The impact of an online interprofessional course in disaster management competency and attitude towards interprofessional learning

Author(s):  
Lynda Atack ◽  
Kathryn Parker ◽  
Marie Rocchi ◽  
Janet Maher ◽  
Trish Dryden
Author(s):  
H. Mohammadi ◽  
M. R. Delavar ◽  
M. A. Sharifi ◽  
M. D. Pirooz

Disaster risk is a function of hazard and vulnerability. Risk is defined as the expected losses, including lives, personal injuries, property damages, and economic disruptions, due to a particular hazard for a given area and time period. Risk assessment is one of the key elements of a natural disaster management strategy as it allows for better disaster mitigation and preparation. It provides input for informed decision making, and increases risk awareness among decision makers and other stakeholders. Virtual globes such as Google Earth can be used as a visualization tool. Proper spatiotemporal graphical representations of the concerned risk significantly reduces the amount of effort to visualize the impact of the risk and improves the efficiency of the decision-making process to mitigate the impact of the risk. The spatiotemporal visualization of tsunami waves for disaster management process is an attractive topic in geosciences to assist investigation of areas at tsunami risk. In this paper, a method for coupling virtual globes with tsunami wave arrival time models is presented. In this process we have shown 2D+Time of tsunami waves for propagation and inundation of tsunami waves, both coastal line deformation, and the flooded areas. In addition, the worst case scenario of tsunami on Chabahar port derived from tsunami modelling is also presented using KML on google earth.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Rustam Khairi Zahari ◽  
Raja Noriza Raja Ariffin ◽  
Zainora Asmawi ◽  
Aisyah Nadhrah Ibrahim

The Indian Ocean tsunami of 26th December 2004 unleashed catastrophe in many nations including coastal communities located along the west-coast of Malaysian Peninsular.  The goal of this study is to explore the impact of the tsunami to the preparedness of the affected coastal communities.   Data was collected through questionnaire, interviews, documents analysis and field observations.  It was found that the 2004 tsunami disaster has left a significant mark on Malaysia's and the world's disaster management landscape but the tragedy has also heightened disaster awareness and steps must be taken to ensure vulnerable communities are well-equipped to face any eventualities. Keywords:  Tsunami; sustainable coastal communities; disaster management; vulnerability. eISSN 2514-7528 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.


2021 ◽  
pp. SP501-2021-17
Author(s):  
Yildirim Dilek ◽  
Yujiro Ogawa ◽  
Yasukini Okubo

AbstractEarthquakes and tsunamis are high–impact geohazard events that could be extremely destructive when they occur at large magnitudes and intensities, respectively, although their causes and potential locations are, for the most part, predictable within the framework of plate tectonics. Amongst the main reasons for their high impact include enormous numbers of casualties, extensive property damage in vast areas, and significant social and economic disruptions in urban settings where populous residential areas, global banking centres, industrial factories, and critical facilities (nuclear power plants, dams) may be located. In order to reduce the impact of these geohazards, the nations, societies, professional organizations and governments need to collaborate to prepare more effective seismic and tsunami risk assessments, disaster management plans, educational and training programmes for increased preparedness of the public, and strategic plans and objectives for capacity building, skill and knowledge transfer, and building of societal resilience. Improved building design and construction codes, and emergency preparedness and evacuation plans should be part of disaster management plans in countries where destructive earthquakes and tsunamis occurred earlier. Fast increasing population in coastal corridors in developing and developed countries is likely to escalate the social and economic impacts of these geohazards exponentially in the future. The chapters in this book present case studies of some of the most salient earthquake and tsunami events in historical and modern times, their origins and manifestations, and efforts and most effective practices of risk assessment and disaster management implemented by various governments, international organizations and inter–governmental agencies following these events. New methods of computing probabilistic seismic hazard risks, delineating respect distance and damage zones along–across seismically active faults and recognizing tsunamigenic and submarine landslides on the seafloor are introduced. The conclusions presented in the chapters show that: (1) scientific understanding of the characteristics of seismically active faults is paramount; (2) increased local (community), national and global resilience is necessary to empower societal preparedness for earthquake and tsunami events; and, (3) all stakeholders, including policy–makers, scientists, local, state and national governments, media, and world organizations (UNESCO, IUGS, GeoHazards International–GHI, Global Geodetic Observing System–GGOS; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program–NEHRP) must work together to disseminate accurate and timely information on geohazards, to develop effective legislation for risk reduction, and to prepare realistic and practical hazard mitigation and management measures.


