Creating Resilience
Research one of the following incidents.Hurricane AndrewThe Northridge EarthquakeThe 2001 postal anthrax attacksHurricane KatrinaThe Joplin TornadoThe Tuscaloosa Tornado (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQbACBXWCG0 for a fascinating first person account)Superstorm SandyThe 2014 Ebola outbreakHow did the event impact the hospital and health community? What steps could have been taken to better prepare? To better respond? Does your institution or workplace have a continuity of operations (COOP) plan? Do you test it regularly?