EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Emergency management

Emergency Management

Introduction

For the new emergency planning officer following are the guidelines which will help him or her in understanding the entire emergency management procedure. It will elaborate the important role of Health Emergency Planning in local resilience. (Hochstein 2008 pp.1)

Emergency and legal implication for healthcare organization

Health care organizations are vulnerable to significant legal liability if they do not undertake efforts to prepare for emergencies. This responsibility can result from various sources including common law negligence, the specific legislation and regulations and contractual obligations. (Braun 2006 pp.799)

Negligence law requires businesses to exercise reasonable care under the circumstances, including care to prevent accidents or injury. The basic principles of negligence easily apply to certain emergency preparedness efforts conducted by organizations that focus on prevention or mitigation of the foreseeable risks. (Telesco 2009 pp.12)

Since the essence of negligence is the lack of reasonable care under the circumstances, has received much attention in recent times to practical cases in which circumstances have undoubtedly changed. For example, the forecasts of hurricanes, as well as commercial risk analysis indicate that the probability of an event occurring, the severity of resulting injury, and the burden of adequate precautions are changing to potentially increase corporate responsibility. (Patterson 2008 pp.117)

As lawmakers and regulators try to answer these same circumstances changing, growing companies can be held responsible for emergency preparedness based on specific legislation and / or regulations dealing with your industry. The principle of this trend is clearly visible in the specific fields, including firms operating in financial services and other critical infrastructure industries. (Monahan 2007 pp.17)

Finally, companies may have liability based on the needs arising from contractual obligations with other parties. Such "push down" the obligations increasingly appeared in the relationship of the supply chain where business interests to require suppliers to validate their emergency preparedness programs as a condition of doing business. (Meehl 2008 pp.12)

Health centers play a central role during an emergency or disaster. Without the right plan in place and the right to establish networks, health centers will be in chaos during an emergency or disaster. During and after such event, the facilities will have to treat many more patients can usually be accommodated. This can only be achieved through proper planning, organization and preparation. Preparation is the key factor to cope effectively and efficiently to an emergency or disaster. (Grove 2008 pp.19)

Effectiveness of integrated management system

The basic components of this plan are: Incident Command System Hospital, hospital staff, the communication network, first responders, the PPE, canceling non-essential services and procedures, procurement of supplies and medications, triage of patients and vital resources, medical responsiveness, security issues, National Incident Management System (NIMS) compliance, and critical analysis. Each of these components is discussed below.

Incident Command System Hospital

The PIA is a key component of NIMS and is mandated by the Joint Commission. HIC is an incident management tool that enables standardized health centers to organize resources and personnel to remain in operation during an emergency, and promote the restoration of routine functions, every ...