Expert Answer and Explanation
Executive Summary
A major effect of the covid-19 crisis in my region is the straining of health resources such as oxygen ventilators and health personnel. To correct the situation in the place of a public safety leader, one would have to identify all the relevant bodies to work with, such as the American Red Cross association, which would help in the health aspects of the managing the challenge.
My agency would be responsible for providing the required resources, including but not limited to human labor, funds, vaccination, and also distributing them in the most desirable way. It would also help to foresee and reduce the occurrence of possible ethical, legal, and decision-making issues in the course of the implementation.
Introduction
The current coronavirus pandemic has claimed multiple lives and deteriorated the lives of many individuals. Since its first appearance in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, the effects of the disease has been witnessed in all other parts of the world, with the US being one of the primary affected countries.
Public health managers help in managing such crisis through launching strategic action in response to the specific needs that are as a result of the operations (Forster, Patlas, & Lexa, 2020). In my position as a public leader in the midst of a Covid-19 pandemic in the region, I would work with other agencies to launch strategic action that would efficiently mitigate the effects of the condition and hence improve the lives of the affected individuals.
Description of the Crisis
The crisis involves the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in my region. Over the past one year, the number of positive incident cases and hospitalized patients has been increasing significantly. The number of patient deaths has also been growing tremendously, leading to an increase in the requirements of the hospital beds as well as other equipment that are required to manage the increasing patient needs (Jin, Meng, & Berger, 2017). Sadly, the pandemic has not only affected the healthcare sector, but has had a significant implication on the economic well-being of the populations.
Specifically, due to the pandemic, the working hours were reduced and the nonessential services completely shut down (Stern, 2017). This reduced the ability of most of the citizens to do part time and other jobs that initially helped to sustain their needs after the regular income makes it hard even for them to access other services such as healthcare. The pandemic has also led to other problems such as public protests in opposition to the measures put by the government to control the disease spread.
My crisis leadership plan involves coordinating the responsible parties to attend to the immediate occurrences that are as a direct result of the crisis. The medical personnel are the key individuals as the first response is to check for the victims of the medical crisis that could result in any eventuality.
For example, if someone had been infected by the condition and is unaware of it or tries to manage it at home without the doctor’s intervention, it could reach a point in which they are out of artificial oxygen ventilation, failure to which they would die (Veenema et al., 2017). The crisis leadership plan entails identifying some of the hardest hit regions and populations and allocating them with the necessary resources including human resources and funds to facilitate the management of any occurrences.
