Disasters and Emergency Management

Disasters and Emergency Management:  

 3-5 pages (excluding the title page and references) on a specific disaster. Examples include:

• Earthquake
• Tsunami 
• Tornado  
• Flood  
• Fire  
• Winter Storm  
• Heat-related Disaster  
• Volcanic Eruption  
• Avalanche
• Disease epidemic or pandemic
• Bioterrorism
• Nuclear event

Must address the following:

1) What issues in this disaster would make triaging of victims a challenge? 

2) What Public Health issues may ensue (e.g., infectious disease outbreaks) and what can we do to mitigate the events?   

3) How can interagency cooperation and local collaboration be effectively utilized?

APA expectations - introduction, body, well-defined conclusion, and reference page. 

5 scholarly references - References should be scholarly peer reviewed journal articles, official reports or from other reading resources.