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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: The Fundamentals of Risk Management in the Emergency Department -- 1. The Nature of Emergency Medicine -- 2. The Emergency Physician's True Liability Risk -- 3. Setting Up a Comprehensive Quality Improvement Program for your ED -- 4. Reliability in Emergency Medicine -- 5. Human Cognition and Human Factors Engineering -- 6. Error Proofing and Mistake Proofing the ED -- 7. Standardization in the Emergency Department -- 8. Teamwork in the ED -- 9. The Just Culture -- 10. Patient Satisfaction as a Risk Management Strategy -- 11. The Apology in Emergency Medicine -- 12. The Role of the Board in Risk Management -- 13. A Comprehensive Risk Management Program for the ED -- Part II: Healthcare Law and High-Risk Administrative Issues -- 14. HIPAA in the ED, Part I -- 15. HIPAA in the ED, Part II -- 16. Stark in the ED -- 17. EMTALA 101: The Basics -- 18. EMTALA: The Ins and Outs of Medical Screening Exams and Transfers -- 19. EMTALA and Paying for On-Call Coverage: Risks Versus Reality -- 20. Documentation to Minimize Risk -- 21. Protocols and Standardized Order Sets -- 22. Consent, End of Life, and the Law -- Part III: Risk Management Strategies for High-Risk Clinical Entities -- 23. Medication Errors -- 24. Appendicitis -- 25. Ectopic Pregnancy -- 26. Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection -- 27. Wounds and Fractures -- 28. Acute Coronary Syndrome -- 29. Sick Babies: Sepsis and Infants -- 30. Acute Cerebrovascular Syndrome, Stroke, and TIA -- 31. Testicular Torsion -- 32. Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries -- 33. Pulmonary Embolism -- 34. Dangerous Patients -- Part IV: Survival Strategies -- 35. Anatomy of a Lawsuit -- 36. How Not to Lose Your License -- 37. How not to Go to Jail: Criminal Liability in the ED, Part I.

Reports on the findings of the International Assoc of Emergency Managers (IAEM)-National Emergency Management Assoc (NEMA) Emergency Management Survey to determine if the Hurricane Katrina response led to a reexamination of thinking & planning for catastrophic disaster. Attention is given to the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006. Figures, References.

The Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management series deals with a wide range of issues relating to global environmental hazards, natural and man-made disasters, and approaches to disaster risk reduction. As people and communities are the first and the most important responders to disasters and environment-related problems, this series aims to analyse critical field-based mechanisms which link community, policy, and governance systems. Justice, Equity and Emergency Management takes the principles proposed in Disaster Recovery Through the Lens of Justice and applies a justice and equity lens across all phases of emergency management, focusing on key topics such as hazard mitigation, emerging technologies, long-term recovery, and others. The authors in this volume interrogate the applicability of the principles to technological innovation, indigenous peoples, persons with access and functional needs, agricultural disasters, and several other contexts. It is our hope that this effort will lead us closer to truly operationalizing and applying these principles in a way that leads to systemic change and better outcomes.

Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water is a resource guidebook, which bridges the work of the emergency management practitioners and academic researchers, specifically for water-related incidents. Practitioners typically follow a disaster phase cycle of preparedness/protection/prevention, response, recovery, and mitigation – all of which have distinct actions and missions to reduce or eliminate adverse impacts from both threats and hazards. Academics will find the connections to allied fields such as meteorology, hydrology, homeland security, healthcare, and more. The book examines many of the distinct differences and variances within the specific scope of water-related incidents, crises, emergencies, and disasters. It provides examples and practical strategies for protection/prevention, response, recovery, and mitigation against adverse impacts to people, property, and organizations. It is also organized in the same construct used by emergency management practitioners (incident command system elements, disaster cycle phases, etc.), which will help align the academic world of emergency management education to both the practice and the training in the emergency management field. Takes a global view on threats and hazards, as well as their solutions. Provides a single repository of the majority of water-related incidents and provides a ""how to"" guide for resilience. Identifies cascading impacts and provides checklists for resolutions. Includes numerous case studies organized by threat and hazard. Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Various types of disaster ranging from biological, structural collapse, fire and explosion, landslides and meteorological incidents have struck Malaysia. Safety and emergency laws and regulations in Malaysia had evolved in pace with the development and industrialisation of the country. Some of these disasters were land‐marked disasters whereby various safety and emergency acts and regulations were amended or introduced. In this article, the history of the evolution of various Safety and Emergency Laws, Regulations and Acts in the country since independence in 1957 until the establishment of the Permanent Guidelines for Disaster Management and Relief Operations in 1997 is presented.Lessons from past disasters and the rapid expansion of industrialisation have greatly influenced the evolution of safety and emergency management in Malaysia. However, this intermediary phase in the pursuit of development is often accompanied by an increase in vulnerability (McEntire, 1997). This paper discusses reasons that are attributed to the increase in vulnerability as well as the challenges faced by the nation in the area of safety and emergency planning.

This paper focuses on the basis for the development of an Integrated Risk Management System (IRMS) for use by federal government emergency management offices in fulfilling their responsibilities to maintain public health and safety. It identifies that a risk-based approach, which integrates the scientific and technical analyses of risk with the public perception of risk, be adopted to develop an IRMS. An integrated approach to risk management can serve as an "umbrella" of safety over operational and management decision-making. Four major underlying premises in developing an Integrated Risk Management System are proposed. One major premise is interpreting scientific/technical analyses, public perceptions, and acceptability of risks. A second major premise is that a risk-based approach will help to identify problems in risk, rank then, establish priorities, and allocate resources based on risk. A third major premise is that risk-based standards will help in developing management strategies for acceptability and allocation of different kinds of risks. A fourth major premise is that risk management tools operationalize risk Management strategies, leading to implementation of the Integrated Risk Management System in a given target domain. ; Master of Urban and Regional Planning

The article provides an editorial perspective and quick summary, context and background for the papers published in volume four; issue one of the International Journal of Emergency Services. This Special Issue is a small step in enabling researchers working in different areas of crisis, emergency management, organizational resilience and recovery to be able to present their work in a common forum so that a community of inquiry covering this important area of human existence can be initiated. This Special Issue has resulted from a special track titled "Crisis, Emergency Management and Recovery" organized at the EURAM 14th Annual Conference held at Valencia in Spain in 2014. Researchers were invited to present on the various aspects of a crisis including preparedness before a crisis, resilience during a crisis and recovering from a crisis covering strategies, tactics and methods required to deal with a variety of crises including natural, political, man-made and humanitarian crises and their interactions and interdependencies. The issue contains eight papers generated from presentations at the EURAM conference as well as new papers from authors who responded to a call for papers that was issued subsequent to the conference. The three areas covered by the track – preparing for a crisis, resilience during a crisis as well as recovering from a crisis find a place in the papers in this Special Issue.

Cover title. ; "CPG 1-8." ; "April 1982." ; Mode of access: Internet.

Offers a comprehensive discussion of the critical role GIS plays in hospital and healthcare emergency management and disaster response. Illustrating a wide range of practical applications, this book explores how GIS data is being used to assess need, determine surge capacity, and improve logistics in emergency or disaster scenarios

Emergency Services Management: A Research Overview -- Working Towards Attaining Professional Status -- Collaboration: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities -- Leadership and Culture(s): Still Command and Control? -- The Research-Practice Gaps in Emergency Services -- Conclusion: Collaboration, Not Isolation is the Way Forward.