Disaster Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

1. In the unfortunate case of a natural disaster occurring, there are various measures which should be taken into account, vital in securing the general population’s safety. These are inclusive of amongst others: - disaster response, evacuation measures, food and water delivery, medical service provision, fire-control and the fixing of electric cable lines amongst others. Regarding Case 43 as aforementioned, there should be guiding principles which are appropriate for the existing measures of disaster coordination. In the field of disaster and emergency management, there are guiding principles, which provide both an ...

Lasting from 1946 until 1991, the Cold War was the longest of the 20th century s many wars and in many ways the most complicated. The last four links above document aspects of the initial phase the drawing of lines in the sand, so to speak and allow us to see something of the atmosphere of the immediate postwar years. In early 1946 George Kennan wrote a close analysis of Soviet aims and methods of achieving those aims and proposed a multi-phased strategy for the United States. 

The timeline in the first link above provides headings and a list of significant events. ...

In the Economist debate over the presence and legitimacy of the ‘global elite,’ Jamie Whyte and Daniel Ben-Ami argued both for and against, respectively, the right of the global elite to have the majority of wealth in the world. They also discussed whether or not they subjectively ‘deserved’ to be there, and whether their status on the top was beneficial for the whole of humanity – whether they ‘served the masses’. Jamie Whyte argued for the legitimacy of the elite, as they are providing services and purposes that are proportional in importance to their income ...

The Don’t Drive Sleepy ad was created by Thai advertising company “BBDO” in a bid to promote safety in the roads (Linda). This ad shows its audience simply and clearly the consequences of falling asleep when one is on the wheel, and the risks that a person who is driving may face for underestimating sleepiness and tiredness, but also overestimating the ability of their body.
The ThaiHealth Don’t Drive sleepy ad targets drivers. The ad attempts to inform drivers that it is dangerous to drive when one is sleepy and so drivers should take the issue seriously. The ...

A Study of Issues Affecting Emergency management of Road Accidents

Problem Statement
Road accidents are real issues that affect every nation. The extent of its effects is the most alarming instance that needs to be addressed if any affected country opines to curb the situation. In this case, emergency operations in my country have been on the forefront of safeguarding those who fall victim of the consequences of accidents. The management with the mandate of curbing accidents is placed in a way that it has set backs and back trailing instances that require to be abetted. The purpose of this study is to identify the problems that have been ...

Risk Assessment Plan

Introduction
In our everyday lives, we are all at risk of any potential dangers. Anything can happen while we are working in the office. Hazards may also occur even if we are just home relaxing or doing household chores. However, we may reduce the possible danger and damages that potential hazards could give. Risk assessment plan could be our best defense against any risk that would occur either at home or in the office. Preparing such would able us to foresee estimate impacts, risks, identify responses to issues. This writing will identify three possible risks that might occur ...

Currently, motor vehicle crashes or MVC are considered to be one of the leading causes of death worldwide, killing an increasing rate of individuals yearly (Mohammadi et al. 61 & 62). To date, it is estimated that 1.3 millions of fatalities as well as hundreds of thousands of injuries and disabilities around the world are attributed to accidents with motor vehicles (Mohammadi et al. 62). Furthermore, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has determined in its 2009 report that 5870 persons died—accounting for 16% of all fatalities—while approximately 515,000 persons were injured all because of MVCs (Gostin ...

There are different methodologies that are used in the management of information when carrying out a project. I managed to make use of many approaches in the project and I was able to learn a lot about the software and the process itself. In the four phases that I managed to go through, I was able to gather the most information about the process of getting the right information in the whole process.
In the first phase, I was able to collect information about Paris. This phase was self-fulfilling for me as I was able to get all the required ...

In the first argument between Jim and Roger, Roger’s response adequately meets the challenge of the argument presented by Jim. Jim argues that during mediations, the mediator should remain neutral so that the parties over which he is mediating can feel comfortable. He therefore concludes that since the United States is the only super power in the world, it cannot acts as a mediator between Palestine and Israel. Roger’s response meets the challenge of the argument because apart from providing his opinion, he explains why his opinion differs from Jim’s argument. He explains and substantiates why the ...

