TEAMS AND FRIENDS: Lets do a review on DISASTER MANAGEMENT. i also wish that our Disaster Managers assigned by the government will make it mandatory for them to know since most of them came out with a silver spoon on the mouth. Unless the government will start assigning Disaster Management post to people who really eat the disaster all their lives. After all the troubles weve been through, we should learn something for us to practice the dictum: THE GREATEST GOOD TO THE GREATEST NUMBER; So that next time, we will know what to do should there be another incident (God forbid!). The Response Management Framework A set of principles which provide a framework for managing any event. 1. Command 2. Control 3. Coordination 4. Communication 5. Clinical Management 6. Containment 7. Continuity 8. Capability 9. Compassion Approach COMMAND, CONTROL & COORDINATION COMMAND : The direction of members of an organisation in the performance of roles and tasks. Operate vertically within an organisation. CONTROL : Overall direction of emergency management activities in an emergency situation. Operates horizontally across organisations. COORDINATION : The bringing together of organisations and elements to ensure an effective response, mainly concerned with systematic acquisition and application of resources in accordance with threat or impact. Operates both vertically and horizontally as functions of authority to command and control. Communication -The message – Clarity of message (pre-considered) -The means – Consider the vulnerability of normal channels (e.g. mobile phones). Also remember “the runner” -The manner - Pathways of communication Babel Effect Most common problem in any disaster is a failure in communication - Radio not compatible - Telephone circuits overloaded - Most problems are still people based rather than technology. - Lack of clear speaking - Different radio codes CLINICAL MANAGEMENT: Principles -Triage: Continuous and at critical points -Diagnosis -Essential care : Individual care based on normal practice -Minimal care to ensure safety -Priority for life and limb protection -Clinical standards -Respiratory support, Circulatory support -Documentation -Family and contacts -Decontamination -Isolation CONTINUITY OF BUSINESS -Maintenance of essential services -Workforce protection with enhanced infection control, PPE, isolation of patients and anti-virals/anti-bacterials -Access to business -Maintenance of the food supply -Creating capacity -Protecting essential services CONTAINMENT -Containing the disease and reducing its spread -Vector control -Isolation and Quarantine -Vaccination and antiviral prophylaxis -Border control -Social isolation -Equipment including PPE CAPABILITY -Increasing the capability of the system to manage by preparation -Information and awareness of personnel through education -Vaccination -Preparation and possible stockpiling of equipment and consumables. HEALTH CAPABILITY - Develop and preserve the heal the management capability Level 1 - concentrate expertise utilising existing infrastructure Level 2 - Preserve infrastructure for the event by early discharge, limiting non-urgent activity Level 3 - Expand health infrastructure through system wide management, growing capacity and importing capacity Level 4 - Ration access to health infrastructure through triage of patients COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH - RECOVERY • Restore infrastructure and the social and economic life of a community to normal • Restore vital life support systems to minimum operating standards. • Long term recovery to restore economic activity and rebuilding infrastructure. •It should include mitigation as a goal COMPASSION APPROACH -In everything you do, take it like you are doing it to your own MOTHER... (or to your own self!) RESCUE 1
Posted on: Thu, 05 Dec 2013 00:02:11 +0000
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