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Disaster Management Plan
Emergency Needs Assessment
Case Overview
There are many tough decisions that hospital facilities have to make in the event of a disaster and preparation is one of the critical success factors in such a situation that can make a world of difference. For example, the delivery of critical care in the emergency department is critically important to identify the nature of critically injured patients and decide whom to attend to first and who needs medical attention at the earliest. Furthermore, in the event of a category 3 hurricane, such as Hurricane Victoria, such a disaster can greatly exacerbate the limitations of a hospital to provide the needed neurological intensive care services. This analysis will provide an overview of the steps that can be taken in the event of a major public emergency and the role that needs assessment and service rationing play in such an event.
Case Study Analysis
A disaster or emergency management plan begins with the goal of mitigating the emergency as much as possible regardless of the type of emergency that is present (Warfield, 2002). If an organization has conducted emergency management planning with a wide range of potential risks that they may face, then they have most likely made a list of the total possible types of emergencies that they may face. Using this list a response...
Mapping the various factors that are involved with any potential risk can provide a clear overview of the mitigation strategies needed (Michigan University, N.d.).
There are also many critical success factors that are often important regardless of the actual type of emergency or disaster that occurs. For example, communication is among the highest critical success factors in the event of an emergency and there are some forms of communication are more effective than others in certain situations. Furthermore, after a category 3 hurricane, it is extremely possible that many forms of communication that require extensive infrastructure could be disabled. For example, after the events of September 11th, 2001, one of the responder's biggest challenges involved communication and some teams actually had to send individuals to physically pass messages to other parties since much of the communication technologies had been knocked out and emergency communication procedures had yet to be developed.
One of the specific challenges that a neurological intensive care unit will face after a major natural disaster that injuries numerous individuals, will be to identify and to prioritize their patients' needs. A triage acuity level is a proxy measure of the possible and safe time period that an individual…
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