Growing pains are aches or pains, most commonly in the lower legs, that occur in the evening or at night and affect children aged between three and 12. Although they can be distressing, growing pains do not cause long-term harm.hat to do. Growing pains can usually be treated at home. You can give your child paracetamol or ibuprofen to manage the pain. Sometimes, giving them painkillers before bedtime after an active day can prevent them waking in the night.
How does the function of mitigation differ from other emergency management disciplines? The functions of mitigation differs from the other emergency management disciplines because it looks at long-term solutions to reducing risk as opposed to preparedness for hazards, in the immediate response to a hazard, or the short-term recovery from a hazard event.
1 Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) - provides medical care during a disaster or other incident. 2  National Medical Response Team (NMRT) - provides mass decontamination and medical care to victims of a release of Weapons of Mass Destruction, or a large scale release of Hazardous Material. Emergency medical response by civilian medical teams, equipment, and supplies to a disaster area when local medical resources are overwhelmed. 2  Movement of ill and injured patients from a disaster area to areas unaffected by the disaster. 3  Definitive care of patients at hospitals in areas unaffected by the disaster.