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Safety
Effectiveness of Emergency Management and the Readiness of Trauma Centers
Emergency Management and the Readiness of Trauma Centers are fundamental facilities in any given State and country. These facilities come in handy in times of disasters and traumatic events. Most traumatic centers are health care facilities or departments, which offer immediate response in such times of emergency. Emergency management and trauma centers handle mitigation, response, preparedness, and recovery. Emergency management includes activities such as evacuation, decontamination, disaster recovery, and integration with other community emergency groups. These facilities play a key role in providing care to both natural and man-made disasters (Premier, 2012).
The phenomenon, issue, or condition to be researched
In order to create a safe surrounding in the community, emergency management and traumatic centers have to be established (Trunkey & Potter, 2006). Often, disastrous situations call for urgent and high...
For instance, the traumatic incident of September 2001, the terrorist bombing and hurricane Katrina called for urgent medical help. It is evident that despite these happenings most traumatic and disaster managements centers are still running behind schedule. Most of these centers are not well equipped. Basing on the studies done by Premier (2012) most of these facilities are not adequately prepared for these sudden outcomes. As a result, many people are likely to perish during emergencies and natural disasters. It is imperative to work out a plan that will improve the effectiveness of emergency management and the readiness of trauma centers.
Description of the problem
Human life and property destruction is inevitable only if there is no proper planning for the future. In the past, many people have languished in fires, floods, hurricanes, terrorist attacks, amongst other naturals and man-made disasters. This sad situation has in turn affected economic trends, which affect livelihood in…
References
Premier (2012). Emergency preparedness for healthcare facilities. Premier: Transforming Healthcare Together. Retrieved July 12, 2012, from https://www.premierinc.com/safety/topics/disaster_readiness/#top
Trunkey, D.D., & Potter, C.J. (2006). U.S. trauma center preparedness for a terrorist attack in the community. National Foundation for Trauma care, 1-43.
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According to the Congressman, there is a basic lack of interoperability across more than 80% of the United States' first responders. They are not able to communicate with each other, and are therefore also not able to launch adequate rescue operations, particularly during times of large-scale emergencies. According to the report, it was found that at least 121 of the 343 fire fighters who died could have been saved had
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