Initial posts for each Discussion should be 250-350 words in length, with appropriate references back to the readings.

Review the Unit 5 Discussion Directions before posting.

Unit 5: Fink – Discussion 1

Discuss the legal protections enacted in several states because of the experiences at Memorial Medical Center. What is the role of a disaster medical protocol in these legal protections? What has been learned about disaster medical protocols in disasters after Katrina? What is the relationship between disaster medical protocols and COOP or BCP?

Unit 5: Wallace – Discussion 1

Describe the components of a BCP. What important questions should be addressed? What should be included in recovery planning?

Unit 5: Wallace – Discussion 2

Compare and contrast administrative plan and crisis management plan. What are the elements in each of these plans? Who is involved in the planning and implementation of these plans?

Textbooks

Title: Five Days at Memorial

Edition: 1st

Author: Sheri Fink

Publisher: Crown Publishers, 2013

ISBN-13: 9780307718969

The Disaster Recovery Handbook

Edition: 2nd

Author: Michael & Wallace & Lawrence Webber

Publisher: AMACOM Publishers, 2011

ISBN: 9780814416136