2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 57-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishna Raj Tiwari ◽  
Santosh Rayamajhi

Nepal is prone to a variety of recurring natural disasters such as floods, landslides, snow avalanches, thunderstorms, drought, earth quake and epidemics. In particular, floods, landslides, hailstorms and drought are almost regular phenomena. This paper has focused mainly on water induced disaster (Monsoon) prepared through review of documents, consultation with related line agencies and field level interaction with affected communities. The paper also seeks to explore and document the major disasters and their impacts in Nepal. It discusses policy and program, institutional arrangement and activities related to the disaster management as well as identification of gaps in the policy and program. Nepal has attempted to manage the prevalence of these hazards and their associated disasters through both informal civic involvement and formal government instruments. A legal and policy environment to deal with disasters has existed in one or the other form in Nepal since 1982, and these have been reviewed. Study showed that disaster management activities only found initial response rather post disaster program. However, findings of the previous and present programs and activities on disaster management have not addressed effectively to the vulnerable people and to reduce the impact from disasters at the local level. It is suggested that disaster management policy and program should be integrated and mainstreamed in development agenda.


Author(s):  
Surendra Rahamatkar

This chapter presents the relevance of picture handling to distinguish different sorts of harm. For areal-type harm, 1) edge extraction, 2) unsupervised arrangement, 3) texture examination, and 4) edge improvement are suitable to distinguish harmed zone. For liner-type harm, it is hard to improve the permeability of harm partition by picture preparing. Likewise, the impact of overlaying office information to help staff to discover harm at an extraction is described.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 3328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Goniewicz ◽  
Mariusz Goniewicz ◽  
Frederick M. Burkle ◽  
Amir Khorram-Manesh

With an increasing number of natural and man-made disasters, the need for preparedness in all levels of management is obvious. Among healthcare professionals responding to these emergencies, physicians are of particular importance due to their significant roles as leaders and frontline workers in minimizing morbidity and mortality of the affected population. This study analyses the preparedness of 549 physicians from all medical centers in Lublin, Poland to formulate their observations, suggestions, and recommendations concerning the improvement of the chain of response in disaster management. The results of this study show that the perceived preparedness of physicians for disaster management and response is not as high as it should be, and the majority of the respondents perceived their disaster preparedness insufficient. Training of physicians in disaster management and principles of disaster medicine is needed, by focusing on the specificity of rescue response to emergencies following disasters, and medical and non-medical aspects of the response with particular emphasis on a management approach covering all hazards.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 732-744
Author(s):  
Kunto Wibowo AP

Predicting the occurrence of a crisis is indeed difficult, where insensitivity picks up signals from existingsymptoms, causing it to only realize when the crisis situation. If you are not able to handle it will have badconsequences, and even the impact can not be predicted when it ends. Therefore, optimal efforts to reduce risksand uncertainties are carried out during a crisis, so that crisis management is needed to quickly return to normal.Risk conditions are conditions that have an impact on a situation such that it can cause a crisis or even a disaster.Crisis is a situation of very high potential towards disaster in a short span of time. While disasters are events thatthreaten and disrupt life and livelihoods caused by natural factors and / or factors not natural or human factors,causing casualties, environmental damage, property losses, and psychological impacts. So, crises and disastersrequire proper management. Accordingly, comparative advantage as a strategy can be a choice for crisis anddisaster management.


2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 2287-2301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Dressler ◽  
Birgit Müller ◽  
Karin Frank ◽  
Christian Kuhlicke

Abstract. Effective disaster management is a core feature for the protection of communities against natural disasters such as floods. Disaster management organizations (DMOs) are expected to contribute to ensuring this protection. However, what happens when their resources to cope with a flood are at stake or the intensity and frequency of the event exceeds their capacities? Many cities in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, were strongly hit by several floods in the last years and are additionally challenged by demographic change, with an ageing society and out-migration leading to population shrinkage in many parts of Saxony. Disaster management, which is mostly volunteer-based in Germany, is particularly affected by this change, leading to a loss of members. We propose an agent-based simulation model that acts as a "virtual lab" to explore the impact of various changes on disaster management performance. Using different scenarios we examine the impact of changes in personal resources of DMOs, their access to operation relevant information, flood characteristics as well as differences between geographic regions. A loss of DMOs and associated manpower caused by demographic change has the most profound impact on the performance. Especially in rural, upstream regions population decline in combination with very short lead times can put disaster management performance at risk.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariele Pinto Coelho ◽  
Raquel Aparecida Monteiro e Vieira ◽  
Monica Aparecida Leite ◽  
Thabata Coaglio Lucas

