Hurricane Katrina- Hospital's Disaster Plan



Hurricane Katrina - Hospital's Disaster Plan

Introduction

The effect of Hurricane Katrina hit on the Gulf Coast that indicated the most disastrous natural calamity in the history of America. In spite the year of calamitous caution, the deficiency of evacuation policies of hurricane and disaster contingency planning showed astounding ineptitudes on all the governmental levels and health care organizational levels. A large number of healthcare professionals and in several cases, the family members of these personnel were trapped in New Orleans hospitals and they waited for evacuation in quickly disastrous situations. It is not expected that majority of these healthcare professionals will return to the hospital of New Orleans. Some of the decisions are driven from infrastructure. On the other hand, in some cases, several decisions are made because of psychological traumas which they experienced as on outcome of ethical conflicts with which they were compelled to be satisfied with. Awareness of the framework of ethical decision making might assist these personnel for maneuvering through calamity instigated ethical dilemmas.

Problem Satement

The complete destruction of the Gulf coast resulted from Katrina Hurricane push the insufficiencies of policies for calamity and evacuation along with practices at each level of political and organizational government into the spotlight of the nation. Pictures of stuck, dying and desperate citizens started a hinge of viable concern and questions. Awareness of imminent and despair doom are responsible for the rationalization of healthcare professional propagated euthanasia of sick, neglected elderly by those trusted with the maintenance of sanctity of life of human. These practices had brought about a dissonance of anger, fury along with criticism. In a try to speed up the orderliness's faade and normalcy in chaotic situation, as well as give a little mental stillness for the state's terrified witnesses. Pacifications, retribution, assurances along with pledges of investigation were common (Haugh & Mildon, 2008).

On the other hand, the concrete rationality of this method does not take the degree of concept into consideration within an intricate identification of pledges and implication resulted from the professional, personal along with employee-employer dilemmas a disaster of this scale created jot just for recipients of health care however for the providers as well (Gebbie & Qureshi, 2012).

The rationale for the selection of the said problem lies in the fact that due to anticipated weather disaster such as flood, hurricane or tornado, nursing homes are not prepared for the protection of residenst of frail in a natural calamity. According to the findings, the contingency plans needed by the governmental bodies most of the time are deficient of steps like coordination with national authorities, notification of relatives or even pinned tags of names and list of medication in the evacuation (Haugh & Mildon, 2008).

Hurricane Katrina

As per the national health centre, a predicted fourth category hurricane with maintained heavy winds, worn out the State of New Orleans with storms. These surges were the cause of calamity flood and three major levee breeches in 80% of New ...