The effect of coordination in complex emergencies?
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A good question though somewhat vague.  Coordination is extremely important in truly complex emergencies.  Each type of emergency requires different expertise and therefore different types of coordination.  Whenever a complex emergency occurs and 3 or more people respond, someone needs to take charge to make sure that people are not working at cross purposes.  Look at Katrina, no one took charge and the result was a lot of unnecessary suffering and death.
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There might be a difference between informed "crowds" consisting of collections of statements from individuals cross-checking on each other and "mob rule" where in an emotionalized crowd everybody leaves thinking to the others, leading to the saying "the IQ of a mob is the lowest individual IQ of the crowd members divided by their number".\n\nThis medium doesn't appeal to the belly but to the brain. Most people who participate do so out of goodwill, so there generally is a greater weight on cooperation than fierce competition. There is also some delay in interaction, which gives time for thought. I think that and some sort of codex by the participants is what makes collaborative efforts so fruitful.
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Where I'm from, we have individual medic units for different areas of the county.  When we EMT's have a call that we want medics for (a cardiac, trauma, etc.), we advise our dispatchers, and they call out for the medics.  If the medic unit is available, they come help us out.  If they don't have a unit in the area, you can wait for the next closest unit (which is often about 30 minutes away), or you "scoop and run" and pray like hell that the person doesn't crash in the back of the ambulance!
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WEll if someone is being attacked, I would wait till they stopped being attacked before coming to help - well that is if I know I will not be of much help ( I mean like someone is being shot and stuff) - but alot of it all depends upon the circumstances - I would probably call the police and stay nearby to relate what I saw when the police come..
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It's a grey question. Depends on the situation & perspective, it is a bane and a boon and sometimes a combination of both
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I'm not a 911 operator right now, but I'm in training to be one.  From what I've heard and seen the stress levels are based on what area you're in, what specific industry you're in (some places have operations for all EMS, Police, and Fire all together, other places divide them up), and how you react to different situations.  If you're in a highly populated area then clearly it's going to be more stressful than if you're in a smaller area.
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safety in numbers....(think of clans).....centrally located resources....and humans are social creatures....usually depend on interaction to stay sane
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in the time of a crisis they can
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Do you domino effect?  That means an action sets off a chain of events.
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You dont actually have to be "corageous", all you have to do, is 'step back' and look at the situation, and evaluate it to the fullest.\n\nPeople, will take notice is you are the "calm one" when a crisis happens.  If they see you are the "calm in the storm" then they will naturally propogate towards you!\n\nAnd, you dont have to let them know that your scared out of your wits, all you have to do is think with a logical mind.  Take in all the events, permutations that could happen, what may happen with this course, or what may happen with that course of action and THINK!\n\nWhen you take a few minutes to think, (if given time, providing its not a real emergency), then you will naturally come up with the right solution.\n\nIf you dont have the time, then let instincts take over and do what you are trained to do.  Some times your body will just do things naturally, if you do it repeadedly, and not even give it a second thought... (Then you know your doing the right thing, when your instincts take over).\n\nThe best thing to do, is after a crisis is over, go over it in your mind and relive it a few times, thinking "what could I have done better", and afterwards, you will "do" what you think is the right course of events, for the next time you face the same situation...\n\nI wish you well..\n\nJesse
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Yes- I witnessed a pedestrian get hit by a car - people just stared at me for a minute - I knew first aid so I was barking orders for someone to PLEASE call 9-1-1.  Finally someone re-focused and rad to a nearby plaza to call.  Luckily an off duty paramedic drove by and stopped to take over.  I was relieved because the man appeared to be going into shock on me and I wasn't confident that I really knew what I was doing!
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I have a friend that recently went through police training. One thing that they had to do was...\n5 trainees stood side by side and interlocked their elbows. The trainee at either end were given a wire each to hold onto and they were then hit with a taser jolt which had an equal effect on each of them.
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They are afraid to loose their help.
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A while ago when I was in school yet, our Sociology teacher posed a question( as many do) about a lifeboat with survivors on it; many on the boat were near death. One person was given the task of deciding how to ration water and food for all the survivors. This individual divided the rations amongst all of the survivors equally, even those who would perish anyway(human nature). However, by the end of this social experiment, I do recall... we all perished. There was not enough to ration out to all, so we ended up starved, dehydrated and then fish food.
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in a lot of nations late teenagers are part of 'emergencyrescue teams' - mostly the training goes side by side along with 'compulsory military training' programs.\n\nA big aspect of disaster management is prepardness.\nthe preparedness phase emergency managers develops plans of action for when the disaster strikes. Common preparedness measures include the proper maintenance and training of emergency services, the development and exercise of emergency population warning methods combined with emergency shelters and evacuation plans, the stockpiling of supplies and equipment, the development and practice of multi-agency coordination etc. An efficient preparedness measure is an emergency operations center (EOC) combined with a practiced region-wide doctrine for managing emergencies. The purpose of the EOC is to coordinate the activities in the subsequent emergency response phase. Physically, the EOC may only be a couple of cabinets in a conference room combined with a significant group of professionals. The EOC have reliable external communications including access to civil and amateur radio networks.\n\nAs you can understand - all this can be a 10th standard project material - making sure that students can have a big role in the management.\n\nI would like to negate student community from search and rescue since that is a highly specialised job and should be left to professionals.(say firefigters, paramilitaries etc...)
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Fight and Flight: Cardiac arrest resuscitation.
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It's easy to overlook the obvious when your attention is diverted.\n\nFor example, an 18 wheeler tractor-trailer gets stuck in a tunnel where the roof of the truck gets wedged into the tunnel ceiling.  The emergency rescue personnel and engineers start making plans for either cutting into the truck or the tunnel roof, their focus being on the collision between truck and the tunnel roof.  Then a teenage boy says, why not just flat the tires.