Introduction: The title of my chosen article is forecast failure: How flood warnings came too late for Southern Albertans. The article is authored by Trevor Howell and Matt Mcclure for the Calgary Herald. It was published in the Calgary Herald 2013. The article talks about a flood that occurred in the High River region of South Alberta. The forecasting agencies were late in issuing warnings to the residents of the High River region and, as a result, a lot of damages that could have been avoided occurred. This article is related to the larger topic of how delayed and inaccurate weather forecasts ...

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Finance

Response 1
I agree with your assessment that a way to avoid moral hazard is to punish the corporations and let them fail. As a principle of free market and capitalism, we should let the inefficient organizations die and more efficient one survive. However, this analysis looks good only in theory. In reality, letting these big corporations fail have huge social consequences. For instance, when Lehman Brothers went bankrupt in the 2008 financial crisis, many people lost their savings and jobs. Furthermore, many people lost faith in the system. Similarly, when the car companies were not saved ...

Moral hazards refer to a situation where a party to the bank takes risks without necessary facing consequences for their actions. It is important for the banking system to insure itself against risks that comes with moral hazards. Unless the bank takes regulatory measures to deal with moral hazards, high risk taking can lead to huge losses that can lead to the failure of the institution (Lewis, 2014). As witnessed in the case of Barings PLC, excessive risks such as futile bet against future stock prices would lead make the bank bankrupt if the bet becomes unfavorable. The bank can insure ...

At the time he wrote the article Why You Should Fear Your Toaster More Than Nuclear Power, Taylor Pearson was a sophomore student at the University of Texas, Austin. He prepared this article as a public argument for an academic assignment, developing an informal argument on nuclear power, as he indicates on his LinkedIn profile (Taylor Pearson). Although the writing is an informal argument, the author of this text is nevertheless credible and trustworthy due to his academic record, to his interest for world affair or political issues and his transparent, clear and accurate writing style. In the analyzed article, Pearson ...

Warehouses are structures that serve as storage areas for goods. The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) estimated that over 145,000 people are employed in more than 7,000 warehouses across the U.S. (OSHA, 2010). There are aspects of the warehouse environment that present health and safety hazards including layout, floors, noise, heating, housekeeping, and fire. However, proactively managing these hazards reduce the risk for injury. The warehouse must be assessed for existing health and safety risks to identify appropriate interventions.

Health and Safety Risks

The warehouse layout contributes to health and safety risks. When storage areas are not designated in a safe ...

What is ‘risk’ and how can it be accomplished successfully? You are required critically to analyze the concept of risk; discuss how it can be measured and ranked and outline how a project risk management strategy may be constructed.
Risk is the capability of losing something that is worth; weighed against the possibility to increase something that has quality. Qualities might be gained or lost when one takes a risk which results from a given action and/or inaction, predicted or unforeseen. Risk can also be characterized as the purposeful communication with vulnerability (Altemeyer 2004). Risk perception is the subjective judgment individuals ...

The movie Frozen (2013) provided a wide range of meanings for children, including the meaning for children having special powers. In this context the meaning of the powers served to set Elsa apart from the remainder of her family and her sister Anna. From a familial perception, the close attachment shared by the sisters was shattered by the accident. This in turn illustrates the point that Children possessing special powers must be set apart and isolated in order to ensure the safety of the rest. Extending this point, the love dynamic of the family shifted in order to accommodate Elsa’s ...

4 Classical Phases of Disaster Management
The four classical phases of disaster management are: mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Mitigation phase entails reducing the effects of a tragedy. Practical examples include establishment of zoning and building codes, analysis of the vulnerability of the public, and educating the public regarding the best way to avoid calamities. Consequently, the preparedness phase relates to planning on the best way to respond when disasters occur. For instance, an organization can train the public about emergency exercises and warning systems. The response phase entails the reduction of the risks that have emerged following a tragedy. ...

