Emergencies and Public Health Crisis Management- Current Perspectives on Risks and Multiagency Collaboration

• Other Authors: Khorram-Manesh, Amir (Editor), Burkle, Frederick M (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Medicine; disasters; healthcare workers; hospital preparedness; hospitals; coronavirus (COVID-19); public-private partnerships (PPPs) triage; crisis management; resilience; exercises; learning; inter-organisational; off-shore; on-shore; emergencies; collaboration; cycle of expansive learning; full-scale exercises; major incident; organizational learning; preparedness; underground mine; capacity; community; crisis; disaster; flexible; surge; management; flexible surge capacity; leadership; Thailand; 3LC; utility; ecoterrorism; environmental extremism; animal-rights extremism; deep ecology; ecologically motivated violence; critical infrastructure; drinking water; risk management; risk reduction; interaction; concurrent learning; exercise; unforeseen; COVID-19; nurse; job engagement; social support; emergency; healthcare; readiness; public health; urgent care centre; emergency department; length of stay; surge capacity; Sweden; n/a
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The successful management of emergencies and public health crises depends on adequate measures being implemented at all levels of the emergency chain of action, from policy makers to the general population. It starts with appropriate risk assessment, prevention, and mitigation and continues to preho...