Essays on Emergency Services

QUESTION 1

One can begin to think clearly about these types of events without being "that guy,” and one can have a rational discussion about this. One of the characteristics of Extremistan is that it is more likely to be found in our modern society implying that it is living and not dependent on the old environment like mediocristan. Mediocristan tends to favor the weak by making sure that the total is not determined by a single instance whereas, in Extremistan a person gets the full due of what they are supposed to get. It, therefore, goes without saying that one ...

IMPACT OF THE INVENTION OF GPS

Introduction Technologies mean a lot for a modern person. Since the technological revolution, they have been integrating into our daily activities by means of smartphones, personal computers, music players and other gadgets which people use every day. The Global Positioning System is one of the handy technologies which help people not to get lost in a big city or a forest. With a help of GPS, one may freely find the way out of a situation when someone is lost and so forth. However, just like any technology that is integrated into our life, GPS has its advantages and ...

Tele-Medicine in a Satellite Facility

Telemedicine is an old concept but new technology that enables a healthcare provider at one location to provide basic healthcare services such as diagnosis, intra-operative assistance, and medical consultation to patients, physicians or paramedical staff in a satellite or remote facility. Most researchers and scientist believe that there is no substitute for patient-doctor face to face interaction; however, telemedicine could be used to manage a few medical cases efficiently and remotely. In first prototype of telemedicine was introduced in the 1980’s in the form of slow-scan images, facsimile machine or telephone (Hsieh, & Hsu, 2012).The mode of communications ...

Final Project- Emergency Planning

The city for which this emergency operation plan is designed the city of San Diego. While there is a probability of the occurrence of natural disasters, there are specific hazards against which the city needs to be wary because of the Mediterranean climate in the city (The Unified Disaster Council, 2014). A hazard assessment performed in the city shows that the probable natural hazards include tropical storms, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, hurricanes, landslides, and droughts (Lindell, Prater, and Perry, 2006). Other hazards with which almost all cities have to content include accidents involving poisonous material, accidents on transportation systems, accidents ...

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Service Management

Executive Summary Service organizations face numerous challenges in an attempt to please their users. Discontentment and un-satisfaction among service users may lead to the organization in question being unpopular. Organization management differs from one organization to the other. Importantly, an organization can learn from another on how to address certain challenges. This report focuses on two service organizations in a similar industry (American Health Organization and American Red Cross), in relation to CRP. Both organizations offer CRP trainings, in addition to helping victims. The approaches the two employ differ. This report seeks to analyze such differences ...

Abstract

Among the remarkable flight accidents, Saudia Flight 163 case holds a special place, both due to the death toll and due to the fact that it did not involve a crash at all. The disaster that took away lives of all passengers and crew members at the turn of 1980s was thoroughly investigated and recognized as the second deadliest aircraft accident (at that time) after Ermenonville air disaster involving Turkish Airlines flight 891 (Witkin, 1981). While the deadly incident happened after the safe emergency landing of the plane, the main reason of Flight 163 tragedy is human factor. The ...

How Photographs Influence What People Believe

How Photographs Influence What People Believe People have many ways that they examine information to decide whether it is factual. Talking to others, doing experiments, looking at pictures, reading, and doing research are just a few ways that people form ideas about the surrounding world. Most people are familiar with the phrase, “seeing is believing,” which suggests that visual confirmation is a good way to establish whether something is true or false. It is easy to imagine how this works, because using the evidence of what is seen in order to make decisions is an essential part of life for ...

Abstract

Drug assisted intubation refers to a special way wherein the health care specialists use tube like apparatus with a set of given procedures to support patients’ lives especially, in the case of emergency to allow room for endotracheal intubation. This is a special procedure that requires a skill of expert trained personnel and more so applicable at the pre-hospital stage or rather rescue site where individual face the problem of respiration system failure (tracheal failure). This report will discuss how drug assisted intubation is carried out in a given healthcare environment. It will assist the medical staff in carrying out these procedures in a better ...

I am a 23-year-old international student. I got a scholarship to study emergency medical services and I am in my senior year in college. Although I am a qualified EMT, I have not yet worked as an EMT yet. Pat Ivey’s book, EMT, beyond the lights and sirens is a very compelling read to me. I am able to relate to a number of issues raised by the author in the book. Pat Ivey worked as a cardiac technician in rural Virginia. One day, her sons got lost in the woods. It was while this search was going on that Ivey have to know ...