New Hampshire Senate

Statehouse, Room 302
107 North Main Street

Concord, New Hampshire

Massachusetts 03301-4951
Dear Senator,
As your voting constituent, I am writing to you regarding the House Bill 4975 signed by Governor Deval Patrick on July 2, 2010 that prohibits text messaging and using a cellular phone while operating a motor vehicle. New Hampshire already has a law that ban texting while driving. This bill would extend that ban to cover talking on a handheld cell phone or to use handheld devices for some activities. These activities are using the internet or putting information in a navigation system. It would not prohibit the drivers from ...

The Powerful Ocean

The Powerful Ocean
A great disorder Tsunami is composed of two words from Japanese namely "Kanji" and "harbor" meaning waves. It is the series of the water waves caused due to the dislocation of large volume of water. The wavelength of these waves is longer than the normal waves called rising tidal. The period ranges from minutes to hours called wave train. There are many reasons for this disorder to occur as landslides, volcanic eruption, Earthquake, underwater explosions and due to the disturbances above or below the water in the oceans. On entering into shallow water, their velocity ...

Iran’s nuclear program development attracts massive international response and more prominence in USA, Britain and other foreign governments and the entire public. The dispute poses major fundamental questions about the nuclear non-proliferation regime given that its result could have a major negative effect on the regional and international security. The news media reporting is the one majorly entrusted with the role of providing a public understanding of most foreign affairs and in this case, the Iran’s nuclear program development. The news media play an essential role in framing the public’s understanding on various matters of interest. The news ...

William Ekastern is a nuclear engineer at the thermal-hydraulic department of nuclear reactor firm. He is a member of the Administrative Law Judge-Technical on the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Also he sits at the National Academy of Nuclear Engineers and the American Association for Advancement of Science and America Nuclear Society.
William finds himself in a challenging situation. A memo he wrote to his superiors concerning the potential impacts of operators to terminate High pressure Injection following the initial stage of LOCA at one of the plants receives a negative feedback. The memo was rejected ...

There are hazards associated with the building process that must be identified and mitigated as quickly as possible. This document will address twelve potential hazards for HeidelbergCement
HeidelbergCement controls much of the supply chain for its business, which is an excellent business model but presents unique challenges in the realm of safety. In the aggregate phase, heavy machinery must be used to obtain and properly sort, sift, and remove aggregate from the quarry. Using heavy machinery can pose a threat to operators, leading to injury or potential downtime if machinery is used improperly. The outcome is potential downtime, injury, ...

Important concepts to disaster recovery policies and procedures include implementation of effective data back up as well as recovery procedures throughout an organization. It is imperative to copy critical data files to removable tapes or packs and store them in a secure location. This should be in another building . A data back-up plan that specifies which data files need copying and how often the back processes should be done is also necessary. Recovery procedures that will be used in case of a catastrophic event should be included as well. Another important concept is disaster planning. It is necessary to implement, test ...

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We know many different statistical tests to find if there is an association (correlation) between the variables. But sometimes the correlation does not imply any causation. This could be in such cases, when some events A and B are correlated, and the following might be:
- B causes A
- A causes B
- A and B caused by some common event C, but they do not cause each other
- No connection between B and A
A significant correlation between two random variables is ...

INTRODUCTION

Information systems are vital documents in many organizations. Because information system resources are so essential to the operation of an organization and its success, it is crucial that major services provided by these systems operate optimally without excessive interruption. Contingency planning support these necessities by providing the required plans, procedures, and technical parameters that will allow a system to operate and recover quickly and effectively as possible from a disruption.
Contingency planning is unique to each and every system, detailing the preventive measures, recovery strategies, and technical aspects appropriate to the systems information CIA requirements.
Thus an information system ...

Many people who are addicted to hard drugs are under treatment and rehabilitation due to the many risks that exist as a result of the risky behavior. Most of these addicts risk contracting infectious diseases such as HIV, hepatitis (B or C) and even sexually transmitted diseases. Therefore, there is a need to create rehabilitation programs to aid in the recovery and freedom from various forms of drug addiction. One of such therapy programs is the methadone maintenance therapy program. Research shows that this is one of the most effective programs in helping addicts fight with various forms of addiction (Weschsberg, ...