Objetivo: verificar o impacto dos bundles e o aprendizado interprofissional na prevenção de pneumonia associada à ventilação mecânica de uma unidade de terapia intensiva (UTI). Método: estudo quasi-experimental realizado em uma UTI de um hospital público de Diamantina, Minas Gerais. Foram incluídos neste estudo 56 profissionais que prestavam assistência direta a pacientes em ventilação mecânica. A coleta de dados ocorreu em três fases: pré-intervenção, que consistiu em observação direta e entrevista; intervenção, na qual o treinamento foi realizado por meio de simulações clínicas; e pós-intervenção, na qual foi avaliado o impacto das estratégias implementadas por observação direta. As diferenças entre os grupos pré- e pós-intervenção foram avaliadas pelo teste de McNemar. Foi utilizado um nível alfa de 0,05 definido a priori, e a correção de Bonferroni determinou significância estatística para o caso de comparações múltiplas. Resultados: após a intervenção, houve aumento da adesão à pressão endotraqueal do cuff (8,10%), interrupção diária da sedação (16,67%), e aspiração subglótica (18,75%). As associações entre categoria profissional versus ausência de aspiração, posicionamento da cabeceira da cama, frequência de higiene bucal, e tipo de higiene das mãos após a intervenção foram significativas (p < 0,0083). Conclusões: ainda existe uma lacuna a ser detectada na implementação do bundle e o impacto positivo gerado pelo conhecimento interprofissional, principalmente porque não é imediato, mas a longo prazo, para obter o feedback desejado.Palavras-chave: Pneumonia Associada a Ventilação; Bundles de Assistência ao Paciente; Controle de infecção; Melhoria da qualidade; Vigilância em saúde pública; Unidades de Terapia Intensiva.THE IMPACT OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA: BUNDLES IMPLEMENTATION IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNITObjective: to verify the impact of the bundles and the interprofessional learning for the prevention of mechanical ventilation-associated pneumonia of an intensive care unit (ICU). Method: This was a quasi-experimental study performed in an ICU of a public hospital in Diamantina, Minas Gerais. Were included in this study 56 professionals who provided direct assistance to patients in mechanical ventilation. The data collection took place in three phases: pre-intervention, which consisted of direct observation and interview; intervention, in which training was performed through clinical simulations; and post-intervention, in which the impact of the strategies implemented through direct observation, was evaluated. Differences between pre and post groups were assessed using McNemar’s test. An alpha level of 0.05 set a priori was used, and a Bonferroni correction determined statistical significance for the case of multiple comparisons. Results: After the intervention, there was increased adherence to endotracheal cuff pressure (8.10%), daily interruption of sedation (16.67%) and subglottic aspiration (18.75%). It was significant (p < 0,0083) in the associations between the professional category versus non-aspiration, bed head positioning, oral hygiene frequency and the type of hand hygiene after intervention. Conclusions: There is still a gap to be detected in the bundle implementation and the positive impact generated by the inter-professional knowledge, mainly because it is not immediate but in the long term to obtain the desired feedback.Keywords: Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated; Patient Care Bundles; Infection Control; Quality Improvement; Public health surveillance;  Intensive Care Units.EL IMPACTO DEL APRENDIZAJE INTERPROFESIONAL EN LA NEUMONÍA ASOCIADA A VENTILADORES: APLICACIÓN DE PAQUETES EN UNA UNIDAD DE ATENCIÓN INTENSIVAObjetivo: verificar el impacto de los bundles y el aprendizaje interprofesional para la prevención de la neumonía asociada a la ventilación mecánica de una unidad de cuidados intensivos (UCI). Método: Este fue un estudio cuasi experimental realizado en una UCI de un hospital público en Diamantina, Minas Gerais. Se incluyeron en este estudio 56 profesionales que prestaron asistencia directa a los pacientes en ventilación mecánica. La recolección de datos se realizó en tres fases: pre-intervención, que consistió en observación directa y entrevista; intervención, en la cual se realizó entrenamiento por medio de simulaciones clínicas; y post-intervención, en que se evaluó el impacto de las estrategias de observación directa. Las diferencias entre los grupos pre y post se evaluaron mediante la prueba de McNemar. Se usó un nivel alfa de 0,05 a priori, y se usó una corrección de Bonferroni para determinar la significación estadística en el caso de comparaciones múltiples. Resultados: Después de la intervención, hubo aumento de la adhesión al monitoreo de la presión del cuff endotraqueal (8,10%), interrupción diaria de la sedación (16,67%) y aspiración subglótica (18,75%). Fue significativa (p < 0,0083) las asociaciones entre la categoría profesional frente a la no aspiración, la posición de la cabecera de la cama, la frecuencia de higiene oral y el tipo de higiene de las manos después de la intervención. Conclusiones: Aún existe una laguna a ser detectada en la implantación del bundle y el impacto positivo generado por el conocimiento interprofesional, principalmente por no ser inmediato, pero a largo plazo, para obtener el feedback deseado.Descriptores: Neumonía Asociada al Ventilador; Paquetes de Atención al Paciente; Control de Infecciones; Mejoramiento de la Calidad; Vigilancia en Salud Pública; Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos


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