A Beginner's Guide to Earthquake Disaster Management

Publisher Marketing: Earthquake Survival - A Guide To Preparedness And Action Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Surviving an Earthquake 2.1Inside a premisies 2.2Outside the buildings 2.3Automobiles 2.4Impaired mobility 2.5High-Rise Buildings 2.6Crowded Indoor Public Places 2.7Stadium or Theater 2.8Near the Shore 2.9Below a Dam Chapter 3 - Prevention 3.1Practice Drills 3.2Evacuation Plans 3.3Write Down Important Information Chapter 4 - Emergency supplies 4.1First Aid Kit 4.2Drugs/Medications 4.3Dressings 4.4Other First Aid Supplies 4.5Survival Kit for Your Home 4.6Items for safety and comfort 4.7Survival Kit for Your Automobile 4.8Survival Kit for Your Workplace Chapter 5 - Inspecting for Possible Home Hazards 5.1Rooms in the Home 5.2Securing Appliances 5.3Hanging and Overhead Items 5.4Shelves, Cabinets, and Furniture 5.5Hazardous Materials 5.6Foundation 5.7Roof and Chimney 5.8Learning to Shut Off Utilities Electricity Water Chapter 6 - First aid scenarios 6.1Bleeding wounds 6.2Internal bleeding 6.3Burning 6.4Burn symptoms 6.5Principles of first aid against burns 6.6Broken bones 6.7Treatment of broken bone wounds Chapter 7 - Conclusion Author Bio Preface It's natural to feel helpless against nature. I agree it is not a fair fight, but we can least give it a try. Combating earthquakes does not mean that you will have the power to overturn it, but it does mean that you have the wit to minimize your losses, at least those that are somewhat in your hands. This book tries to give you a thorough insight into the scenario of the earthquake. We begin by making you realize that your reactions will always vary with your positions and the steps that you have to take will be different in each situation. Evacuation strategies are followed by the analysis of scenarios, and then we introduce you to perhaps the most crucial thing in the moment of panic, organization. Yes, in moments like these you need your mind to calm down and we have done that for you. The lists are all given; all you need to do is to work on them and prearrange all your tools and aids. We end by giving you all the common injuries and their first aid helping mechanisms. I hope that with following these steps you can ensure the safety of your family and be unharmed by this monstrous calamity. Contributor Bio:  Davidson, John John Davidson was born in Barrhead in Renfrewshire in 1857. He spent his childhood years in Greenock, and after working as a pupil-teacher and briefly attending Edinburgh University, taught in schools in Glasgow and Perth. In 1989 he moved to London where he made his living as a journalist and critic. Several dramas had been published while he was still in Scotland, but in the 1890s he turned to poetry, and published several collections which were very popular: In a Music-Hall (1891) and Ballads and Songs (1894) amongst them. These were poems which chronicled urban working class life, and his sense of outrage at the poverty of the ordinary man, as expressed by the much-anthologized 'Thirty Bob a Week'. At the beginning of the new century he moved away from the lyric and began writing in blank verse which incorporated much scientific language; this series of Testaments were not as successful as his earlier ballad style, though Hugh MacDiarmid was to pay tribute to Davidson's attempts to combine poetry with scientific ideas. Despite the early popularity of the poetry, financial difficulties constantly plagued Davidson; he had had no choice but to continue with the journalism he disliked in order to support his family and other dependents. Sadly the money worries, combined with ill-health and depression, drove him to committing suicide in 1909.