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Unit 2 DQ’s 1 and 2
TOPIC #1: The Role of Emergency Management Leadership
What is the role of emergency management leadership in planning for and ensuring delivery of crisis intervention resources for emergency responders, and why is this so important?
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Travis Reed
Good morning Y’all
Emergency management leadership builds resources that facilitate the crisis intervention measures. By establishing a crisis management plan, the leadership team starts to build an effective host of resources that the organization can utilize during the crisis intervention (Owen et al., 2015). Generally, the emergency management leadership identifies necessary resources, analyzes them, and identifies the ways for sourcing them within a plan. Additionally, upon identifying the resources, the emergency leadership team defines a set of methods of availing the resources to where they are needed at any time. In this context, the leadership team identifies efficiency and successful approaches that ensure timely provision of resources to recommended areas. Also, emergency leadership establishes a culture of communication that ensures the proper conveyance of information regarding the utilization and provision of crisis intervention resources (Lyndon et al., 2015). Lastly, emergency management leadership implement and review the resource plan to ensure that it serves the intended purpose effectively. Therefore, where there is a deficit of certain resources, the leadership adjusts to aid crisis intervention.
References
Lyndon, A., Johnson, M. C., Bingham, D., Napolitano, P. G., Joseph, G., Maxfield, D. G., & O'Keeffe, D. F. (2015). Transforming communication and safety culture in intrapartum care: A multi‐organization blueprint. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing, 44(3), 341-349.
Owen, C., Scott, C., Adams, R., & Parsons, D. (2015). Leadership in crisis: developing beyond command and control. Australian Journal of Emergency Management, The, 30(3), 15-19.
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Respond to Student #2
Ryan Davidson
The Role of Emergency Management Leadership
Leadership in emergency management is different than leadership in other organizations. One main difference is that leadership is leading during a disaster which may potentially impact thousands of people where loss of life and all belongings may occur. First responders, for the most part, are used to dealing with traumatic situations in their career field; however, disasters that cause mass-casualty events adds a new level of stress. It is important for emergency managers to ensure that the first responders have all the tools necessary to ensure their safety and their ability to continue in the response of disaster.
Emergency Management Competencies
Emergency management requires a certain set of skills and competencies. The goal of emergency management is to protect people and environment, limit the loss of property, and improve coordination; furthermore, the leadership in crises and disasters require array of leadership competencies to be successful (Demiroz & Kapucu, 2012; Haddow et al., 2021). Unfortunately, the development does not happen in a short time, and failure to take care of the emergency workers and first responders could compound the effects of the disaster. Demiroz and Kapucu (2012), identify that communication and understanding of other departments within the emergency management community. Being able to communicate effectively with other departments will eventually bring more understanding to the needs of departments as well as the people within the department which will allow the emergency manager to be proactive in providing resources.
Providing Resources and Techniques to First Responders
It is vital that the appropriate resources to get the correct location and the correct time, and failure to meet those three requirements could add more chaos to the disaster. First responders will require resources for them to be able to continue to deal in traumatic situations; especially, in mass violence. In the event that there is no forewarning such as a severe weather storm, there may not much that can be done in the immediate actions, but one technique that assisted medical workers during the Boston Marathon Bombing was that the managers created trauma teams where they created groups of medical professional to work on one patient to better simulate normal working conditions, instead assigning multiple victims which allowed medical workers to focus all efforts on one patient at time (Leonard et al., 2014). Focusing on one patient at time best simulated normal working conditions and allowed the medical workers to focus all efforts to stabilize the victim.
References:
Demiroz, F. & Kapucu N. (2012). The role of leadership in managing emergencies and disasters. European journal of economic and political studies. 5(1), 91-101. https://arastirmax.com/en/system/files/dergiler/25821/makaleler/5/1/arastirmax-role-leadership-managing-emergencies-and-disasters.pdf
Haddow, G. D., Bullock, J. A., & Coppola, D. P. (2021). Introduction to emergency management (7th ed.). Elsevier.
Leonard, H. B., Cole, C.M., Howitt, A. M., & Heymann, P. B. (2014). Why was Boston strong? Lessons from the Boston Marathon Bombing.
TOPIC #2: Considerations for the Emergency Management Leader
What are three examples of ethical, legal, or professional considerations for the emergency management leader that relate to crisis intervention? Why are these examples important, and how would you suggest the emergency management leader approach each example?
Respond Kindly to Student #1
Keith Hamilton
Hey Class,
Reading Chapter 15 of the text it gave various examples/scenarios of events. I will be using one example of “Miranda”, who is a crisis worker and volunteer. The question asks for examples of ethical, legal, and professional considerations for emergency managers that relates to crisis intervention. In this example “the primary ethical issues are beneficence, fidelity, justice, and nonmaleficence” (James & Gilliland, 2017, p 535). In this situation and others like this emergency managers may have to make decisions without all the facts, or when they are unclear. Emergency managers cannot get caught in the “do good” complex and must make decisions that are best for everyone involved and not just for self-gratification. From a legal aspect, emergency managers must know all the information so they can make the right decisions legally. In a flood situation there must be state of emergency declared before certain things can be established, if those decisions get made prematurely, then legally it is wrong. Emergency managers where a lot of “hats”, and they always maintain a certain level of professionalism.
References
James, R.K., Gilliland, B.E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies. (8th ed.). Cengage Learning.
Respond Kindly to Student #2
Diego Salgado
Considerations for the Emergency Management Leader
Any planning processes that take careful consideration of ethical, legal, or professional considerations for disasters and emergencies will greatly assist first responders and health care providers in responding to different crisis situations (Connorton, n.d.). However, crisis intervention presents a new set of dilemmas and challenges for emergency responders, health care providers, and volunteers trying to follow ethical codes. On one side, one could agree that ethical codes are guidelines that all professionals in the emergency response field should honor and abide by. Yet, how crisis intervention services are provided can make these ethical guidelines/codes almost impossible to follow (James & Gilliland, 2017).
It is important to acknowledge that emergency responders, health care providers, and volunteers responding to crises are influenced by their own moral compasses, which could affect any ethical, legal, or moral guidelines. For example, emergency leaders could face the possibility that a crisis might render an individual incapable of making decisions. Therefore, emergency responders could be ethically challenged to make decisions on the survivors’ behalf during crisis intervention. As an emergency management leader responding to a crisis, he/she might find themselves being legally challenged by the circumstances of the issue. For instance, an organization might contact emergency responders to deal with someone in crisis; thus, everyone would then be aware of who is having problems and in desperate need of help, possibly breaking legal considerations by exposing the individual to others. Another ethical, legal, and professional consideration for the emergency management leaders related to crisis intervention is the intimate relationship with clients and the unethical release of clients’ records without their permission (James & Gilliland, 2017). Thus, these examples represent issues that raise the questions of the way ethical, legal, or professional codes and crisis intervention meet.
It is hard to suggest how the emergency management leaders will need to approach any crisis. Many ethical issues lack definitive answers, and most ethical, legal, or professional problems are not black or white. Thus, it would be essential for emergency management leaders to approach the above examples by making decisions based on their personal consideration and reflections regarding their desire to help, personal values, and the opportunity to be of benefit to others to avoid committing any ethical, legal, or professional transgressions (James & Gilliland, 2017).
Reference
Connorton, P. (n.d). Ethical guidelines for the development of emergency plans. American health care association (AHCA). https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch/Ethical_Guidelines_for_the_Development_of_Emergency_Plans_AHCA_428875_7.pdf
James, R. K., & Gilliland, B. E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Cengage Learning.