The plans were in place to assist and respond to the needs of those affected. The problems came with things like communication and lack of manpower. Phone lines were down, power was out, and first responders weren’t showing up to work. The problems were endless and the scale of the devastation made responding a lengthy process. What lessons learned from the Katrina disaster can now be used to improve the emergency planning for other natural and man-made disasters in the U.S.?
Injuries cause extreme pain, limit movements and depending on the severity, can require a large amount of time for rehab. The majority of regular people will have a negative response to any kind of injury. In the case of the athlete (especially at the professional or collegiate level) injuries can be devastating. There is no universal model as to what mental response an athlete will have when an injury occurs, for the most part these emotions are negative (Brehm, 2008). Even when an athlete returns from an injury they can still be affected by it and play more tentatively on the field or court because of fear of re-injury (Brehm, 2008).
Lack of professional standards and procedures hindered the rescue attempt and even cost many men their lives that day. Though plans were not in place that day, from this experience we have learned to create steps for alleviating the crisis. Steps for Alleviating the Crisis While it is easy to panic in a crisis situation, we must try to have procedures in place to alleviate some of the confusion that will immediately follow. As evidenced by the September 11th attacks and subsequent response,
“Trauma is the response to any event that shatters your safe world so that it’s no longer a place of refuge. Trauma is more than a state of crisis. It is a normal reaction to abnormal events that overwhelm a person’s ability to adapt to life—where you feel powerless” (Wright, N.H. 2011, p. 189). Trauma can come from natural disaster, death of a loved one, sexual or physical abuse, divorce, terminal illness and many other things, but in this paper the focus was on sexual abuse of adolescence. Adolescence is a delicate time in one’s life because it is the transitional stage from childhood to adulthood and is a time when a young person goes through the stage of identity-versus-identity confusion.
There are areas that require improvement such as in air quality; the STD incidence rate; high teen pregnancy, rising crime rate, and increase in crimes of violence. There is also a dire need within the community for disaster preparedness education on resource distribution, planning, and how to access such services in the event of a large-scale disaster. Even with educational resources available and plans in place within the county, the community is still unprepared for what to do when faced with a natural or manmade disaster and there is lack of engagement on the part of the civilian population. There is also a need for greater planning and resources devoted to assisting at-risk populations such as the elderly, disabled, and mentally challenged in the event of a disaster. More education and resources are needed in the area of disease prevention and risk-prone behaviors for the county at large.
If we look at Peter with a holistic attitude, we can see there is far more than just the fact that he has suffered a myocardial infarction. There are several other wider determinants that have affected his health. Firstly, if we focus on Peters’ home and family life, it becomes evident that Peter is feeling stressed and anxious about supporting his wife and two teenage children. It is well known that that stress can affect an individuals’ health as it causes hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline to remain in the body as it tries to cope with a stressful situation. Short term this can be good for you however over a prolonged period it can have an adverse effect on our health.
A crisis cannot be resolved by a person’s customary problem-solving resources/skills. For every individual a crisis can be different ranging from a problem to an emergency. Although problems can create stress for most of us, they are usually simple to find a solution for, by the individual having the problem. When a problem happens it is easy to think that the problem is indeed a crisis because the individual under the stress is not thinking clearly at the time of the issue. An emergency however, is a sudden, pressing necessity, such as when a life is in danger because of an accident, a suicide attempt, or family violence.
Emergency Management is changing every day and the biggest factor in preparing for any event is intelligence and communications. In the past natural disasters were hard to avoid, however, in the day and age of technology an emergency manager can use so many tools to prepare for the once unknown. One example of new technology is emergency dispatchers are now using NG911 (Next Generation), which one can email, text, send videos and pictures of an incident. Technology is used in just about every type of natural disaster and emergency managers are becoming more knowledgeable about events. The biggest factor in any major situation is being prepared and having every resource available.
We care for patients, be they elderly and weak, sick or both. Most of us who work in this special area do so out of a sense of calling – something like a vocation. We care deeply about or jobs and the people under our care. Unfortunately most of those in our care are elderly and there are many things they are unable to do for themselves; such as washing themselves which is vital to the prevention and control of infections being spread. Many in our care have also got weakened immune systems and as a consequence are more susceptible to infection from the outset.
Modern world and people are suffering because of many problems. On part of them, as natural disasters, we do not have great influence, however, many from among elements making our life difficult had been made by ourselves. It is impossible to define what is an unquestionably main problem of human lives, however, it possible to observe one which take place in whole human history- discrimination and its form- racism. The concept of discrimination has been given several meanings and definitions. In general legal definitions of discrimination differ from definitions used in other disciplines and from meanings attributed to it in everyday life.