On may 4th, 2007 a little after 9:48 pm Greensburg Kansas was torn of the map. Tornado sirens went off in Greensburg 20 minutes before the tornado hit. That saved many lives. The tornado was so wide a storm chaser who was chasing the storm couldn’t get both edges of the tornado to fit in the lens of the camera. 1.7 miles was the estimated width of the tornado and it traveled
In the Franklin county disaster, the nurse had to reach out to several supporting agencies to meet the needs of residents during the door to door interviews. Public works was contacted to get an estimated time frame that utilities such as water and electricity would be back up and running. Environmental health specialist were contacted to advise a resident about cleaning up household hazardous waste due to damage in the shed causing chemicals to mix and cleaning up after a flood (Disaster in Franklin, 2006). Social services were contacted to help a resident deal with her family responsibilities that was likely a problem prior to the storm but may feel worse due to the added stress of the storm recovery process. One house visit required the services of a translator for the nurse to complete the follow up assessment.
"I asked God to protect us because it was like you were looking in the eyes of death. "She was one of the lucky ones. Severe storm sent tornadoes across the small town Saturday afternoon, during a fourth of July Celebration killing at least 10. Bollinger County was the epicentre of the wreckage. Four people died and at least 31 were injured in the county Southwest of Jackson.
HAT TASK ONE Western Governors University July 2012 Jacee Knighton When an emergency happens in small rural towns, like the one I live in, it can be catastrophic for individuals and for the town as a whole. Most counties have emergency preparedness plans that are set up with funding from the federal government. In the event of a disaster the frame work established by the National Incident Management System (NIMS) gives an outline and roles through the Incident Command System. Each state, county, or town can assign roles established by the ICS to hopefully efficiently handle the disaster they are dealing with. Public health personnel play a crucial role in disaster preparation and response.
1721 was a crucial year in America regarding disease and illness, especially in colonial America. From April through December, 5,889 Bostonians had smallpox, and 844 died of it. October was the worst month, with 411 deaths. Smallpox caused more than three quarters of all the deaths in Boston that year. Prior to the outbreak, the town contained 10,600 people.
Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Lori Godsey Walden University Family Community and Population Based Care NURS 4010, Section 13 July 26, 2013 Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Emergency preparedness is vital to the safety and functionality a community. Whether it be obtaining and assisting a surrounding community population, or by organizing the unforeseen catastrophic challenges of your local community. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the professional nurse and other community health care professionals evaluate and provide decision making skills and strategies in the event of a hurricane. The Role of the Nurse Disasters can happen at any time. Some are more prevalent than others.
Compared to the rest of the country, Detroit had 4.8 times the number of foreclosures (2007 in Detroit was brutal, more than 113,889 homes had filed or were about to file for foreclose. (3). During this time period, more arsons have been reported. Click the link below to find out why arsons and foreclosures go hand in hand. Bibliography 2.Martelle, Scott (March 27th, 2011).
Pertussis outbreaks can be difficult to identify; common colds and other upper respiratory infections have symptoms similar to pertussis. In 2010, 9,143 cases of pertussis, including 10 infant deaths, were reported in California. Previously, the peak was in 2005, when there were about 3,180 cases reported. In Michigan, a pertussis increase was first noticed in late 2008, continuing until 2010. In Ohio, the Franklin County Board of Health and Columbus Public Health responded to a pertussis outbreak during 2010 and 2011.
According to FEMA reports, in September 26, 2005, they have already approved 265,000 applications for temporary housing payments. Eventually, many families will resettle back into their homes or even join in new communities, but regardless, families and communities have been dramatically transformed by the storm. Additionally, Hurricane Katrina has made one of the poorest areas in the United States even poorer. According to geographical analysis by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood and damage assessments and year 2000 Census data, The CRS estimates that of the people to have been displaced by the hurricane, about half lived in New Orleans. Due to the city’s social composition, the storm most heavily impacted the poor and African Americans, who were less likely to have connected to the workforce and were educationally disadvantaged.
In 2001, 14,597 out of 18,729 people who died from heart disease in North Carolina were 65 years or older ("Heart disease: still,"). The aging and increase in North Carolina’s population will cause the number of incidences of heart disease to