Disaster Management: Personal Readiness, Community Outreach Strategies

This discussion board post addresses personal disaster preparedness in response to a hypothetical disaster scenario. The student begins by acknowledging the importance of emergency preparedness and highlights the American National Red Cross (ARC) as a key resource for disaster relief and education. The initial steps involve creating an emergency preparedness kit with essential supplies, developing a family emergency plan, and staying informed about potential local hazards. The student emphasizes the importance of seeking first aid training, installing safety devices like smoke alarms, and engaging with the community to create a collective disaster management plan. The post also references scholarly sources to support the discussed strategies, underscoring the need for proactive planning and community involvement in mitigating the impact of natural disasters. The student's response reflects a comprehensive understanding of disaster management principles and a commitment to personal and community resilience.

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The American National Red Cross(ARC) Organization is a charitable association which
provides emergency service and assistance, disaster relief and management, and also educate
the common mass with useful skills and techniques on disaster preparedness. They also offer
support for the sick and wounded people as well as give them adequate financial support and
blood donation during the disaster period(Stanley, Farra & Hassmiller, 2017).
The first and foremost step I will take for disaster preparedness is to prepare an emergency
preparedness kit with all the supplies which will serve the people at the time of emergency or
disaster. The essential components of the kit are food and water, along with medication,
personal documents, money, the contact information of the close relatives and families, and a
first aid kit. After the emergency kit is prepared successfully, I will look forward to creating
an emergency plan with my family and discuss with them how we are going to manage the
situation. We will identify each other’s responsibilities and work together as a team for
executing our plan. I will keep the radio and Television set turned on so that we are notified
when the local authority informs about a natural disaster. I will gather more information
about the place we live in and find out whether the area is a hotspot for natural calamities and
take the necessary precautions to overcome those disastrous situations. I will also look
forward to seeking training on first aid and CPR and also learn the operation of Automated
External Defibrillator, which will help me treat my family members and close relatives if
they get hurt during the disaster period. I will install a smoke alarm in the house so that we
are well prepared when a home fire arises(Achora & Kamanyire, 2016).
Disasters are unpredictable, so a flexible disaster mitigation plan and preparing an emergency
survival kit can save lives during disaster recovery. I will encourage the community members
to come together and plan a disaster management plan, educate and engage the community in
emergency preparedness, which will help them to understand the vulnerable risks of the
disaster and take the necessary precautionary actions to reduce its severity(Clark, 2015). At

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first, I will have to address the kind of natural disaster; the community is being exposed to,
then arrange meetings with the community members to make them aware of the disaster and
develop a disaster mitigation plan. I will encourage everyone to stick together, keep calm,
and be confident. I will ask the community members to take extra care for the children and
the people having developmental disabilities, as well as give proper shelter to the pets.

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REFERENCE
Achora, S., & Kamanyire, J. K. (2016). Disaster Preparedness: Need for inclusion in
undergraduate nursing education. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 16(1),
e15.
Clark, M. J. (2015). Population and community health nursing (6th ed.). Boston, MA:
Pearson Chapter 25
Stanley, S. A., Farra, S. L., & Hassmiller, S. B. (2017). Disaster Management. Foundations
for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing-E-Book, 236.