Discussion 1
It is important that healthcare professionals to be prepared when the disaster happens. In fact, healthcare executives must develop effective plans for emergency operations based on their location as well as the type of organization (American College of Healthcare Executives, 2013). This will ensure that their roles as healthcare providers can be applied during the emergency situation. However, the question is, would every healthcare organization aim to be ready for any unforeseen event such as disasters and other emergency events?
Discussion 2
It is true that disasters can happen everywhere at any time. Thus, it is essential that the responders must be able to identify the people who might need their help in case the emergency happens, which can be conducted through surveys and questionnaires. However, in making better emergency plans, organizations may consider the responses after the disaster, such as the needs for food relief for affected evacuees (Ito, Sudo & Fujiwara, 2014).
Discussion 3
Data collection method, such as using interview questionnaires and video interview can be viewed as effective sources of data in order to acquire the needed details for future development of disaster preparedness plan. Thus, there should also be a real-time surveillance that will obtain the injury patterns on a larger scale (American College of Emergency Physicians, n.d.). In this case, there will be some supplementary ideas that can help in developing methods in gathering data. In relation to the post, were all of the needs of the people after the disaster documented in both methods?
Discussion 4
The human response when disaster happens has been documented based on the interview, which shows that it varies in terms of how they were prepared. Thus, it could be the lack of disaster preparedness knowledge that could bring sufferings to many people. That is why; it is be better to provide further education to those who survived in order to develop their knowledge about risk-reduction strategies (Bird, Chague-Goff & Gero, 2011).
Discussion 5
The public’s preparedness and ability to respond during an emergency should always be practiced in order to reduce the potential casualties whenever an emergency happens. Thus, the gathered data through various methods must be used to develop more efficient preparedness plan, which can be taught to people the best possible way. They have to be taught that, as part of the community, they can be part of making big differences when it comes to being prepared at all times (ready.gov). However, the challenge would be the efforts on how the organizations can maximize the individuals’ awareness about the essence of disaster preparedness.
References
American College of Emergency Physicians. (n.d.). Disaster Data Collection // ACEP. Retrieved from https://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Disaster-Data-Collection/
American College of Health Executives. (2013). Policy Statement: Healthcare Executives' Role in Emergency Preparedness. Retrieved from https://www.ache.org/policy/emergency_preparedness.cfm
Bird, D. K., Chagué-Goff, C., & Gero, A. (2011). Human Response to Extreme Events: a review of three post-tsunami disaster case studies. Australian Geographer, 42(3), 225-239. doi:10.1080/00049182.2011.595670
Ito, S., Sudo, N., & Fujiwara, Y. (2014). A Group Interview Regarding Disaster Preparedness for Food Assistance in a University that Offers a Training Course for Registered Dietitians. Health Services Insights, 7, 13-18. doi:10.4137/hsi.s13433
Ready. (n.d.). Community Preparedness | Ready.gov. Retrieved from http://www.ready.gov/community-preparedness