Q1. In the above video, do you find Brown's explanations for the failure of FEMA after Hurricane Katrina convincing? Why or why not?
The criticism of the government on the Hurricane Katrina issue has been tagged to mismanagement and uncoordinated preparation in disaster management. The delay in response to a catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina’s magnitude is very telling of the failure of the Federal flood protection. Many stakeholders concerned with disaster management have had criticism leveled on them due to poor or lack of execution of emergency evacuation programs. Federal Emergency Management Association’s take on the storm ...

Impact of the Hazmat Incident Map

The Hazmat incident map has a direct impact on industries that ships, receives or transports material requiring Hazmat Labels. This study will examine the overall influence that the regulation has on the underlying effort to safely store and contain the toxic material. This essay will have examined the sector with the clear goal of determining the overall impact of the Hazmat incident map on the entire industry.
Any product or item that because of the physical or chemical characteristics is hazardous to humans, environment or property is strictly regulated by the United States Environmental Protection agency, and during transport ...

Literature Review

An appraisal is a document that gives explanation about something or someone and aims at giving the value of quality of that particular thing or person. In this essay, the appraisal of the above- mentioned article would be outlined in details. However, before the highlight of this book is done, it would be fundamental to carry out a brief comparison with other related literatures. Here, the comparisons would be done between the article and at least four other articles. The first article to be looked into is the ‘Effects of surgery, general anaesthesia, and preoperative epidural analgesia on the immune function ...

A major concern on the macro- economics centers on the markets and tries to evaluate their sustainability when left alone bringing about long lasting market equilibrium. If the market forces operating freely resulted in a fully employment level with stable economic growth then the government would not intervene in the macro policies.
High unemployment rates are becoming order of the day. Although the labor markets are flexible and respond to technological advancements, cases of unemployment are still on the increase. The policies to curb this are aimed at reducing the rate of inflation.
There has also been an ...

Abstract

This paper discusses contingency planning for an organization's IT resources. In particular, it discusses the six contingency planning steps; the recovery options for IT resources; the recommended testing requirements; and a recommendation for a proposed 24-month cycle business contingency test plan. The paper concludes that a contingency plan should cover all of an organization’s resources and that the contingency plan for its IT resources should complement and support those of the other resources.

Introduction 4

Contingency Planning Steps 4
Identification of Mission- or Business-critical Functions 5
Identification of the Resources that Support the Critical Functions 5
Anticipation of the Potential ...

Business

- Teleogy- suggests actions are morally acceptable if they result in self advancement or greater utility compared to its alternative. It comprises of two ethical perspectives:
- Egoism- describes actions deemed acceptable if they exploit an individual’s self-interest. Conflict is anticipated if an action is bound to benefit one individual despite the fact that there is a chance that the action may result into hurting people in the future and a different minded individual learns of the possible result.
- Utilitarianism- actions are acceptable if they exploit maximum utility or benefit large numbers of people. Conflict is anticipated ...

Introduction

Ethical behavior is crucial in every field including engineering. Unethical behavior in engineering can lead to serious negative consequences during construction or several years after the construction work is done, which can involve the death and/or injury of several people depending on the application. In particular, concealing or helping in concealing a defect in a construction is an unethical behavior that has been known to lead to serious negative consequences. Such a behavior is quoted as the main cause of the nuclear disaster involving the Dai-Ichi Reactor No. 4 (Bloomberg 1-2). This paper criticizes the allegations by a Fukushima engineer, Tanaka, and evaluates ...

Hazard Mitigation & Vulnerability Assessment

Introduction
Denver metropolitan regional planning commission is responsible for identifying and putting into place mechanisms that will solve problems facing the region. Hazard identification and planning is one of the functions it is set to achieve for the development and wellbeing of the region. Planning is an important step towards prevention or reducing the effects of such hazards in case of occurrence. Countywide health assessment is an example of measures taken in planning and implementation of regional hazard mitigation policies. This paper will examine how regional health assessment in Denver region contributes to the social vulnerability part of ...

This organization is known as Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). From 1988, CRED collaborated with the World Health Organization to establish and maintain an Emergency Events Database EM-DAT. The World Health Organization (WHO) together with the Belgian Government offered the initial support for the establishment of EM-DAT.

