Disaster Management Concepts Applied to Spontaneous Unaffiliated Community Volunteer Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 51-72
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Volunteer Management ◽  
Community Volunteer ◽  
Management Concepts

scholarly journals Disaster Day: A Simulation-Based Disaster Medicine Curriculum for Novice Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 238212052110207
Author(s):  
Brad D Gable ◽  
Asit Misra ◽  
Devin M Doos ◽  
Patrick G Hughes ◽  
Lisa M Clayton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Mass Casualty ◽  
Disaster Medicine ◽  
Incident Command ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Second Year

Background: Mass casualty and multi-victim incidents have increased in recent years due to a number of factors including natural disasters and terrorism. The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) recommends that medical students be trained in disaster preparedness and response. However, a majority of United States medical students are not provided such education. Objective: The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a 1 day, immersive, simulation-based Disaster Day curriculum. Settings and Design: Learners were first and second year medical students from a single institution. Materials and Methods: Our education provided learners with information on disaster management, allowed for application of this knowledge with hands-on skill stations, and culminated in near full-scale simulation where learners could evaluate the knowledge and skills they had acquired. Statistical analysis used: To study the effectiveness of our Disaster Day curriculum, we conducted a single-group pretest-posttest and paired analysis of self-reported confidence data. Results: A total of 40 first and second year medical students participated in Disaster Day as learners. Learners strongly agreed that this course provided new information or provided clarity on previous training, and they intended to use what they learned, 97.6% and 88.4%, respectively. Conclusions: Medical students’ self-reported confidence of key disaster management concepts including victim triage, tourniquet application, and incident command improved after a simulation-based disaster curriculum. This Disaster Day curriculum provides students the ability to apply concepts learned in the classroom and better understand the real-life difficulties experienced in a resource limited environment.

scholarly journals Impact of an Integrated Approach in Disaster Management

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-36
Author(s):  
Oguguo C. Njoku ◽  
Bright C. Amajuoyi ◽  
Dilshad Sarwar ◽  
Joachim Kodjo Arthur ◽  
Amin Hosseinian-Far
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Big Data Analytics ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Team Collaboration ◽  
Emergency Relief ◽  
Management Concepts

In recent times, there have been several natural disasters, negatively affecting communities ranging from loss of lives, businesses, homes and economic disruption. Such serious effects on a community can be traced to poor disaster management arrangements. Several project management concepts as well as technologies have been researched and proven to improve disaster management. This article reviews existing literatures to make evident the concepts of project management such as project planning, execution, team collaboration and governance as well as technologies with a focus on the Internet of Things (IoT) through provision of early warning signs for mitigation and preparedness, big data analytics (BDA) for information gathering and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for emergency relief scenarios in disaster management. Findings of this article reveals the great impact and benefit of an integrated approach for effective disaster management. Hence, this paper recommends an integrated approach to disaster management from a project management and Internet of Things perspective.

Community Recovery Following the Ash Wednesday Bushfires

1987 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Hill ◽  
Helen Hill ◽  
Sue Gray
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Information Resources ◽  
Community Recovery ◽  
Level Of Functioning ◽  
Specialist Services ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
History Of ◽  
Recovery Management ◽  
Wide Community

The fires of Ash Wednesday, 1983 have been a significant turning-point in the history of disaster management concepts and practices in Australia. Disaster recovery management has been identified as an important area of management in its own right, containing complex and prolonged programs and activities and requiring the participation of the affected community and involvement from the wide community.Recovery from disaster is no longer seen merely in terms of response and relief activities, or as a physical process of reconstruction. It is an enabling and supportive process, which allows individuals, families and communities to attain a proper level of functioning through the provision of information, resources and specialist services.

scholarly journals (P1-44) Health Emergency and Disaster Management Training for Health Professionals

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S1) ◽  
pp. s112-s113
Author(s):  
A.U.K. Godamunne ◽  
D.M.G. Fernando ◽  
S.U.B. Tennakoon
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Care ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Management Training ◽  
Training Centre ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Adult Training ◽  
Training Programmes

BackgroundSri Lanka has learned, with contributions from a 30-year war and a tsunami, that disasters happen when and where least expected. Thus the Health Emergency and Disaster Management Training Centre (HEDMaTC) of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya was established to prepare Sri Lankan healthcare workers for all forms of health disasters.DescriptionHEDMaTC conducts training programmes for health professionals, including medical doctors, nurses, emergency technical officers, ambulance drivers and porters. As these are adult training programmes practical methods of training such as drills, workstations, group work and hands on training have been used, in addition to lectures. Emergency care equipment, specific kits and techniques and desktop exercises are used to demonstrate protocols of emergency management and discuss principles of risk management, disaster management concepts, conceptual and technical challenges in measuring disasters and their impact on public health and its effective management. Participants prepare action plans for their individual institution based on the knowledge gained and are discussed in follow up programmes a month later.OutcomeHEDMaTC is the only institution in Sri Lanka that is accredited by the Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka to train their staff in disaster management. HEDMaTC has trained 200 personnel in Public Health Emergency and Disaster Management, 117 in Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Crises and 1034 in pre-hospital emergency care. The trained personnel were mobilized to the North and East of the country to handle healthcare issues, ranging from administration to ground work, of almost 300,000 displaced civilians in 2009 with a very satisfactory outcome.RecommendationsThe training methods used in these programmes are especially beneficial in adult training and it is to be recommended. We also recommend that HEDMaTC to be developed as a regional training center for South Asia.

