scholarly journals Regional Engagement Program: Supporting Local Leadership and Building Local Skills and Knowledge in Order to Develop a Systematic Approach to Disaster Medical Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (s1) ◽  
pp. s162-s163
Author(s):  
Lisa Vermeulen ◽  
Dianne Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Medical Management ◽  
Disaster Response ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
External Support ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Major Incident ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Local Leadership ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Regional Engagement

Introduction:One of the key components in any effective disaster response is the capacity of local communities to respond in a timely and efficient manner. Over the last 3 years, the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre in Darwin has been involved in building regional capacity across the Asia-Pacific, supporting local leadership and building local skills and knowledge in order to develop a systematic approach to disaster medical management.Aim:This presentation is to describe the Regional Engagement Program, its strengths, weaknesses, and outcomes.Methods:We will describe the background to the program, the process for regional engagement and the Results of our evaluation. The program used the Major Incident Medical Management Systems (MIMMS) approach which was delivered in-country and included identifying and using local personnel to deliver the program. The program was conducted across the region in Myanmar, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Samoa, Timor, and Indonesia. Initially the courses were run by personnel from Australia but through engagement with local Ministries of Health and collaboration with identified key stakeholders, we have been able to build local faculty to ensure sustainability and local ownership.Results:Thirty-six personnel have been trained across four countries. Thirty-six candidates are now instructors, with a further 36 identified for future development as instructors. The evaluation illustrates the long-term partnerships that have been developed and the ongoing capacity development of key regional partners.Discussion:The Regional Engagement program demonstrates that prolonged engagement with key regional stakeholders and adequate and sustained mentoring will successfully build local capacity to the level needed to mount a successful response to a disaster. Personnel trained through this program helped guide the response to the Lombok earthquake and in Fiji, a MIMMS Team Member training program was conducted with minimal external support.

Casualty and Scene Medical Management

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Greaves ◽  
Paul Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Personal Protective Equipment ◽  
Medical Management ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Major Incident ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Medical Response ◽  
National Emergency ◽  
Mass Fatalities

Chapter 5 covers the declaration of a major incident and practice of the initial situation report from the scene. A summary is given of the systematic approach and organization of the on-scene medical response including key medical roles and responsibilities at scene, triage, decontamination, personal protective equipment, dealing with the dead and human remains, evacuation, survivor reception, mass fatalities and national emergency mortuary arrangements, management of contaminated fatalities, and the role of the police senior investigation manager.

scholarly journals Complex Approach to Conceptual Design of Machine Mechanically Extracting Oil fromJatropha curcasL. Seeds for Biomass-Based Fuel Production

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Mašín ◽  
Michal Petrů
Keyword(s):  
Jatropha Curcas ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Oil Extraction ◽  
Production Costs ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
Small Scale Farmers

One of important sources of biomass-based fuel isJatropha curcasL. Great attention is paid to the biofuel produced from the oil extracted from theJatropha curcasL. seeds. A mechanised extraction is the most efficient and feasible method for oil extraction for small-scale farmers but there is a need to extract oil in more efficient manner which would increase the labour productivity, decrease production costs, and increase benefits of small-scale farmers. On the other hand innovators should be aware that further machines development is possible only when applying the systematic approach and design methodology in all stages of engineering design. Systematic approach in this case means that designers and development engineers rigorously apply scientific knowledge, integrate different constraints and user priorities, carefully plan product and activities, and systematically solve technical problems. This paper therefore deals with the complex approach to design specification determining that can bring new innovative concepts to design of mechanical machines for oil extraction. The presented case study as the main part of the paper is focused on new concept of screw of machine mechanically extracting oil fromJatropha curcasL. seeds.

UNESCO's Approach to Implementing the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) in Asia and the Pacific

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Elias
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Collaborative Project ◽  
Lead Agency ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Media ◽  
Awareness Raising

AbstractAs lead agency of the DESD, UNESCO focuses on partnerships to activate networks and projects in support of ESD. Established committees in Asia and the Pacific are enhancing coordination and cooperation throughout the region. At present, the focus is on mobilising the media, private sector and youth as key stakeholders in achieving ESD. UNESCO recognises the value of linkages and is linking to other programs such as teacher education and supporting existing institutions working in related fields of ESD. UNESCO is involved in a collaborative project to develop monitoring and reporting mechanisms for the DESD in Asia-Pacific. Awareness-raising is increasing understanding of ESD and encouraging active involvement of partners across the region.

scholarly journals Graduate work-readiness challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and the role of HRM

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prikshat Verma ◽  
Alan Nankervis ◽  
Soegeng Priyono ◽  
Noorziah Mohd Salleh ◽  
Julia Connell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Work Readiness ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
Asia Pacific Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Future Production ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
National Economic