This database is crucial in offering humanitarian based action both at the national and international levels. It provides information instrumental in making decisions on the disaster preparedness of individuals and countries. It also helps in evaluating the vulnerabilities facing various countries and regions and coming up with better ...

Dear Senator

I am writing this letter to express my opinion on the Massachusetts House Bill 4975. I highly support this bill. The bill signed by Governor Deval Patrick helps keeps roads safe. According to Freidman (2007), accidents on roads increase each day. Natural disasters cause the accidents; however, road users and drivers cause most of these accidents. Massachusetts Bill 4975 prevents careless drivers from causing harm to the road users. The bill attempts to prevent drivers from causing accidents by banning the usage of cell phones while driving. I confirmed that drivers get distracted when they use their mobile phones. ...

The authors sought to determine if commercially available plastic resin bottles and products, which are advertised as bisphenol a free, actually release chemicals that possess estrogenic activity. The researchers quantified the amount of chemicals, with estrogenic activity, which were leached into saline or ethanol extracts, released by many commercially available plastics. The researchers concluded that many plastics were wrongly characterized as not having estrogenic activity because they were extracted only with one solvent. These materials, the researchers also pointed out, were not exposed to any form of common-use stress.
The authors also announced that they can identify existing compounds, ...

It is quite evident that the world population nowadays is exceeding the capacity to be sustained, especially in developing countries. Given the limited resources available in such countries, the excess populace is perishing at the hands of famine, poverty and natural disasters. In these cases, moral quandaries arise. Do developed nations have an obligation to help the developing ones? Garrett Hardin argues that this is not the case. If each country were to be likened as passengers in a lifeboat, the passengers of one lifeboat are not obligated to share theirs to more passengers in need of a lifeboat, especially if ...

Although she seems childlike and innocent, Daisy Buchanan is anything but. Daisy asserts herself as a wife more than once. However, she lures men to her to get what she wants, particularly her relationship with Gatsby. Ultimately she chooses what she wants.

Daisy was born into wealth just as Tom was, and she is determined to keep the status quo even if it means she must deal with Tom’s brutal treatment. Nick Carraway, the narrator of the story, describes the couple as “careless people who smashed up things and creatures and retreated back into their money or their vast ...

Risk Tree Analysis

The paper focuses on criticizing the risk analysis method used in Mok and Savage (2005) article “Why has safety improved at rail- highway grade crossing”. The risk cause analysis process in the article uses a negative binomial regression model for analyzing causes of increased safety at public railway crossing. Negative binomial regression analysis is used for the analysis of the number of collisions between trains and motor vehicle incidents, and for the number of deaths occurring in these incidents. The aim of the analysis was to identify the correct decisions implemented for reduction of the number of accidents (Mok & Savage, ...

The famine in India and West Bengal

The phenomenon of famine in India is not something which can be taken lightly. According to this book, there was a concerted policy by the British of laissez faire economics to starve the people of Bengal into complete submission. Davis argues how colonialism and capitalism in British India killed millions of natives with policies which destroyed their ability to continue subsidizing themselves and their families. Naturally Davis feels rather emotionally about this issue although he is circumspect and matter of fact with relating the stark details.
New Imperialism is a theme often referred to by Davis in his book. Here ...

1. The main components of food crises equation are levels of consumption, technological development and social inequality. The first component is conditioned by human lifestyles, social structure and income level. In this context, the disparity between developed countries were people not just eat more, but their income and level of life comfort gives them an opportunity to eat more meat and high-caloric food, is meant; while people from developing countries have a vegetarian and low-protein diet. Subsequently, the needed action concerning this component is stabilizing the parity of consumption, discouraging population of developed countries from eating too much meat. Technological ...

MEDIA FALLACIES

A fallacy is a type of argument that is similar to good reasoning though news readers find it not to be persuasive. Media fallacies are categorized into three levels, that is: top level, middle level and low level (Stonecipher, 1990, p. 5; Cohen, 2009, p. 88; Tindale, 2007)

The recent story of a car crash into a restaurant with people clearly had some fallacies. Deductions on media fallacies can be derived from the article regarding the Raleigh accident.

1. Generalization – this is where speakers conclude on an issue without sufficient evidence. This story has been generalized mainly to create an exciting experience ...