A contemporary perspective on the disaster management cycle

foresight ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ihab Hanna Sawalha
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Contemporary View ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Major Incidents ◽  
Contemporary Management ◽  
Management Cycle ◽  
Disaster Management Cycle

Purpose This study aims to examine the traditional disaster management cycle; discussing the significance of incorporating contemporary management concepts into the disaster management cycle; and proposing a conceptual model that reflects contemporary management insight for the disaster management cycle. Design/methodology/approach A literature review was made to discuss the significance of moving towards a more contemporary view to the disaster management cycle that brings more value to the final outcomes of the disaster management process. A conceptual model was then proposed to reflect a more contemporary view to the disaster management cycle. The current COVID-19 pandemic has also been addressed explicitly throughout the paper as a case that reflects the necessity of embracing contemporary insight and practise in the traditional disaster management cycle. Findings The literature indicates that people worldwide, as well as academics still rely heavily on the traditional disaster management lifecycle to manage disasters and major incidents which consists of four main stages; preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery unrecognizing that each and every disaster is a unique incident itself and that it should be treated differently. Contemporary management thought and insight is still lacking in the study of disaster and emergency management. Practical implications This research offers a contemporary view to the traditional disaster management cycle in which recent concepts of management are used to better cope with the uniqueness of the different major incidents. This view fosters wider involvement of individuals and the general public in the disaster management process and highlights elements of creativity and modernity. The current COVID-19 pandemic, despite the many adverse consequences associated with it, has contributed constructively to the ways the traditional disaster management cycle is being implemented and practised worldwide. Originality/value This research is expected to be of a substantial value for those interested in improving performance during the various stages of the disaster management process, as well as those interested in improving organizational, social and national resilience. The traditional disaster management cycle tends to be procedural and therefore needs to embrace contemporary management thought and more value-based approaches.

scholarly journals Mount Sinabung Eruption Collaboration Model in a Disaster Political Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-48
Author(s):  
Ian Pasaribu ◽  
Fernanda Putra Adela
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Collaboration Model ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
National Disaster ◽  
North Sumatra

This research, explained and analyzed the collaboration model of eruption of Mount Sinabung eruption in a disaster political perspective. Located in Karo District, North Sumatra Province in the last 6 years from 2010-2016 regularly experienced eruptions. There are still countermeasures problems considering there are still obstacles faced by (stakeholders). The formulation of this research is how the cooperation and coordination of stakeholders in the eruption prevention of Mount Sinabung. What is the policy of disaster disasters in North Sumatra that has not succeeded in completing the eruption of Mount Sinabung. The theoretical framework of this study using the concept of cooperation, good governance in disaster management, coordination and disaster management concepts then to analyze researchers has mapped the role of different stakeholders such as the central government, local government, employers, NGOs and the community. This research is a qualitative research with a critical paradigm to explain phenomena and find new models by placing an interview as primary data and books, international journals and national journals. The results of this study indicate that the collaborative model of Sinabung eruption cooperation is coordinating Mount Sinabung stakeholders, eruption disaster management, disaster management policy constraints in North Sumatra that have not succeeded in completing the Sinabung eruption, disaster management policy recommendations for the Mount Sinabung eruption. At the end of the results of this study, the scheme of the model for collaborative disaster management and also explaining the importance of Sinabung became a national disaster

Emergency Department Organisation for Disasters: A Review of Emergency Department Disaster Plans in Public Hospitals of Singapore

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Chun Yue Lee ◽  
Siang Hiong Goh ◽  
Ho Poh Wong ◽  
V. Anantharaman
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Disaster Management ◽  
Emergency Departments ◽  
Public Hospitals ◽  
Disaster Plan ◽  
Volume Management ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Management Plans ◽  
Team Organization

AbstractDisaster management plans of emergency departments (EDs) in four major public hospitals were reviewed. A comparison was made between these plans, and they were analyzed to gain an understanding of the differing objectives and doctrines behind the practices. These were summarized into five major management concepts, which are considered to be critical to the success of a disaster plan: 1) staff mobilization systems (cascading vs batch mobilization); 2) staff deployment systems; 3) team organization (surgeons vs residents); 4) area management (the role of the area manager); 5) casualty volume management (accommodation vs expansion vs extension concepts). The-concepts derived should serve as a useful guide to the development of an ED disaster plan and potentially influence how new ED facilities could be planned.

Military Involvement in Disaster Preparedness, Organisation, and Disaster Relief — Civilian Military Co-Operation (CIMIC)

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S25
Author(s):  
Rannveig Bremer Fjær ◽  
Knut Ole Sundnes
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Management ◽  
Disaster Preparedness ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Humanitarian Emergencies ◽  
Military Involvement ◽  
Military Forces

In frequent humanitarian emergencies during the last decades, military forces increasingly have been engaged through provision of equipment and humanitarian assistance, and through peace-support operations. The objective of this study was to evaluate how military resources could be used in disaster preparedness as well as in disaster management and relief.

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