Open AccessDisaster Management: An Overview
Author(s) -
Samiksha Pradhan,
Varun Dev Gupta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international healthcare research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-8090
DOI - 10.26440/ihrj.v2i10.199
Subject(s) - warrant , emergency management , scale (ratio) , health care , event (particle physics) , disaster response , human life , business , human health , environmental planning , health professionals , environmental resource management , medical emergency , public relations , medicine , environmental health , political science , geography , environmental science , physics , humanity , cartography , finance , quantum mechanics , law
Any occurrence that causes damage, ecological disruption, loss of human life or deterioration of health and health services on a scale sufficient to warrant an extraordinary response from outside the affected community or area is termed as disaster management. This review depicts the various measures undertaken by healthcare professionals to reduce the impact of such disasters. Also, the roles of dentists in helping in such an unforeseen event id discusses