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…
Introduction to public health Definition, Scope, and Achievements of Public Health According to the World Health Organization, public health “refers to all organized measures—whether public or private—to prevent disease, promote…
Acknowledgments Thanks to Alysa B. Koloms and Pooja Patel for their contributions to this chapter. Whenever a doctor cannot do good, he must be kept from doing harm. —Hippocrates Organized…
This chapter outlines key points in understanding state-level emergency response functions within the United States, focusing on medical and public health operations. Emergency response systems vary from country to country….
All disasters are local. Regardless of type, magnitude, or progression, disasters affect communities. Community responders will be the first on the scene and will remain for recovery operations well after…
The important goals of disaster and mass casualty incident (MCI) response are to protect and to save life. When a disaster strikes a population, people expect that leaders, local authorities,…
Response to emergencies and disasters for the protection of life, health, safety, and the preservation of property is a government responsibility. In the United States, governors, not the president, are…
Medical practitioners and health officials train for decades to provide run-of-the-mill health services. How should their choices change in times of disaster, that is, during “a serious disruption of the…
