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    Running Head: Hospital Emergency Contingency Plan Hospital Emergency Contingency Plan Title: Course Name: Topic Name: Professor’s Name: Student Name: Date: "How can healthcare facilities effectively develop and implement a contingency plan to prepare for natural disasters, particularly blizzards, and ensure that staff and patient care are not compromised during such emergencies?" Word Count Requirement: 1500 - 2000 words

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    Running Head: Hospital Emergency Contingency Plan Introduction Natural disasters often cause main problems which affect a population's health and hamper a nation's socioeconomic development by challenging its inadequate financial resources in an effort to repair damages ( Rothstein Philip J , 1993) . The most essential part of disaster preparedness is preparation in advance, and contingency plans are the most dependable way of accomplishing this. Contingency plan and d ifferent disaster planning will be required depending on geographical place such as earthquakes in the western area, and hurricanes in the southern area , and serious snow storms in the northern area . Within healthcare facility l eadership must be cognoscente of the future blizzard, and a contingency plan must be give assurance for harm reduction during this internal and external disaster hazard . Thing plan aims to prepare an organization to react well to an emergency and its potential caring impact. A contingency planning d evelop ment mostly involves making good decisions in development about the management of financial and human resources, communications and organization procedures, and being alert of a range of logistical and technical responses ( Rothstein Philip J , 1993) . Brief Discussion A contingency plan is essential in a c areful organization if those involved in a disaster are to respond successfully . The most important characteristic of disaster management is useful planning in future ( Andersson HC & Thoene J , 2006 ). So , a contingency plan for external and internal disaster must be implemented and created long before the incident occurs. Regrettably , while the valuable planning phase should be measured the essential step in disaster planning, also it is the step that generally receives the least awareness . In the particular case study reviewed, the opportunity of experiencing in the winter period a blizzard is magnified, and as a

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