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Care system

 CARE SYSTEM 101: CARE is a comprehensive capacity and patient management tool, built specifically for disaster management purposes. It has dedicated features for COVID testing, inventory management, teleconsultation, etc. It keeps the digital record of a patient's health and enables treatment across different healthcare facilities.It also allows the state/ district administrators to have a birds-eye view of the health infrastructure at their disposal through smart dashboards and reports. Health being one of the key elements of disaster management, this tool does a good job at delivering healthcare with decentralised control. The asset management modules also helps in keeping track of the requirement from the field and ensuring effective supply of essentials.Care is open-source software with an MIT license  Capacity Management: The Corona Pandemic has brought to limelight the shortfalls and limitations within our healthcare systems. One of the major shortfalls in our healthcar...
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Community response

 Community Response Network (CRN )101: The objective of CRN 101 course is to educate and create awareness about various government systems involved in the mitigation of disaster management. It covers a brief introduction to various government systems and how these systems coordinate together at the times of disaster.    THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS AND THEIR INTERCONNECTION The Local Self Government (Panchayat/municipality/Corporation) Health System Revenue System Law EnforcementDay 11-20 (1:30hrs per day) [11 June 2022 -20 June 2022]  The Response to COVID-19 in Kerala Response Within Community       Management of Covid Patients by Rapid Response System (RPR) with help of some systems like  Tele Health Helpline First-Line Treatment Centres  Field Response Home Care teams Treatment of Covid-19 patients First Principle: "Separating COVID and Non COVID by creating a parallel COVID health care system". Second Principle:" Decentralisation of ...
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Disaster management

Disaster Management can be defined as the preparedness, response and recovery methods in order to lessen the impact of disasters. A disaster disrupts the normal function of the society to the extent that it cannot function without outside help.  Disasters can be classified as natural, technological or complex emergencies.    Prevention of Natural disaster  Vegetative measures: Preserving vegetation, grasses and trees can minimize the amount of water infiltrating into the soil, slow the erosion caused by surface-water flow, and remove water from the soil.  Structural Measures: Retaining and Diverting water using dams, floodplains, levees etc., Constructing piles & retention walls Improving surface & subsurface drainage Rock-fall protection  Management measures: Integrated river basin approach public awareness, participation and insurance Land use zoning & risk assessment Flood forecasting and warning systems  Disaster Management System Withi...
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