Community Assets and Disaster Management

 Community Assets and Disaster Management

One of the major challenges during the initial phase of a disaster is integrating the public health and emergency management assets. Your assignment is to assess how your community emergency medical services organizations, medical treatment facilities (i.e., hospitals, clinics, stand alone ERs) and public health assets plan to work together to mitigate the loss of life during a disaster scenario. Has the new facilities of stand-alone ERs and urgency care centers been incorporated into your community’s overall surge capacity?
Be sure to 1) identify a potential disaster (likely to impact your community or region), 2) evaluate available trauma assets, emergency management services, hospitals, clinics, etc, 3) visit websites, research other resources, contact hospital managers, etc to determine the potential level of preparedness. Importantly, research the hospital and other parts of the healthcare systems role in responding to a particular disaster.
Your paper must be at least 5 pages and include: title page, an introduction, the body in which all items above are addressed, and reference page. You will need to write clearly and concisely to address all items in 5 pages. Again, use the paper template provided.
• Your paper must include at least 5 scholarly references (no Wikipedia!).
• References should be scholarly peer reviewed journal articles, official reports or other from reading resources included in the Lessons. Avoid use of secondary sources like non-scholarly websites or textbooks.
• The paper must be typed, double-spaced, with 1-inch margins in 12-point Times New Roman font with all references properly cited.
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