Instructions
Short Paper on Disasters and Emergency Management: Write a 3-5 paged paper (excluding the title page and references). Your paper must include an introduction, the body in which all items below are addressed and references cited, a well-defined conclusion, and reference page. Your paper must include at least 5 scholarly references (no Wikipedia!). References should be scholarly peer reviewed journal articles, official reports or from other reading resources.
Each disaster follows a general pattern in its development and dividing disasters into phases is useful from both a response and research point of view.
Examples include the following:
- Earthquake
- Tsunami
- Tornado
- Flood
- Fire
- Winter Storm
- Heat-related Disaster
- Volcanic Eruption
- Avalanche
- Disease epidemic or pandemic
- Bioterrorism
- Nuclear event
You must address in your paper 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?
The paper must be typed, double-spaced with 1-inch margins in 12-point Times New Roman font with all references cited. As always, Wikipedia, Wikianswers, and Answers.com are NOT academic/scholarly sources. Papers will be graded based on the following areas: Foundation and synthesis of knowledge, application of knowledge critical thinking, writing skills, use of computer technology and application, and organization of ideas and format.
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