Emergency Management for Healthcare

CHAPTER 1

What Is Emergency Management?

Introduction

This series of books is about the practice of emergency management. Emergency management is not a new concept; it has a long history and touches our lives on a regular basis, usually without us ever being aware of it. The practice of emergency management in a healthcare setting is a special case; communities practice emergency management, and healthcare settings can be argued to be specialized communities, but with fundamental differences. Where regular communities worry about the protection of vulnerable residents, in a healthcare community, the majority of those who do not work there are arguably the most vulnerable people in any community. It is often difficult enough to move one elderly ...