Community Hazard Vulnerability Assessment
On August 23, 2011, residents in the tristate area (Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia) experienced an uncharacteristic event, but one relatively commonplace in the western United States and other…
Disaster and Emergency Management Programs
What Is Disaster and Emergency Management? Offices of disaster and emergency management focus on providing aid to communities and other entities with prevention, preparation, and recovery from disastrous events. In…
Crisis Leadership in Public Health Emergencies
A crisis is “a serious threat to the basic structures or fundamental values and norms of the social system, which, under time pressure and highly uncertain circumstances, necessitates making critical…
Emergency Department Design
In the United States, hospitals build new emergency departments (EDs) every 15 to 20 years. Renovations of existing EDs occur every 5 to 10 years. The main concerns of ED…
Policy Issues in Disaster Preparedness and Response
At the intersection of public perception, science, the duty of government to act, and the rights of the individual sits public health policy. Guiding the paths of health care providers,…
Occupational Medicine: An Asset in Time of Crisis
Tee L. Guidotti Disasters, by definition, are more than just “large-scale” incidents or events with multiple casualties. They differ qualitatively from routine medical emergencies and public health threats. This qualitative difference…
Worker Health and Safety in Disaster Response
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…
Disaster Risk Management
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…
Disaster Mitigation
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…