Grief

Grief is an emotional state of a feeling of sadness created by the loss of something or someone that a bond had been created with. One of the reasons behind this loss is the death of a person. Deaths may occur due to various reasons such as accidents, acts of violence, and war. In the event that death results from the three activities listed above, the grief experienced in each situation has similarities and differences.

When death is caused by acts of violence the grief involves feelings of sadness and anger. Sadness is due to the loss of the person while anger ...

Introduction

The National missile defense is a term referring to a program of defense that is aimed at protecting a given country against any incoming missiles, for instance the intercontinental ballistic missile or other missiles. Interception of such missiles might be achieved through various military processes and undertakings. The program is used to refer to the United States nationwide antimissile program the country has had in its program in the 1990’s. The United States nuclear arms program is to a large extent not in line with various key issues. It is a program that should be critically reviewed. Though the definition above might seemingly ...

Introduction

Ford Company is renowned company that deals with the manufacture of automobiles and has been operational since the year 1913. Ever since the time of its establishment it has gained popularity in United States America where it was first situated and across the world where there many outlets for its motor vehicles due to the fact it has been producing high quality vehicles. Fords Company has managed to make automobiles that are highly competitive in the motor vehicle industry that is quite flooded with numerous brands from different companies.

However this fame has at one time or another been ...

Disaster Plan

Being a manager of Emergency Department, I have set up various disaster management plans for this hospital. To begin with, staff training has been taken as a strategy to deal with any kind of disaster. The training has been established for both internal and external calamities. Through such training, all the staff is made aware of incidences that may be brought abut by either natural or man-made disasters. Natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes bring in more injuries and casualties and the staff is more informed on matters relating to such incidences. The reason that makes natural disasters to predict more ...

Business Continuity Plan for MDL

Business Continuity Plan for MDL

Introduction

Military Delivery Logistics (MDL) is a certified, U.S. Department of Defense approved contractor for the full range of logistics and product distribution services for the Federal, Defense, Intelligence, State and Local governments. It has a vendor network that allows access to more than 200,000 military standard and custom engineered products. It is based out of Santa Monica, California. It has a complex IT infrastructure to supply logistics services and has many terabytes of data that is critical. However, it has about five terabytes of data that is mission critical and has to be ...

Fostering Successful Emergency Planning

Fostering a successful emergency plan ensures that the plan focuses on intensive training and exercises. In doing so, the plan reinforces emergency preparedness for a number of potential emergencies. The exercises that emergency planners can create to test their plans include trial or testing through prototypes and operations, rehearsing the plan and explaining the plan to others and memorizing it (‎Perry, 2016). The best way to access emergencies is through trials. I believe this is true because when accessing emergency systems using trial, one bases the trial on socialist systems. The use of socialist systems in responding to emergencies ...

There are many types of disaster that could damage both property and lives. Disasters can be in a form of natural hazards or man-made hazards, such as typhoons, floods, earthquake, fire, and even harmful chemical spills. Therefore, it is important that every facility of an organization has its disaster plan in order to prevent extensive damages, thus will increase the chance to save lives by being prepared against any forms of disaster. The purpose of this writing is to create a disaster plan for a healthcare facility that serves as guidelines in case of a disaster. We argue that ...

Analysis of the Accident on the Job

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Analysis of the Accident on the Job

Introduction

This paper is aimed to analyze the problem of industrial accident in the production shop. The main goal of the paper is to analyze issues, possible solutions and propose the most appropriate decision. During the task, I have analyzed the accident presented in the case study as several outside resources (information that is presented on the website of the OSHA) related to the topic.
It should be noted that problem of safety at the workplace remains relevant for the majority of the companies. It can be explained by the human factor ...

Instituition

1.What are the steps in the business continuity planning process?Why is a clear understanding of company's architecture critical to this process?

Creation of road map: This identifies where the company is now and where it wants to be in the future.

Identification of risks in critical systems of both IT and business and establishing the level of acceptable risk.
Planning the budget: This clearly demonstrates various activities needed to be performed ,the time duration required for completion of activities,the expenditure involved.
Listing and rating of threats which threaten company's survival. This step demystifies the threats and in the process they are approached and resolved.
Strengthening the systems: This step involves identifying the working systems and processes and strengthening ...