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on graduate work-readiness challenges in three Asia Pacific economies (Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia), and the roles of three main stakeholders (government, employers and industry) in the process. The intention of the paper is to design a stakeholder-oriented HRM model to address the identified graduate work-readiness challenges. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative triangulation method comprising interviews and focus groups was used with participant samples for each country – Australia (19), Indonesia (19) and Malaysia (15). Stakeholder-oriented HRM theory underpins the conceptual framework for the paper. Findings All three countries are currently experiencing difficulties attracting graduates with the required portfolio of qualifications, skills and personal capabilities. The reported effects include: constraints on national economic growth, future production structures, and long-term socio-economic development. Based on a review of the work-readiness and stakeholder-oriented HRM theory literature, it is posited that graduate work-readiness challenges can be effectively addressed by HR professionals in partnership with other key stakeholders. Research limitations/implications The study sought the input of only three stakeholder groups for ascertaining graduate work readiness challenges, there is a strong case to include other groups including students/parents and secondary schools. Social implications Bridging the graduate skills gap between government, employers and educational institutions is an important area in which HR professionals can contribute by reducing the mismatch between demand and supply through influencing and balancing the interests and goals of key stakeholders. Originality/value This study makes a contribution to the extant literature as it explores the role of HR professionals in relation to a multiple stakeholder strategy to address these challenges in the less-explored Asia Pacific region.

scholarly journals A consensus based template for reporting of pre-hospital major incident medical management

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Fattah ◽  
Marius Rehn ◽  
David Lockey ◽  
Julian Thompson ◽  
Hans Morten Lossius ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Management ◽  
Major Incident

scholarly journals MULTI-SATELLITE OBSERVATION SCHEDULING FOR LARGE AREA DISASTER EMERGENCY RESPONSE

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3 ◽  
pp. 1327-1331 ◽  
Author(s):  
X. N. Niu ◽  
H. Tang ◽  
L. X. Wu
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
Satellite Observation ◽  
Large Area ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
2008 Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Scheduling Model ◽  
Scheduling Method ◽  
Initial Imaging ◽  
Disaster Scenario ◽  
Satellite Scheduling

an optimal imaging plan, plays a key role in coordinating multiple satellites to monitor the disaster area. In the paper, to generate imaging plan dynamically according to the disaster relief, we propose a dynamic satellite task scheduling method for large area disaster response. First, an initial robust scheduling scheme is generated by a robust satellite scheduling model in which both the profit and the robustness of the schedule are simultaneously maximized. Then, we use a multi-objective optimization model to obtain a series of decomposing schemes. Based on the initial imaging plan, we propose a mixed optimizing algorithm named HA_NSGA-II to allocate the decomposing results thus to obtain an adjusted imaging schedule. A real disaster scenario, i.e., 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, is revisited in terms of rapid response using satellite resources and used to evaluate the performance of the proposed method with state-of-the-art approaches. We conclude that our satellite scheduling model can optimize the usage of satellite resources so as to obtain images in disaster response in a more timely and efficient manner.

scholarly journals The Role of Cash Transfers in Rebuilding Livelihoods in an Emergency Response: the Typhoon Haiyan Case Study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nothando Gazi
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
High Exposure ◽  
The Impact

The number of climate-related disasters is increasing more than ever before and cash is becoming an increasingly important tool to deliver assistance during a disaster response due to its flexibility and ability to cut across sectors, amongst other benefits. This research seeks to explore the role of cash in linking the relief phase to the long-term recovery through the promotion of sustainable livelihoods, by focusing on Typhoon Haiyan (known locally as Yolanda) as a case study. The Philippines has high exposure and vulnerability to climate-related disasters, however, it boasts of one of the most advanced social protection systems in the East Asia Pacific region (Bowen, 2015). In order to reach the research objectives, the research methodology employed involves a review of related literature, a field-based evaluation involving interviewing humanitarian practitioners and the adoption of DFID’s Sustainable Livelihood Framework (1999) as a framework of analysis. The results show that cash-based livelihood programming plays a vital role in leading the transition from relief to recovery due to the Value for Money (VfM) it delivers, role in strengthening local market and supply chains and the positive economic multiplier effects that benefit the wider community. Most interventions focus on asset creation, however, investment should be made into disaster risk reduction to reduce vulnerabilities that worsen the impact of shocks on poor households. Also, to enhance the benefits resulting from cash programming, supporting activities should be used in parallel with cash provision. Cash-for-training and livelihood start-up grants can empower women by increasing their human capital and introducing them to the formal economy. More work is required to transform the structures and policies that disadvantage women through patriarchal power systems.

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