TM5557 - Disaster Health Management

Credit points:	03
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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This subject will provide students with an overview of the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for the successful health management of disasters in the Australian and the global context with a special focus on problems with high likelihood and risk in the tropics.

Learning Outcomes

• be able to apply a generic model to specific disasters and recognise priorities in care;
• be able to perform both a risk assessment as part of planning and a needs assessment in response to a disaster;
• be able to understand the process for recovery of communities and nations and the transition of responsibility;
• be aware of the available resources and standards that may be of use in disaster health management;
• be aware of the ethical, cultural and legal aspects of disaster health care;
• know the principles of on scene and hospital management including the roles of Emergency Services and challenges of medical care in the disaster environment;
• understand the differences between disasters and disaster responses in developed and developing countries;
• understand the epidemiology of disasters including types, severity and economic, human and societal impact of these;
• understand the factors which determine the differences in both effects of disasters and the response to them;
• understand the importance of common causes of difficulty in disasters communication, media, security, logistics;
• understand the principles of disaster planning;
• understand the psychological impact of disasters on individuals, populations and responders;
• understand the roles of Governments, NGOs and the military in disaster planning and response and the interaction between these.

Availabilities
, , Study Period 7
Census Date 21-Jul-2006
Face to face teaching 31-Jul-2006 to 11-Aug-2006
Coordinator:	jc146737
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Jon Hodge, jc146737, Professor Peter Leggat, xjc00940.
Assessment:	(50%); (30%); (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.