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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Medical Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Emergency Management

  • Unit Code

    DER6101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the field of emergency management and disaster health practice. The unit includes national and international disaster epidemiology, the disaster cycle, and contemporary models of emergency management practice and disaster medicine. The unit will focus on national and international organisations, emergency management terminology, academic resources and an introduction to the multi-disciplinary team approach to emergency management and disaster health practice.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On campus: Online delivery with intensive/residential workshops.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse how local, state and federal agencies and non-profit, and non-government organisations interface in planning and responding to disasters.
  2. Analyse the international classification and scope of disasters and the trends in disaster epidemiology.
  3. Critique contemporary models relating to disaster medicine and the evidence based resources available.
  4. Describe and demonstrate an ability to perform in a role as community-based emergency health professional.
  5. Explain the national infrastructure, and international relations, relating to emergency preparedness and disaster medicine and how that political, cultural and social context affect recovery outcomes.
  6. Explain the phases in the natural history of disasters and the emergency management cycle.
  7. Explore and critique the required knowledge, cognition and behaviors necessary to practice as an emergency care provider during disaster and emergency response incidents.

Unit Content

  1. Categories of disaster.
  2. Emergency management agencies.
  3. The disaster cycle.
  4. The effects disaster on infrastructure.
  5. The emergency manager.
  6. The fundamental theories of disaster response.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online materials with reflective guided activities and online support from tutors.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature reviews70%
PerformanceModule assessments30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature reviews70%
PerformanceModule assessments30%

Text References

  • ^ Lindell, M. K., Prater, C., & Perry, R. W. (2007). Introduction to emergency management. USA: Wiley.
  • ^ Hogan, D. E., & Burstein, J. L. (2007). Disaster medicine (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters.
  • ^ Eburn, M. (2005). Emergency law: Rights, liabilities and duties of emergency workers & volunteers (2nd ed.). Leichhardt: The Federation Press.
  • Halfer, J. (2003). EMS and the law. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlet Publishers.
  • Hadlow, G., Bullock, J., & Bullock, A. (2003). Introduction to emergency management. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Genell, N. (2000). Legal concepts & issues in emergency care. Cambridge, MA: Elsevere.
  • Furrows, B. (2004). Health law: Cases, materials and problems (5th ed.). Saint Paul, Minn: West Group Publishing.
  • CCH Australia Limited. (2005). Hands on guide: OHS legal guide. North Ryde, NSW: CCH Australia Limited.

Journal References

  • British Medical Journal
  • Issues in Law & Medicine
  • Australian Journal of Emergency Management
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • American Journal of Law & Medicine

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Medical Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Emergency Management

  • Unit Code

    DER6101

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    20

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    Online

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the field of emergency management and disaster health practice. The unit includes national and international disaster epidemiology, the disaster cycle, and contemporary models of emergency management practice and disaster medicine. The unit will focus on national and international organisations, emergency management terminology, academic resources and an introduction to the multi-disciplinary team approach to emergency management and disaster health practice.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

On campus: Online delivery with intensive/residential workshops.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse how local, state and federal agencies and non-profit, and non-government organisations interface in planning and responding to disasters.
  2. Analyse the international classification and scope of disasters and the trends in disaster epidemiology.
  3. Critique contemporary models relating to disaster medicine and the evidence based resources available.
  4. Describe and demonstrate an ability to perform in a role as community-based emergency health professional.
  5. Explain the national infrastructure, and international relations, relating to emergency preparedness and disaster medicine and how that political, cultural and social context affect recovery outcomes.
  6. Explain the phases in the natural history of disasters and the emergency management cycle.
  7. Explore and critique the required knowledge, cognition and behaviors necessary to practice as an emergency care provider during disaster and emergency response incidents.

Unit Content

  1. Categories of disaster.
  2. Emergency management agencies.
  3. The disaster cycle.
  4. The effects disaster on infrastructure.
  5. The emergency manager.
  6. The fundamental theories of disaster response.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Online materials with reflective guided activities and online support from tutors.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature reviews70%
PerformanceModule assessments30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLiterature reviews70%
PerformanceModule assessments30%

Text References

  • ^ Eburn, M. (2005). Emergency law: Rights, liabilities and duties of emergency workers & volunteers (2nd ed.). Leichhardt: The Federation Press.
  • ^ Hogan, D. E., & Burstein, J. L. (2007). Disaster medicine (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters.
  • ^ Lindell, M. K., Prater, C., & Perry, R. W. (2007). Introduction to emergency management. USA: Wiley.
  • CCH Australia Limited. (2005). Hands on guide: OHS legal guide. North Ryde, NSW: CCH Australia Limited.
  • Halfer, J. (2003). EMS and the law. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlet Publishers.
  • Hadlow, G., Bullock, J., & Bullock, A. (2003). Introduction to emergency management. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann.
  • Genell, N. (2000). Legal concepts & issues in emergency care. Cambridge, MA: Elsevere.
  • Furrows, B. (2004). Health law: Cases, materials and problems (5th ed.). Saint Paul, Minn: West Group Publishing.

Journal References

  • Issues in Law & Medicine
  • British Medical Journal
  • American Journal of Law & Medicine
  • Annals of Emergency Medicine
  • Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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