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Chapter 14: Disaster Management Flashcards

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Disaster

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any natural or human-made incident that causes disruption, destruction, and/or devastation requiring external assistance.

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Disasters: Characteristics

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  • Range in size
  • Are expensive (lives affected, property lost/damaged)
  • Developing countries experience disproportionate burden from natural disasters
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Types of Disasters

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Natural disasters
Human-made disasters
Chemical
Biological
Radiologic
Nuclear
Explosive
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Are there ways to prevent or manage how people and their communities respond to disasters?

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Yes.

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Although the number of disasters worldwide continues to grow,

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The number of lives lost has decreased.

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U.S. agencies, directives and systems for Disasters

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U.S. Department of Homeland Security
National Preparedness Guidelines
National Response Plan
National Incident Management System
Public Health and Medical Preparedness and the National Health Security Strategy
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Disaster Management Cycle

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  1. Prevention
  2. Preparedness
  3. Response
  4. Recovery
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Disaster Management Cycle: Types of Preparedness

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  1. Personal preparedness
  2. Professional preparedness
  3. Community Preparedness
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Personal Preparedness

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Personal checklist
Emergency supplies kit
ARC and FEMA

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Professional Preparedness

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Disaster medical assistance teams

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Community Preparedness

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National Health Security Strategy (NHSS)

Disaster and Mass Casualty Exercises

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Role of the Nurse in Disaster Preparedness

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  • Help initiate or update the agency’s disaster plan
  • Provide educational programs and materials regarding disasters specific to the area.
  • Organize disaster drills.
  • Provide an updated record of vulnerable populations within the community.
  • Review individual strategies.
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Disaster Management Cycle: Response includes

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National Response Framework
Emergency Support Functions 
National Incident Management System
Response to Bioterrorism
International Relief Efforts
Psychological Stress of Disaster Workers
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How do disasters affect communities?

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  • physical and emotional effects
  • stress reactions in individuals
  • stress reactions in the community
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Physical and Emotional Effects of disasters depend on

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Type, cause, and location
Magnitude and extent of disaster
Duration of disaster
Amount of warning

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Stress Reactions in the community include

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Heroic
Honeymoon
Disillusionment
Reconstruction

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Role of the Nurse in Disaster Response

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  • Advocate
  • Assessment
  • Understand what community resources are available
  • Often first responder
18
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The role of the nurse in a disaster response depends on

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nurse’s experience, professional role in a community disaster plan, specialty training, and special interest

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Role of the Nurse in Disaster Response: Often First Responder

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Case finding and referring
Prevention
Health education
Surveillance
Triage
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What are the responsibilities of nurses working in shelters?

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  • Provide assessments and referrals.
  • Meet health care needs, such as helping clients get prescription glasses, medications, first aid, and appropriate diet adjustments.
  • Keep client records.
  • Ensure emergency communications.
  • Provide a safe environment.
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Disaster Management Cycle: Recovery

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  • Recovery is about returning to the new normal with the goal of reaching a level of organization that is as near the level prior to the disaster as is possible.
  • Often the hardest part of the disaster.
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Recovery occurs as

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all involved agencies pull together to restore the economic and civic life of the community.

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Role of the Nurse in Disaster Recovery

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  • Teach proper hygiene and make sure immunization records are current.
  • Make referrals to mental health professionals.
  • Be alert for environmental hazards.
  • Assess dangers of live or dead animals.
  • Case finding and referral
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Future of Disaster Management

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Continue to plan and train in all-hazards environment, regardless of specialty practice.

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The nature of disasters will retain the element of unpredictability. That unpredictability and the medical and public health surge requirements in a disaster make prevention and preparedness activities on the part of individual and communities

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even more important.

NURS 350 (10 decks)

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