Disasters overview

Much has been written about Loss Prevention, and HAZOP studies in particular, the volume of publications has grown considerably since the Flixborough disaster in 1974. Standards, Codes of Practice and Acts of Parliament provide essential information, and the references included here provide a good overview of the subject, and a basis for more detailed study. 

Disaster planners have many complicated problems to address, particularly given the current daily stresses on the EHS system. A thorough understanding of the EHS system and its challenges can help ensure that the developed system can work efficiently and safely during a mass casualty incident or disaster. This brief overview should provide health care personnel an introduction to this large and rapidly evolving topic. 

For more than 125 years, the American Red Cross has played an integral role in disaster response in communities across the United States. This chapter provides a historical overview of the structure and governance of the Red Cross, its conceptual foundation, fundamental principles... 

OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN RED CROSS DISASTER HEALTH SERVICES... 

This chapter introduces various legal and ethical issues that may arise during a disaster or major public health crisis. It will begin with an overview of the legal system and describe the sources of law and ethical obligations, the importance of the various levels of government in... 

Nursing Emergency Preparedness Education Coalition (NEPEC), formerly the International Nursing Coalition for Mass Casualty Incidents http //WWW. me. Vanderbilt, eda/nursing/coalitions/ INCMCE/overview, html Internet Disaster Information Network http //WWW. disaster, net/index. html Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations... 

This chapter provides an overview of the basic concepts of health promotion and disease prevention for disaster nursing. The chapter begins by introducing the 10 core functions of public health. Analysis of the fundamental public health functions during nondisaster circumstances provides a foundation for what concepts apply and what services will need to be mobilized should a major event occur. Nurses responding to the needs of populations and communities affected by disasters require an understanding of the basic tenets of environmental health, methods of health promotion, and disease prevention strategies. 

Capozzoli, J. (2002). Psychological relief An overview—The Balkan experience. In W. Zubenko J. Capozzoli (Eds.), Children and disasters A practical guide to healing and recovery (pp. 6-33). New York Oxford University Press. 

Disasters that are due to natural causes often result in significant losses, physical destruction of dwellings, social and economic disruption, human pain and suffering, injury, and loss of life. This chapter presents the reader with a broad overview of the most frequently occurring natural/ environmental disasters, their impact on communities, and... 

This chapter includes an overview of the various entities that influence change in the nursing curriculum. Several innovative educational programs for disaster nursing are presented and sources for emergency preparedness competencies are reviewed. The importance of competency-based educational initiatives is emphasized. 

Federal Emergency Management Agency, The Federal Response Plan, Terrorism Annex, Eigure D-Overview of a Disaster Operation, April 1999, URL http //www.fema.gov/r-n-r/frp/frpfigd.htm. 

System management (e.g., formal contract or SLA, system management documentation, documented responsibilities, overviews of system components, existence of and adherence to change control procedures, backup and restore procedures, physical and logical security, Disaster Recovery Plans)... 

G.J. Sullivan, J.-R. Ohm, W.-J. Han, and T. Wiegand, "Overview of the high efficiency video coding (HEVC) standard," IEEE Trans. Circ. Syst. Video Tech., vol. 22, no. 12, pp. 1649-1668, Dec. 2012. E. Aufderheide, "Disaster planning, part II Disaster problems, issues, and challenges identified in the research literature," Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am., vol. 14, pp. 453-480,1996. 

The remainder of this chapter is organized as follows. In Sect. 2, we provide an overview of the existing literamre. Section 3 presents our stochastic approach to disaster preparedness, and Sect. 4 presents a case smdy of a flood disaster in Thailand. In Sect. 5, we evaluate and analyze the results of our approach, and finally, in Sect. 6, we summarize our contributions and discuss directions for further research. 

The National Commission Report to President Obama that was written in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster provides a useful overview of the creation of the Minerals Management Service (MMS) in 1982, and also of the tensions that existed from its very inception between its two functions the collection of (very substantial) revenue for the United States government, and ensuring that offshore operations were conducted safely. The Commission s report indicates that the move toward risk-based analysis that had occurred in many other nations was opposed both by industry organizations and governmental bodies in the United States in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. 

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