The main mission of Trinity Community Hospital and all of the members that make up the entire organization is to be able to provide the highest possible quality of medical and health care services to its patients. The hospital aims to do this by employing some of the best management team and medical and health care team members in the field. The hospital believes that hiring the best people in the field is one of the surest ways how it can return the favor to its main partners, the patients. The hospital also invests heavily in key infrastructure improvements ...

OBAMA CARE

Introduction The term Obama care is more or less a derogatory term coined by the critics of the affordable care act put in place by president Barack Obama. The literal meaning of the term Obama care is quite disturbing to say the least. This is because it refers to the type of care that is more inclined towards president Barack Obama as opposed to the entire nation. The question thus arises as to the true nature of this Obama care and whether or not it favors the greater good of the nation or it is a desperate plan by president ...

Following the American Psychological Association's Guidelines

OTHER 2 Lt. Governor Spencer J. Cox-Utah and Emergency Response Lt. Go Cox, the Vice-president of a small telecommunications company, addressed some of the communications-related obstacles as well as problems with the management of volunteers, which needed to be overcome in Sanpete County after the fire at Woodhallow. He was able to help open communications lines for emergency responders. Furthermore, he pointed out the problem that community leaders and emergency responders have had with failing to use resources or "assets at their fingertips" without knowing who would incur a cost. He also mentioned social media's reach to the community-at-large, ...

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 ...

Introduction

Ashford University has been on a notable receiving end by natural disasters. The disasters that have been on the repeated hit on Ashford University include; Tornadoes, floods and storms (Matter 12-24). As a result, many things have been on the subjected to instances of destruction. In this regard, reports dictate that tornadoes have been an almost accepted phenomenon. Whenever heavy rain rains in their appropriate season’s rain, tornadoes have been engulfing the entire of Ashford’s main campus and the surrounding environs. In essence, the resultant effect of tornadoes to Ashford University has been overwhelming commencing from the time when ...

The constant rush of new products that manufacturers churn out every day has certainly changed the way the term 'innovation' is now understood. Yet, new products do not necessarily translate into the right kind of innovations, and this is what Clayton Christensen states in his lecture 'Disruptive Innovation'. (Cultural Research) Clayton discusses the difference between disruptive innovative and efficiency innovations. According to him, disruptive innovations are products or services that take shape at the bottom of the market and then go on to beat the market leaders and shift the entire momentum of the industry. Disruptive innovations allow ...

There are numerous kinds of emergency services, but all comprise of aspects that promote health and the safety of the public. Emergency and rescue organizations are involved in promoting awareness and prevention programs within the community, to assist people in detecting, avoiding, and reporting emergencies efficiently. Communication is one of the most important aspects of emergency services. It makes big difference when it comes to saving lives during emergencies, because poor communication implies the start of the failure in any emergency rescue mission (Coyle and Mary, 1). Therefore, communication is one area that has attracted significant attention, particularly on ...

GENERAL ORIENTATION TO SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Abstract Safety management within sports and health facilities are a crucial part of properly administering any area used for physical activity. The area in this case refers to the geographical zone, the facilities used and any person engaging in activity within the said locality. This paper analyses the 34 forms that are provided in Appendix B of the ACM’s Health and Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines. Wave Health and Fitness Boston was chosen as the fitness entity on which the applicability of the 34 forms would be tested.

Introduction

In every health facility or sports environment there is a need ...

Are phones the weakest link of Internet accessing digital devices? That’s a question asked in a research paper on the topic published by the University of Pennsylvania, “Mobile Devices and Cybercrime: Is Your Phone the Weakest Link?” (Wharton, 2013). In recent years mobile devices with ubiquitous Internet access have become the norm. As of last year, a pew study showed that 56 percent of American adults now have a smart phone (Farivar, 2013). Many of these have plans on 3G or 4G networks that allow for 24-hour connection to the Internet. With this new technology come new threats to people’s security. ...

Control of Risks in Emergency Services

Risks in emergencies are better managed by considering the possibility of what may happen and how alarm may be raised without ignoring night working, shifts, holidays, and weekends. It is prudent to draft what should be done, involving how to reach the emergency services. This is possible through drafting a map indicating locations of substances considered harmful. Additionally, it is wise to decide where to obtain rescue tools as well as safety places. Besides, it is crucial to ensure that there are adequate escape routes. It is possible to achieve this through, always ensuring emergency doors are passable and visibly ...

Sources of Information, which are Important in Risk Identification

Information collection techniques used for risk identification may include Delphi, brainstorming, SWOT analysis, and interviewing (Holmes, 2012). Brainstorming aims to acquire a complete list, which may be addressed in the process of quantitative and qualitative risk analysis. People generate ideas concerning risk, which are posted for all to scrutinize (Holmes, 2012). Delphi technique is a means of reaching consensus of experts on a subject matter, for example, project risk (Holmes, 2012). Project risk experts are identified and do participate anonymously. Questionnaires are used to seek ideas on the potential risks. Risks may as well be recognized through interviewing subject experts or ...

