Showing papers on "Emergency management published in 1976"

Earthquake in Guatemala: epidemiologic evaluation of the relief effort

Abstract: The damage wrought by the earthquake that recently struck Guatemala evoked a commendable and efficient national response. It also led to international relief activity that was clearly instrumental in assisting the country's short-term recovery efforts. At the same time, this initial recovery period caused a good deal of experience to be gained in the field of disaster management. Some of the lessons derived from the experience are examined, and a number of approaches are suggested for measurably improving both national and international response to future disasters of this kind. Language: en

The epidemiology of disasters

Abstract: Over the last few years there has been an increasing awareness that some kind of disaster management should be possible. The emphasis is now moving from post-disaster improvisation to predisaster preparedness. The League of Red Cross Societies has increasingly encouraged predisaster planning in countries at risk. A new United Nations agency - United Nations Disaster Relief Office (UNDRO)- has been set up with headquarters in Geneva. Coordination and exchange of information between agencies engaged in disaster relief are becoming the rule rather than the exception, and a number of groups have started with the specific objective of making professional expertise available to disaster management. A number of private initiatives have been taken, meetings have been organized, research centers set up, and research projects launched. The study of disasters needs to be approached on a multidisciplinary basis, the more so since the health component is only one part of the broad disaster problem and, perhaps not the major one. Social scientists, psychologists, administrators, economists, geographers, have been or are conducting a number of studies on natural disasters. These studies have provided new insights and have proved most useful in preparing for disasters and increasing the effectiveness and acceptance of relief operations. This is a vital and challenging field, wide open for research. It is now time for epidemiologists and community health scientists to enter the fray and provide much needed information on which a rational, effective and flexible policy for the management of disasters can be based.

The National Flood Insurance Program: Some Midstream Perspectives

Abstract: Federal flood control works and disaster relief have not curtailed rising annual flood losses in the United States. The National Flood Insurance Program takes a new approach. Flood insurance at low rates is offered in communities which adopt floodplain regulations prescribed by the Federal Insurance Administration. Thirteen thousand communities are participating in NFIP on a provisional basis. Final implementation awaits completion of federal floodplain maps. Timely regulation of floodplains by local communities is unnecessarily delayed by various legal and hydrologic issues.

Manual for disaster relief work

Abstract: Hace un estudio general sobre desastres en relacion a los servicios de enfermeria. Incluye ecologia de los desastres, preparacion en caso de desastres, consideraciones especiales sobre la administracion de la enfermeria en desastres, enfermedades contagiosas, desordenes endemicos, tratamiento medico, vacunacion masiva, programas de salud, de alimentacion, sistemas de abastecimiento, transporte y almacenamiento de medicinas, comunicacion, seleccion y entrenamiento de personal para caso de desastres

Emergency medical services: an overview

Abstract: The organization and delivery of emergency care are reviewed in a book based on the judgments of 28 national leaders in various fields. It is noted that acute illness has become a major health problem due to the rapid growth of the United States and the increased demands of consumers for improved medical care. Critical needs in the field of emergency care are identified as communications, prompt and proper rescue handling, rapid and careful transportation of victims, and adequate emergency care at hospitals. The long-term solution to the problem of injury is viewed as prevention through efforts made by educators, industrialists, engineers, public health officials, and private citizens. The statement is made that accidents are exceeded only by heart disease, neoplasms, and cerebral vascular disease as a major cause of death in the United States. The dimensions of the accident problem are explored. Other topics addressed are: motor vehicle trauma and emergency medical services; the provision of emergency care to cardiac patients; medicolegal implications of emergency care; and field treatment and transport of emergency victims. The importance of telecommunications, emergency medical technician training, and public education is stressed. Hospital education and training for emergency department personnel are detailed for physiciansmore » and nurses. Functional and design aspects of hospital emergency departments are described, and the role of community planning in the provision of emergency health services is considered. A checklist for airport disaster planning and a Michigan law regarding emergency medical services are appended.« less

Public relations in the emergency department

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Emergency medical services (EMS) communications: Conservation of time

Abstract: Although adequate means for emergency communications are available, their utilization in daily emergencies and during medical disasters is amazingly inefficient. This phase of emergency health services is undergoing rapid expansion and improvement. These changes will narrow the time gap between the onset of an acute illness or injury and the implementation of techniques of monitoring and skilled management and care. The communications problems which have caused the medical field to lag far behind other emergency services can mostly be solved by existing knowledge and techniques. No longer should communications systems be designed for the exclusive use of one service or agency. First the emergency medical services (EMS) system must precede the communications subsystem. Only after the community has clearly defined its emergency medical needs and has designed a system to meet those needs should it look for the communication equipment that will serve to tie together the various elements of the system. This article defines the functions of communication, identifies communications systems requirements, and recommends means of implementing EMS communication networks. When these recommendations and plans are put into effect the emergency medical communications system will be the most widely utilized, coordinated, and sophisticated emergency communications systems within the area it serves.