RT Book, Section
A1 Bail, Jean B.
A1 Parrillo, Steven J.
A2 Cooney, Derek R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126790287
T1 Emergency Management
T2 Cooney's EMS Medicine
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071775649
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126790287
RD 2024/04/19
AB Put  simply,  emergency  management  deals  with  risk  and  risk  avoidance.1  This  simple  phrase  turns  into  a  complex,  comprehensive  discipline  and  field  of  study  considering  all  hazards,  all  phases,  all  impacts,  and  all  stakeholders.2  All  hazards  include  the  many  possible  natural  (earth­quake,  hurricane,  tornado,  flood,  climate  issues)  or  man-made  (domestic/international  terrorism,  cyber)  threats  that  create  risk  and  vulnerability  to  an  organization,  community,  or  region.  Using  the  phases  of  prevention,  preparedness,  mitigation,  response  and  recovery,  emergency  management  forms  a  management  paradigm  that  prepares  the  organization  to  be  disaster  resistant  and  disaster  resilient.  All  impacts  include  assessing  the  effects  on  population,  human  services,  the  economy,  and  infrastructures.  Stakeholders  include  the  individual,  community,  organization,  business,  hospital  and  the  government  as  well  as  the  collaboration  between  public,  private,  and  governmental  agencies.  Emergency  managers  exist  at  all  levels  and  function  to  coordinate  and  mobilize  the  right  people,  right  agreements,  and  right  policies  and  procedures  when  needed  in  an  incident.  The  EMS  physician  is  in  a  perfect  position  to  assume  a  leadership  or  supportive  role  in  many  emergency  management  functions.