Introduction

Strategic Management is an important, albeit an often taken for granted part, of organizational management . What most people do not realize is that trends and changes in consumer behavior and preferences exist in any market and so successful implementation of major initiatives and goals as elected by the top management, in behalf of the owners and members of the board, are imperative for a continuously successful and evolving company . As many of us know, a company that fails to change and evolve is a company that would eventually fail to survive. The objective of this paper is to discuss the overall organizational ...

Incidence management is an alternative that has been found to be very effective in the management of congestion in urban areas. It is a consequence of the combined effort of the private and public sectors. The urban population has seen a major increase in the past few centuries. Rural-urban migration has been a common trend in numerous cities and towns across the world. The increase in urban population has created a need for policy makers to come up with efficient strategies to ensure that the developments that occur are sustainable through sufficient infrastructural and communication facilities. The increase in urbanization has increased the ...

ANALYSIS OF THE MANAGEMENT CYCLE

Analysis of the management cycle Management is the art of making people do some work and seeing to it that the work done is in line with the objectives perceived. With the growing population of my community, there is a challenge on the management cycle. There is a rising demand of additional emergency services that includes ambulance; in this case, paramedic ambulance unit. It happens that the department only possesses one in the fire department. There has been a controversy on whether to add an extra paramedic ambulance unit for faster services. However the department is already equipped with paramedic staffs ...

Introduction

Volunteer Fire Department refers to a fire department that comprises of volunteers charged with the responsibility of performing fire suppression as well as other emergency services related to this purpose with a local and urban jurisdiction. As opposed to the career fire departments, the volunteer firefighters are not fully compensated for the services they offer to the local and urban community, but they are recruited and work only voluntary basis. However, some members of the volunteer firefighters multitask as both full time compensated career firefighters as well as volunteers. According to a recent report released by the National Fire Protection Association, about ...

What were the reasons for Netcare’s success in South Africa?

South African private hospital group Netcare Ltd has definitely had a lot of success. This year there was a 25% increase in the profits. One of the main reasons for Netcare’s success is that the treatment and the facility of the hospital is world class. The facilities are impeccable providing the best health care service to its customers. Netcare has also been so successful in South Africa because the doctors and the staff are well trained to provide the best service. Another reason for the massive success of Netcare Ltd is the branching out. The many subsidiaries of Netcare ...

Law

Introduction A Good Samaritan Statute is a state law which instructs that those individuals who offer emergency services or rescue another person who is in peril cannot be sued for negligence, unless they acted in a reckless manner, which results to further harm to the victim (Miller and Jentz, 2010). There are several states that have established their own statutes that set the duties and responsibilities as part of the Good Samaritan Statutes. The law provides that any person who has been given voluntary assistance by another cannot turn around and sue “The Good Samaritan” for the negligence (Miller and ...

The first American police was established in Boston in 1838. Its objective was to provide security on the streets. By 1860, most U.S. cities have also established their own police force - in 1844, the police had been established in New York in 1854, in Philadelphia. Local politicians are often controlled the first police units, responsible for hiring and promotion. Corruption and violence were commonplace. Training and supervision of officers were minimal. A number of factors and specific events led to a reform of the police. One of these events was the court case Miranda v. Arizona. The solution in ...

Director of Emergency Management

Treasure Township Emergency Deployment Services Person to who letter is being addressed Director of Development Corporate Technological Upgrades Street # and name Dear ____: RE: Follow up on Proposal Thank you for considering the grant proposal from Treasure Township Emergency Deployment Services to cover the costs associated with the purchase of and training associated with the enhanced 911 deployment system. As described, with fewer people using landline phones to place 911 calls in times of emergency and instead becoming more reliant on the use of cell phones in these instances, it is ...

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Introduction..3

Literature Review.4

Brief History of the Company..6

Discussion7

Lean Manufacturing.7 Capacity Planning Issues..8

Building New Oil Refinery or Extending Existing Capacity9

Managing Oil Refinery9 Delivery of Different Fuels to the Filling Stations.9 Recommendations..10

Stages of New Strategy Implementation.10

Conclusion11 Appendices14

References.15

Operation Management in ADNOC Abstract The current paper relates implementation of lean manufacturing at ADNOC – national oil company operating on the territory of UAE. The necessity of implementation of operations management techniques is conditioned by increasing competition in the world markets and cost pressure. There were several aspects of the proposed operations strategy outlined with regard to the culture and structure of ADNOC. Operations management strategy was developed ...