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Pre-drawn Hazard maps from the agencies?

Risk mapping refers to a program introduced by the federal agencies to equip the communities with the flood tools and information, which enables them to come up with the readily appropriate strategies to reduce hazards and improve their mitigation plans. The pre-drawn maps have various advantages. They help the concerned bodies come up with essential floodplain regulations regarding land use. This move ensures that the people have the ability to target higher-risk locations and come up with the evacuation needs. Such moves provide the reduction of loss of lives. Additionally, employing the appropriate regulations on land use means that ...

Question 1

A business continuity plan (BCP) is a combination of procedures and processes for ensuring that activities within a given organization continue running before and after a catastrophe. Disaster recovery plan (DRP) are the sets of procedures and processes for recovering particular business information and applications within an organization (Thejendra, 2014). Legal and regulatory requirements have been put in place to ensure the implementation of these measures in organizations. For example, healthcare industries are required to maintain audit trails and records according to the 21 CFR part 11.

Question 2

Recovery strategy for the IT systems, data and applications should be put ...

Describe the hardware, software and network architectural design of the infrastructure used to build cloud computing infrastructures.

Cloud computing is a computing model that depends on sharing computing resources as opposed to having local servers handling applications. Cloud computing involves delivering services that have been hosted over the internet. Such services can be classified into three main categories:
- Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
The following is the architectural design of a cloud computing infrastructure. It involves software and hardware designed by a particular cloud architect. Cloud computing involves a large number of cloud components communicating with each other over various application programming interfaces (APIs), usually as web services. The cloud computing architectural ...

Anthropogenic Global Warming: Man’s Influence in the Environment

Since the Industrial Revolution, scientists are beginning to be aware as to the changing temperatures the Earth, which is now causing several consequences in the planet’s weather systems and the natural balance of the environment. The studies indicated a high increase in carbon dioxide emissions, influencing the increasing temperatures and the subsequent natural calamities that are now violent and destructive similar to nuclear and atomic weaponry. Resources, formerly rich and thriving, are now becoming scarce in various regions and people and animals alike are left with lesser supplies of food and water. Scientists have pointed out that man’s ...

Emergency management in health: key issues and challenges in the UK

The article selected is “Emergency management in health: key issues and challenges in the UK” by Lee et al. (2012). The study presents emergency management as only the practices and actions that relate to responding to the emergency situations. However, Lee et al relates emergency management to emergency planning and establishes that it includes a range of processes from training and preparedness, the business continuity management and planning, and emergency recovery. The article establishes that numerous questions are still unanswered like the ideal outline of emergency management systems or the techniques to catastrophe circumstances, which include top-down or bottom-up, ...

There are several penalties that have been imposed on the healthcare facility, according to the manager in charge of OSHA standards compliance. First, a penalty of $ 7,000 has been imposed on the facility in a number of occasions due to a serious violation on the OSHA standards leading to the serious injuries or death of some of the hospital employees. Second, the facility has been penalized once for non-serious violation, where it failed to adhere to the safety issues related to employee protection when handling hazard materials that would have resulted to the injuries of the employee. A ...

Restoring democracy in the United States will require major reforms that reduce the power of corporations, elites and special interests in the whole political process. Right now, there is a radical disconnect between the political and economic elites and the needs and interests of the ordinary voters. Most people today realize that the country is in its worse crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, but government and the political system seem dysfunctional and incapable of dealing with it. Removing the power and control of big money from the political process forever would be the most important step in ...

Critical analysis of The Influence of a Post discharge Intervention on Reducing Hospital Readmissions in a Medicare Population by Costantino, M. E., Frey, B., Hall, B. & Painter, P. October 2013 16(5), 310-316.

Interventions Reducing Readmissions

Abstract
Discharging patients from a hospital is a complex and intricate process that should be handled with a lot of attention and care to avoid the unnecessary readmission of patients. The study states that some reasons cause hospital readmission in Medicare patients between 30 days of discharge and they may include failure to follow the physician’s directions, reoccurrence of the condition, lack of follow-up care ...