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Every emergency responder has heard of an after action report (AAR). Such an evaluation is a tool used to improve upon mistakes made during an incident so that the next one will proceed more smoothly or achieve the desired outcome. If you read AARs over time you might note that many issues are brought up repeatedly. Unfortunately, this indicates that some lessons are not learned, despite the fact that they are often called “Lessons Learned.” Regardless, the point is that performance evaluation is key to improving systems in every workplace and the disaster management arena is no different.
Public policy largely guides what we do and how we do it at the local, state and federal level in disaster management. As you conclude this course, think about everything that you have learned and whether we as a nation seem to be proceeding on the proper course. To stimulate your mind and throw you a curve ball, we have included a journal article that will have you asking yourself whether or not everything you are taught as an emergency clinician and disaster manager is correct. Congratulations on making it to the end of the course.

Assignment:
In Chapter 12, Landesman talks about post-disaster assessments and post-disaster priorities. Describe and briefly discuss an example of a real-world post-disaster assessment and a post-disaster priority. Reference the literature citation, website or whatever else you used to substantiate your answer (i.e. the answer can not be theoretical or based on personal experience alone).

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Post-Disaster
In chapter 12 of the assigned course book, we delved into some of the post-disaster priorities and assessments that are made. The real-world post-disaster assessment that I identified is one that was conducted after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. The earthquake affected more than three million people

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