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is a pediatric treatment and a research facility located in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded in 1962 as a non-profit medical corporation and has over the years given a helping hand to the less fortunate in the society by giving free medical services. Patients in St. Jude get free services whether covered by insurance or not. This well-known organization has been a helping hand to the society and has been ranked one of the best children hospitals in the region. St. Jude has a goal that is conveyed in four words: “Finding cures. Saving children.”

There are five types ...

Abstract

Complying with the OSHA 29 CFR 1910.120 regulations and NFPA 472 standards is essential in the fire control and management department. OSHA Act dictates that employees are responsible for the provision of a healthful and safe workplace. OSHA sets and enforces standards that are important in ensuring a safe and healthful environment is achieved. Therefore, the department’s mission should be to assure a healthful and safe workplace through following the OSHA set standards. It is the responsibility of all the employees to comply with the applicable OSHA standards in our department. In addition, it is the duty of all the employees ...

Overcrowding in an Emergency Room

My first visit in an emergency room was when I had taken my aunt who suffered a heart attack. On arrival, we thought we would be attended to immediately since we had called the hospital. A nurse, who first attended to my aunt, told us to join the queue for us to see a doctor. In the waiting area, there was a man who claimed to be suicidal. He waited for a counsellor whom he did not manage to see even after being patient for more than 12 hours; he just used his backpack strap and hung himself. It was very unfortunate since ...

Quality Management in Nursing

Quality management is an integral part of healthcare that takes into consideration the needs of the patients as the central theme in the provision of qualitative service (Harris, 2006). The process involves the whole organization and it consists of a continuous improvement process for the whole organization (Harris, 2006). The system is evaluated at intervals to make sure that efficiency is improved thereby increasing the overall productivity of the organization towards a cost effective service delivery to patients (Hubner, 2006). The watchword is the maxim that there is always room for improvement. In providing quality service to customers, it is ...

The 9/11 terrorist attacks proved that coordination between federal and local law enforcement agencies and emergency service providers was woefully inadequate. Subsequent funding and legislative actions have served to shore up this relationship, yet efficient and effective coordination remains problematic. Surveys have shown that local law enforcement personnel, who are predominantly the ones responsible for protecting citizens, are not adequately trained in anti-terrorism response techniques and policies. There is a new awareness of the importance of utilizing all available emergency service and protection services in the planning process. The events of the past 10 years have proven that local communities ...

Regent Park is Canada’s oldest and largest housing project. Located in Old Toronto, Ontario in Canada, Regent Park is bordered by Gerrard Street East to the north, Shutter Street to the south and River Street to the east and Parliament Street to the west. The project was started in 1948 and was completed in 1959 as the government’s way of curbing slums. The developments were done in two phases of low-rise and town houses and the other composed of high-rise buildings and town houses. This housing project had low cost social houses because the targeted households had ...

Worried-well patients

Introduction ‘Worried-well’ patients are those are anxious about their physical wellbeing and would be in health centers seeking medical advices or treatments for ailments that cannot be diagnosed. These patients are said to be suffering from hypochondriasis, which is described as a psychological condition of excessive worry about having a serious illness (Reilly & Markenson, 2011). The unbearable condition is attributed by an incorrect acuity of the human body’s condition despite the deficiency of a genuine medical condition. Worried-well patients can thus be categorized as hypochondriacs. They are distressed about any somatic signs they detect no matter their minority. Their conviction ...

Introduction

Gilbert Siegel is a professor, director, and associate dean, in the University of Southern Carolina. Most of the academic works by Siegel have been in the field of public management, with a particular major emphasis on the sector of human resource management. Gilbert Siegel is the author of the research material on Human Resource Development for Emergency Management. Other successfully written publications by the same author include, “Public Employee Compensation, Mass Interviewing and the Marshalling of Ideas to Improve Performance, and Public Personnel Administration: Concepts and Practices.

The main focus of the Siegel’s publication on Human Resource Development for Disaster ...

People Who Cannot Afford a Visit to the ED

The Canada health care system is funded by the public. This is contrary to other health care systems that are government-funded. According to the Canada Health Act (1984) it is the right of each insured individual to receive insured services.

According to the Canadian health care plan, the average health care cost per an emergency room visit is estimated at over $1000 (Eaves, 2010). The Canadian emergency department charges a lot of money to the persons admitted. The insured individuals are lucky since the insurance can take care of these charges. However, the people without an insurance cover have to ...

PART A

Roles and Responsibilities