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In Joint Publication 3-29 , the Joint Chiefs of Staff lays out the doctrine for U.S. military support of foreign humanitarian assistance (FHA) missions short of war. These capabilities will be deployed in smaller scale contingency (SSC)/MOOTW scenarios, but less than theater of war (MTW) scenarios. In chapter II, organization and interagency cooperation and DOD involvement. This chapter lays out the C2 for the mission ("Joint publication 3-29," 2001, II-1). One might want to review the 1962 Operation IDA launched in the wake of a series of earthquakes struck northwestern in Iran. This is strikingly similar to our Vignette scenario in the course. The JCS directed United States Army, Europe, to send aid to the victims. Elements of the 8th Evacuation Hospital deployed from Ramstein Air Force Base. Also deployed were 421st Medical Company (Air Ambulance), a field maintenance detachment from the 29th Transportation Company, a preventive medicine detachment from the 485th Laboratory (Preventive Medicine), and a water purification unit from the 299th Engineer Battalion. (ibid., II-14-15) A full matrix might be as follows: Component-Function Governing Organization Evacuation Hospital USA/USMC Field Maintenance Detachment USA/USMC Medical Company (Air Ambulance), USA/USMC Laboratory (Preventive Medicine), USA/USMC Water Purification Unit and Engineer Battalion USA/USMC Air Transport Wing USAF Red Cross/Crescent NGO USAID GO Interagency Coordination JTF United Nations World Food Program U.N. Agencies Civil Affairs U.S. Army

The following essay starts off using game theory to analyze the kind of difficulties that happen in the palliative team scenario that may potentially create conflict. It proceeds to offer general recommendations for deescalating conflict in such situations drawing on true-life stories that have happened in other palliative situations, and how they were resolved. The SBAR method –a recent and popular tool for deescalating communication conflict in medical settings- is introduced, and particular strategies for nurses and family members as well as other individuals are briefly touched upon. In this way, a rounded picture of effecting perfect communication in this most volatile of circumstances is approached from various tangents.

How to motivate and when to intervene with students is among the many challenges that teachers face when handling young students. It should be noted that the teachers serve as the "second parents" of the students,…

Atrial Fibrillation as a Post Operative Complication

The concept of international law became an issue of passionate public discussion in the aftermath of the Holocaust. This tragedy seemed to bring to light the fact that something known as 'crimes against humanity' could…

A recent headline in a United Kingdom (UK) newspaper may have said it all. The headline read, "UK banks preparing to access BoE's emergency liquidity scheme" (Aldrick, 2008). The article describes how UK bank liquidity…

Frankenstein -- a Critique of the Monster and the Family

¶ … Death and Mortality Through the Works of Milton

Telstra competes in one of the most capital-intensive industries there are, one marked by relatively low Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) levels, relatively high costs of customer acquisition and churn, and millions of…

Health care organizations like any other organization need to manage their performance. This measurement of performance will allow the organization to gauge how well it is performing in the delivery of its services. This order discusses the performance management for four health care organizations emergency medical services, long term health care, physicians' office, and hospitals. The similarities and difference of these organizations are also discussed in the paper.