Assignment 1:
Q1. Occupational health and safety is a public health area that focuses on trends in workplace illnesses and injuries. Experts in the field use this knowledge to develop and implement strategies and regulations to limit hazards that could cause physical or mental harm, now or in the future.
The scope of occupational health and safety is broad, encompassing disciplines ranging from hazardous materials and disease transmission to ergonomics and violence prevention. This week, we will explore and conduct research regarding employee health and safety in the workplace.
Questions for Discussion:
Respond to the following questions in your post and include the questions in your post in a Q and A format:
1. What are the main health concerns that affect people at work? Need Assignment Help?
2. How do effective health and safety practices contribute to employee well-being and organizational success?
Q2. One of the main reasons that grant proposals get rejected is failure to follow instructions and complete all required components of the proposal. Read through the grant proposal instructions you have chosen for your project this term. Briefly list each element of the proposal instructions/requirements and note a specific direction that you will take to meet these requirements. For your responses, share some advice you can offer your classmates in strengthening one or more of their ideas for each section.
Q3. Discuss stress at the parental level and some consequences of stress as a parent. Also, form your own opinion to list and discuss two differences that military families vs. civilian families face in regards to parental stress.
Q4. The traditional role of data architects has not changed. They are traditionally understood as professionals who help design, manage, and improve database activities. However, the way in which data architect carry out those duties has evolved. Review the following resources on the role of data architects and discuss the relevance of today's healthcare environment. How does the traditional role compare to responsibilities that they may have today?
- Role of the Data Architect [webpage]
- The Rising Importance of the Enterprise Architect [webpage]
- The Evolving Role of the Data Architect [webpage]
Q5. There are many different issues affecting food service today, from consumer issues about health and nutrition to a trend toward no tipping and increased minimum wage to issues involving the fallout from the 2020 pandemic. There are industry organizations that work to lobby and advocate for their members. One such organization is the National Restaurant Association.
It is important to stay up to date with industry issues. Take a look at the issues and advocacy page on the National Restaurant Association's website. Take some time to read through some of the topics on the advocacy page and the policy agenda page. Choose one issue to explore more fully.
Find and post a link to an article from a source outside the National Restaurant Association that focuses on that particular issue and explain how and why the industry issue is impacting more than just restaurant employees or owners.
What does this issue mean for the future of the restaurant or foodservice industry?
Q6. Is there a legal requirement to provide information to the public about the incident? Why or why not?
Q7. What authorities do the fictional Carol County public health and the Bobsville healthcare community retains to implement an isolation process?
Assignment 2:
Scenario: Attack on Bobsville
For scenario 2, we created a fictional town called Bobsville. The information on Bobsville is intended to provide to you a snapshot of many small towns in America. Click here for an in-depth description of Bobsville [download].
Background Information
For several years, an organization known as the Universal Adversary (UA) has acted as an umbrella organization for terrorist organizations. They have perpetrated state-sponsored attacks against the United States and other western nations. The UA consists of individuals dedicated to achieving their goals using their terror skills to make political statements and protest actions by governments and industry to further their political interests.
The UA has continually sought opportunities to commit violent acts in the United States and other western nations to undermine established governments. Some of these attacks have taken the form of single individuals attacking targets of opportunities using small arm weapons and sometimes using small explosives in the form of pipe bombs. On other occasions, the UA has weaponized CBRNE agents that are much more sophisticated and have created mass casualty incidents.
(Two examples of CBRNE agents used as weapons include the; Rajneeshee Cult at the Dalles in Oregon, where members deliberately used salmonella to contaminate salad bars at local restaurants poisoning 751 people in 1984. Also, in Japan, on March 20, 1995, the Aum Shinrikyo deployed several packages of deadly sarin gas in the Tokyo subway system killing twelve people and injuring over 5,000.)
In this scenario, we build off a CBRNE attack that occurred in the community of Bobsville, OK, on February 14, 2022. The attack revolves around a Coordinated Complex Terrorist Attack (CCTA) with three Universal Adversary Cells operating independently but coordinated in their attack. The UA has successfully executed attacks at two different locations within Bobsville. The UA has effectively introduced Sarin Gas into the HVAC systems at the Bunnyville hospital and Bobsville University. The UA has created multiple mass casualty events, which have produced a high number of dead and dying, victims who need immediate medical treatment, victims who have been exposed to the gas but are not exhibiting any symptoms, and many worried well. Multiple agencies have responded to the incident, and local first responders have been overwhelmed. However, other resources like the National Guard and federal agencies have sent response elements to support the response and recovery operations.
- Bobsville Response
- Sheriff's Department (Carol County)
- Fire Department
- Emergency Medical Services
- Carol County Response
- Sheriff's Department (Carol County)
- Bobstown HAZMAT Unit (Mutual Aid Agreement)
- Bobstown Fire Department (Mutual Aid Agreement)
- Oklahoma Response
- National Guard Civil Support Team
- National Guard Military Police Unit
- National Guard Medical Unit
- United States Federal Government Response
- Military Police Company
- Marina Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)
- DoD Command Element
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Health Care Response
- Bunnyville Hospital
- Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
Throughout the rest of the course, we will have several further Scenario Modules which each examine how different concepts, laws and regulations can be applied to the attack that happened in Bobsville. This scenario module will be used to guide our discussion questions.
Module 3: Isolation And Quarantine
On the afternoon of February 14, 2022, a meeting was held between the incident command staff, leaders from local, county, state agencies, the FBI, and county and state health department officials. The discussion focused on who is a victim of the attack, who are witnesses, and whether victims pose any threats from off-gassing if they are exposed to people not directly involved in the attacks.
The health departments have specific concerns related to individuals who may have been exposed to the sarin gas attack and that are not displaying symptoms. There is growing concern about releasing victims and those exposed without proper treatment and establishing surveillance monitoring. The health departments are considering implementing isolation for those victims clearly displaying symptoms and, if needed, a quarantine process for those exposed that may not be exhibiting symptoms.
A decision is made to implement isolation and quarantine processes as needed.
The FBI considers every person who was exposed and those who've been receiving medical treatment as part of the crime scene. They need to conduct interviews with each victim prior to their release. Victims displaying symptoms are receiving medical treatment and have been advised that they are being isolated until it is determined that they are medically safe to be discharged. All other victims (exposed) not displaying symptoms or who may be worried well are being kept at the high school until they can be released. Their release will occur after receiving medical clearance and after the FBI has interviewed them.
Additionally, the FBI has asked for assistance from the CBIRF to conduct evidence collection under the DSCA authorities. The CBIRF teams can help with the deceased victim's removal once the crime scene has been fully identified and properly documented.
The worried well (victims who have been exposed but are not displaying symptoms) are requesting access to personal belongings at both the hospital and the university. They are getting agitated because cell phones, car keys, and house keys are still within the structures of the two crime scenes. The FBI, state police, county sheriff, and the Bobsville government will not release these items until the scenes have been properly investigated, decontaminated (if needed), properly mapped, cataloged, and cleared within the crime scene area. This news creates quite a bit of angst for the worried well victims.
As a result, adequate housing, feeding, and information sharing must be established and communicated until individuals can retrieve their belongings, etc. DoD and the local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) provide a stop-gap with medical treatment, feeding, and sheltering of victims until the Red Cross and other agencies can fully bring in resources to meet the needs.
Key Issues:
- Off-gassing from exposed victims
- Isolation of victims who are displaying medical symptoms
- Quarantine of victims exposed but not displaying symptoms
- Victim's personal belongings are being collected as evidence
- Housing, feeding, and information sharing for victims