scholarly journals The Journal of Emergency Management and Disaster Communications, Creating and Launching at the Right Time

2020 ◽  
Vol 01 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Tao Wang ◽  
Lulong Bo ◽  
Rui Han
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Disaster Communications ◽  
The Right

Emergency management system design for accurate data: a cognitive analytics management approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 697-717
Author(s):  
Abbas Tarhini ◽  
Puzant Balozain ◽  
F.Jordan Srour
Keyword(s):  
Software Engineering ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
System Design ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
System Failures ◽  
Emergency Management System ◽  
The Right ◽  
Critical Process

PurposeThis paper uses a cognitive analytics management approach to analyze, understand and solve the problems facing the implementation of information systems and help management do the needed changes to enhance such a critical process; the emergency management system in the health industry is analyzed as a case study.Design/methodology/approachCognitive analytics management (CAM) framework (Osman and Anouz, 2014) is used. Cognitive process: The right questions are asked to understand the behavior of every process and the flow of its corresponding data; critical data variables were identified, guidelines for identifying data sources were set. Analytics process: Techniques of data analytics were applied to the selected data sets, problems were identified in user–system interaction and in the system design. The analysis process helped the management in the management process to make right decisions for the right change.FindingsUsing the CAM framework, the analysis to the Lebanese Red Cross case study identified system user-behavior problems and also system design problems. It identified cases where distributed subsystems are vulnerable to time keeping errors and helped the management make knowledgeable decisions to overcome major obstacles by implementing several changes related to hardware design, software implementation, human resource training, operational and human-technology changes. CAM is a novel and feasible software engineering approach for handling system failures.Originality/valueThe paper uses CAM framework as an approach to overcome system failures and help management do the needed changes to enhance such a critical process. This work contributes to the software engineering literature by introducing CAM as a new agile methodology to be used when dealing with system failures. Furthermore, this study is an action research that validated the CAM theoretical framework in a health emergency context in Lebanon.

Distrust in emergency management: The impact of reduced information exchange

2009 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bjørn Ivar Kruke, MSc, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Trust Building ◽  
Complex Emergencies ◽  
Humanitarian Operations ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Host Government ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

Coordination of humanitarian operations in complex emergencies require joint initiatives from mutually dependent actors, such as the host government, large UN agencies, international and national nongovernmental organizations, and the population. To master the challenges of coordination, building trust relations between these actors is essential, trust relations based on the willingness to communicate, to share information, and to cooperate. However, distrust between the displaced population and host government is often seen in complex emergencies and influences the agencies coming to the emergency area. This article concludes that distrust leads to reduced information exchange and thereby increased distrust. Although distrust in the authorities is well founded in Darfur, humanitarian operations without the authorities are not possible. The right personalities in key positions and smaller forums for information exchange increase the likelihood of trust-building between individual emergency managers from the various actors; trust-building is necessary for reliable emergency management.

Leadership, Public Values, and Trust in Emergency Management

2019 ◽  
pp. 66-88
Author(s):  
Augustine Nduka Eneanya
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Team Leadership ◽  
Public Values ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Chain Of Command ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right ◽  
Share Information

In today's environment, emergency managers get things done through team leadership. Good leaders know how to follow others when the situation calls for it. Being the right kind of leader is critical to getting committed and engage followers. The chapter argues that managers build trust into decision making during emergencies; when managers set up the right conditions for the team to thrive, it results a better outcome. The chapter further argues that when managers share information both up and down the chain of command and make their intention clear about what winning looks like, team members are able to use their own discretion and make decisions that support the mission. The chapter concludes that an effective expression of the manager's intent must be clear and concise of what the team must do to succeed and achieve the desired end state. The manager must build trust in decision making among the team to achieve better results.

Leadership, Public Values, and Trust in Emergency Management

2018 ◽  
pp. 61-82
Author(s):  
Augustine Nduka Eneanya
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Team Leadership ◽  
Public Values ◽  
Team Members ◽  
Emergency Managers ◽  
Chain Of Command ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Right ◽  
Share Information

In today's environment, emergency managers get things done through team leadership. Good leaders know how to follow others when the situation calls for it. Being the right kind of leader is critical to getting committed and engage followers. The chapter argues that managers build trust into decision making during emergencies; when managers set up the right conditions for the team to thrive, it results a better outcome. The chapter further argues that when managers share information both up and down the chain of command and make their intention clear about what winning looks like, team members are able to use their own discretion and make decisions that support the mission. The chapter concludes that an effective expression of the manager's intent must be clear and concise of what the team must do to succeed and achieve the desired end state. The manager must build trust in decision making among the team to achieve better results.

