published the first attempt to mathematically score and classify a disaster, with the intent to create data to be used prospectively during the management…
NGOs serve a vital role at the local, State, and national levels by performing essential service missions in times of need. National Response Framework (2008) Disaster medicine specialists are expected…
We cannot predict when or where disasters will happen, but we know they will, and they are on the rise. In 2012 there were 357 reported natural disasters affecting 120…
Chapter 13 provides a historical account of the evolution of emergency management in America and the basic framework for current concepts of operations. This chapter discusses selected federal response organizations…
