Essays about: "Emergency preparedness"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 39 essays containing the words Emergency preparedness.

  1. 11. Crucial knowledge and skills for caring in a pandemic situation : An interview study on the views of Swedish nurses

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för hälso- och vårdvetenskap (HV)

    Author : Rana Mohammadimehr; [2021]
    Keywords : Nursing knowledge and skills; qualitative content analysis; Pandemic; Sweden; Covid-19;

    Abstract : Background: Lack of trained staff is the most important issue during the pandemics. In addition, nurses need adequate training sessions to act efficiently. Literature show that nurses in various parts of the world were not prepared for Covid-19 pandemic even those who had experienced other pandemics before. READ MORE

  3. 12. Typhoon Disaster Response amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Successive Typhoons in The Philippines in 2020

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Lia Anne Gonzalo Ladera; Auria Tiemroth; [2021]
    Keywords : Disaster response; Typhoons; Compound risks; COVID-19; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to analyze how typhoon response operations in the Philippines were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This multi-hazard scenario is not a singular case, many places around the world have been exposed to similar dilemmas of natural hazards occurring simultaneously as the pandemic. READ MORE

  4. 13. Lesson learned? : A study of Sweden’s post-crisis learning after the fire in Västmanland 2014

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hanna Tućan Oldgren; [2021]
    Keywords : Crisis management; Post-crisis learning; Emergency preparedness; Organisational learning;

    Abstract : The world is facing an increase in natural disasters due to climate change, and Sweden is no exception. In the past 10 years Sweden has endured two large forest fires which devastated both land and property and which had huge financial impacts on society. READ MORE

  5. 14. Smart Environment - Early Wildfire Detection using IoT

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för elektro- och informationsteknik

    Author : Carl Hidestål; André Zreik; [2020]
    Keywords : Internet of Things; Wildfire; Forest fire; Narrowband-IoT; Particle detection; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Problems with extreme weather, such as drought, has increased due to greenhouse emissions. As one of the consequences to this, forest fires have emerged more frequently on a global level. This became obvious in Sweden, in the summer of 2018, which has been stated to have been the worst affected year of forest fires in modern time. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Organization under extreme conditions : the case study of UNHCR during the Syrian crisis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Wael Alkusaibati; [2020]
    Keywords : contingency theory; emergency planning; hermeneutics; humanitarian aid; humanitarian crises; preparedness planning; the Syrian conflict;

    Abstract : The contemporary crises become increasingly complex, accompanied by more hostilities leading the infected societies to witness more unfortunate events, especially when political solutions are absent in war times or internal conflicts. The humanitarian sector, on the other hand, has to mitigate the severe effects of these crises on communities and provide assistance despite lack of funding and data. READ MORE