When snakebites complicate: a paediatric case with shock and compartment syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. e240206
Author(s):  
Joana Carvalho ◽  
Rita Moinho ◽  
Patricia Macao ◽  
Guiomar Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Compartment Syndrome ◽  
Severe Pain ◽  
Clinical Signs ◽  
Upper Arm ◽  
Early Administration ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Paediatric Case ◽  
Distributive Shock ◽  
The Right

We report the case of an 11-year-old boy brought to our emergency department 2 hours after a viper bite to his right hand. He suffered severe pain and rapidly progressive swelling with signs of haemodynamic compromise in keeping with distributive shock. The oedema progressed from his right wrist upwards to his forearm and upper arm with compartment syndrome ultimately resulting. He underwent fasciotomy of the right upper limb and antivenom serum was given. The patient required vasopressors for 48 hours and a total of nine surgical interventions were necessary. In the event of a snakebite, it is essential to promptly recognise the signs of severity, complications and indications for the administration of antivenom serum. We intend to highlight this rare shock aetiology and the need for emergency management if severe clinical signs are present. Early administration of antivenom serum is essential and it should be available in all emergency departments.

Operative vs. Technical Role Management in Emergency Organizations

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-34
Author(s):  
Taina Kurki ◽  
Hanna-Miina Sihvonen
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Management Approaches ◽  
The Right ◽  
Management Staff ◽  
Role Management

Operative role management relates to delegating the right roles to the right resources at a specific moment. Role management is commonly understood as technical role management, relating to access control and administrative role management. Operative role management is the practical daily work of emergency organizations’ personnel and relates to overall resource management. The authors have carried out in-depth ethnographic research on the topic and distinguish the difference between operative and technical role management. The research for this paper concentrates on the practical work processes of the emergency management staff and not merely on the information systems and their functionalities. They focus on describing the interdependencies between the two role management approaches with examples from our field studies and findings from literature.

scholarly journals Enabling heterogenous multi-scale database for emergency service functions through geoinformation technologies

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-8 ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Bhanumurthy ◽  
K. Venugopala Rao ◽  
S. Srinivasa Rao ◽  
K. Ram Mohan Rao ◽  
P. Satya Chandra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Spatial Database ◽  
Geographical Information ◽  
National Database ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Core Data ◽  
Multi Scale ◽  
The Right

Geographical Information Science (GIS) is now graduated from traditional desktop system to Internet system. Internet GIS is emerging as one of the most promising technologies for addressing Emergency Management. Web services with different privileges are playing an important role in dissemination of the emergency services to the decision makers. Spatial database is one of the most important components in the successful implementation of Emergency Management. It contains spatial data in the form of raster, vector, linked with non-spatial information. Comprehensive data is required to handle emergency situation in different phases. These database elements comprise core data, hazard specific data, corresponding attribute data, and live data coming from the remote locations. Core data sets are minimum required data including base, thematic, infrastructure layers to handle disasters. Disaster specific information is required to handle a particular disaster situation like flood, cyclone, forest fire, earth quake, land slide, drought. In addition to this Emergency Management require many types of data with spatial and temporal attributes that should be made available to the key players in the right format at right time. The vector database needs to be complemented with required resolution satellite imagery for visualisation and analysis in disaster management. Therefore, the database is interconnected and comprehensive to meet the requirement of an Emergency Management. This kind of integrated, comprehensive and structured database with appropriate information is required to obtain right information at right time for the right people. However, building spatial database for Emergency Management is a challenging task because of the key issues such as availability of data, sharing policies, compatible geospatial standards, data interoperability etc. Therefore, to facilitate using, sharing, and integrating the spatial data, there is a need to define standards to build emergency database systems. These include aspects such as i) data integration procedures namely standard coding scheme, schema, meta data format, spatial format ii) database organisation mechanism covering data management, catalogues, data models iii) database dissemination through a suitable environment, as a standard service for effective service dissemination. <br><br> National Database for Emergency Management (NDEM) is such a comprehensive database for addressing disasters in India at the national level. This paper explains standards for integrating, organising the multi-scale and multi-source data with effective emergency response using customized user interfaces for NDEM. It presents standard procedure for building comprehensive emergency information systems for enabling emergency specific functions through geospatial technologies.

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