Disaster Survivors
Learning Team B
BSHS/355 Dr. Jones
June 29, 2015
What will be discussed
Problems
that disaster
survivors face
Description of
organizations that help
Approaches being used
to help the survivors
Obstacles and issues
organizations face
Team’s analysis of the
organizations
Danger
of death
Physical injury
Loss of home
Loss of possessions
Communities
Disaster Survivor Problems
Psychological
problems
Emotional
Physical
problems
reactions
Cognitive
reactions
Problems
coping with
disaster
Problems
due to loss
of pets
Loss
of family
through death and
not being able to
locate family
members
Disaster survivors problems
FEMA/Red Cross
Domestic Organizations:
FEMA and The American Red Cross
International Organizations:
Doctors without Borders and UNICEF
The Challenges of FEMA
Fraud
Funding
Evacuating
those with Physical Disabilities
Reaching everyone before and after a
disaster
Cleanup and Recovery after
Natural disasters
FEMA : Federal Emergency
Management Agency
Doctors
Without Borders and the
challenges they face
Funding
Safety
Risk of Disease
Relieve victims of natural disasters at
their
Own risk
Doctors Without Borders
FEMA
Search
and Rescue
Electrical power
Food
Water
Shelter
Other basic human needs
FEMA APPROACHES
American
Red Cross
◦ Free Assistance for Disaster Victims
◦ Food
◦ Relief supplies
◦ Information
◦ Open shelters
◦ Comfort kits
◦ Mental health and Health contacts
Approaches
Doctors
without borders
Provide staff of medically skilled doctors
Provide supply
They are ran off of donations
Doctors without borders
FEMA: Coordinates the
response to a disaster which
has occurred in the United
States and which overwhelms
the resources of local and
state authorities
American Red Cross: has
been effective in helping
disaster...