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Health emergency preparedness and response.

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This book aims to provide a series of informative descriptions of key elements of health emergency preparedness and response that are underpinned by real-life examples. The book is divided into 17 chapters, as follows: introduction on the need to prepare for health emergencies; the planning process; risk assessment; writing an emergency plan; emergency planning and response, and working in partner...
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Chapter 12 (Page no: 126)

Post-incident follow-up.

This chapter considers some drivers and strategies that can be used to inform, supplement or further develop an effective lessons identified process. It identifies the key aspects of learning lessons from actual incidents and exercises, and also determines the benefits of learning lessons from actual incidents and exercises. The chapter specifically discusses the lessons management systems, policy and strategy considerations, and the process for identifying lessons.

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Chapter: 1 (Page no: 1) Introduction: why do we need to prepare? Author(s): Sellwood, C. Wapling, A.
Chapter: 2 (Page no: 10) The planning process. Author(s): Sellwood, C. Wapling, A.
Chapter: 3 (Page no: 18) Risk assessment. Author(s): Bush, J.
Chapter: 4 (Page no: 30) Writing an emergency plan. Author(s): Wapling, A.
Chapter: 5 (Page no: 37) Emergency planning and response: working in partnership. Author(s): Lewis, S.
Chapter: 6 (Page no: 50) Interprofessional working: understanding some emotional barriers and unconscious processes that might influence practice in group and team work. Author(s): Sully, P.
Chapter: 7 (Page no: 60) Command, control and communication. Author(s): Rowe, A. Thorpe, P.
Chapter: 8 (Page no: 72) Communications during a health emergency. Author(s): Cole, J.
Chapter: 9 (Page no: 82) Psychosocial and mental health care before, during and after emergencies, disasters and major incidents. Author(s): Williams, R. Kemp, V.
Chapter: 10 (Page no: 99) Business continuity. Author(s): Hebdon, J.
Chapter: 11 (Page no: 109) Training and exercising for emergency preparedness, resilience and response. Author(s): Ellett, R. Wapling, A.
Chapter: 13 (Page no: 138) Mass casualty incidents. Author(s): Shanahan, M.
Chapter: 14 (Page no: 152) Preparedness and response to pandemics and other infectious disease emergencies. Author(s): Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. S. Penttinen, P. M. P.
Chapter: 15 (Page no: 166) CBRN incidents. Author(s): Chilcott, R. P. Wyke, S. M.
Chapter: 16 (Page no: 181) A military case study. Author(s): Ross, D. Charnick, A.
Chapter: 17 (Page no: 194) From pandemics to earthquakes: health and emergencies in Canterbury, New Zealand. Author(s): Humphrey, A.
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  • Author Affiliation
  • Public Health England, London, UK.
  • Year of Publication
  • 2016
  • ISBN
  • 9781780644554
  • Record Number
  • 20163274004
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