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Unit Assignments
Unit I PowerPoint Presentation
Create a 7 to 10 slide presentation on the recent public health crises (see bulleted list) that demonstrated the need for enormous coordination among multiple entities, where in many incidents, government failed. The presentation should cover how private sector and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) are playing larger roles in delivery aid.
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- El Reno, Oklahoma, Tornado – May 2013
- Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado – May 2013
- Fertilizer Plant Explosion in West, Texas – April 2013
- Ricin Event – April 2013
- Boston Marathon Bombing – April 2013
- Spring Floods – April 2013
- Tornado Outbreak, Mid-West – January 2013
You many use various sources, including your textbook or other scholarly material. Since you will not be presenting this PowerPoint to your instructor in person, you may sometimes need to add written explanation for the contents of your slides. If this becomes necessary, you may use the PowerPoint slide notes function to provide brief explanations.
You will need to emphasize key points on public health crises and the role of NGOs. Visual emphasis such as bold, italicized, or underlined text should be used sparingly in order to maximize the prominence of key points. Each slide should address a single concept, and slides should follow a logical progression, each building on the other.
Treat your PowerPoint slides like you would any research paper—provide in-text citations and a reference slide for any outside sources, including direct quotations, paraphrased words or ideas, tables and data, and images. The title and reference slides are not included in the required slide count.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit II Research Paper Topic
With this assignment, you will begin working on your Unit V Research Report. See Unit V assignment instructions for more details about the final requirements for the research report.
Please select one of the topics below and prepare a well-organized and thoughtful summary for your research report. The topic chosen should expand on what you are learning during this course. Show how you understand the issues with life experiences from the EMS field. A title page, table of contents, and reference page are required, but are not included in the assignment’s required page count.
Topics from which you may choose include:
- Public Health Security: Protecting Populations from Emergencies
- Government Capacity: Federal, State, and Local Agencies and Responsibilities.
- Emerging Public Health Systems: Post-conflict and Post-disaster settings
- Public-Private Partnerships During Emergencies Nongovernmental Organization’s Response to Crises
- Technology and Public Health
NOTE: If you have a different topic you would like to research, submit your topic proposal to your instructor and have it approved before writing your summary outline.
Submit your selected topic and summary outline to your professor through Turn-It-In. Your summary should be 200 words in length. You are required to use your textbook as source material for your response. You should also use a minimum of three scholarly sources. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit III Case Study
For this assignment, you are to read the case study on pages 168-172. The article illuminates the issues of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of the Gulf Coast.
Apply what you learned from one of the following concepts described in this unit to discuss the response efforts to the devastation of the hurricane: surveillance, available medical resources, emergency preparedness response, or collaboration with other area agencies. For example, did they draw on a framework of established systems or created de novo during the emergency? Were they effective? Did they rely too much on the federal government during the incident? Did they involve other agencies? If so, what were their interactions?
Using the concepts learned in this unit, discuss the authority’s concern for people and the concern for response regarding surveillance of potential communicable disease and non-communicable disease. How did the authorities handle these two areas? Was there more concern in one area than in the other? Include which area you believe the authority’s behavior in this incident aligns with what the textbook discusses.
Summarize your responses in a minimum two-page Word document.
To supplement your discussion and support your conclusions, you may use information from reputable, reliable journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, and other sources that you feel are pertinent. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations in proper APA style.
The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply the concepts and knowledge you learned in this unit on the surveillance of potential communicable diseases. Also, this provides you with the opportunity to use your skills, expertise, and experience to enrich your response.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit V Research Report
Please use the topic you selected in Unit II, and prepare a well-organized and thoughtful 2-3 page research report. The report should expand on what you learned so far during this course. Demonstrate an understanding of the issues using real-life experiences. This paper should demonstrate a higher level of learning with examples to show that you can analyze the information and apply it to other situations. A title page, table of contents, and reference page are required but not included as part of the paper length. CSU requires that students use outside scholarly sources as well as their textbook. All sources used, including the text, must have accompanying citations, and these may include Internet sources, books, and professional journals or resources related to the profession. Be sure that all references are cited using APA format.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VI Case Study
The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply the concepts and information you learned in this unit about extreme temperature emergencies. Also, this assignment provides you with the opportunity to use your skills, expertise, and experience to enrich your response.
For this assignment, you are to review the case study on page 426-428.
- Discuss the case study thoroughly, using extremes of temperature producing environments that are hazardous to public health. Did the common protective factors increase survivability? Why, or why not? Could the public health agencies have done anything differently? If so, what?
- Were public education measures adequate regarding the physical and social risk factors in heat-related illnesses? Briefly discuss the challenges involved. Does better integrated community planning have an effect on mortality rates? Why, or why not?
- Is there anything you think public health officials should have or could have done differently? Support your answer.
Provide your responses in a Word document. The completed assignment must be a minimum of two pages in length, not including the title page and reference list. To supplement your discussion, you may use journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, and other sites you may find pertinent.
You must use APA style guidelines when writing your paper. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VII Essay
For this assignment, you are to respond to ONE of the following topics. Discuss your topic thoroughly, using the course learning outcomes for this unit as a foundation to discuss the concepts.
- Research a hazardous materials emergency response plan. Compare it to the phases and distinct elements listed in the text. List each element in the response plan, and briefly compare and contrast each phase against the text.
- Research an incident involving decontamination, and briefly describe the incident. Discuss why decontamination of personnel in the warm and cold zones is essential to ensure removal of the hazardous material. Explain why a situation where decontamination of personnel is not performed threatens the health of the public and should be of concern to EMS leaders.
- Research hazardous materials and discuss why they are a ubiquitous part of modern society. Explain why thorough knowledge of hazardous materials, classes, preparedness and planning, response, and mitigation is necessary to ensure the proper treatment of patients and the safety and security of the larger public health population in an incident involving these substances.
- Research emergency response for nuclear power plants. Briefly describe the safety procedures and drills to improve emergency responses. Discuss if the plant is involved in community-wide planning and developing internal plans for the EMS organization. Why, or why not?
- Research the most significant incident in the history of U.S. commercial nuclear reactors. Briefly describe the incident, and highlight some of the primary types of public health emergencies the EMS leader should be aware of.
The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply the concepts and knowledge you learned within this unit. Also, this provides you with the opportunity to use your skills, expertise, and experience to enrich your response. Since you are offered the choice of which assignment to complete, you should provide a rich and thorough discussion on the concepts and how these could relate to your field or career choice. To supplement your discussion, you may use journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, and other sites you may find pertinent.
Your response should be at least two pages of content, double spaced and appropriately cited using APA style writing. Any material that is directly quoted is required to have the necessary citation. Your paper should have a title page and reference page meeting APA format. This should largely be original work that demonstrates a higher level of learning. The use of examples is appropriate to show that you can analyze the information and apply it to other situations.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VIII Research Report
Hypothetically, you have been asked to review your EMS organization’s plan for dealing with special populations, including children, during public health emergencies and make suggestions for improving the current plan. Compose a report of no less than two pages that first outlines the organization’s current plan, and then give suggestions based on knowledge you have gained through this course and other outside scholarly sources, describing ways you can improve upon the current plan. Please be sure to properly cite and reference all sources used, including your textbook, using APA format.
Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.
