Disaster Management Flashcards
Disaster
Occurance causing damage, ecological disruption, loss of human life, deterioration of health + health services.
Injury or illness to atleast 30 people requiring hospital emergency.
Features of disaster
Deficiency due to diets, measles, diarhhoe (gastroenteritis)(most common).
Most effective is safe drinking water + proper extreta disposal.
Disease prevention + control by chlorination of water bodies.
Residual chlorine maintained in all water bodies.
Deficiency of vitamin A,C(scurvy),B4 niacin(pellagra),iron(anaemia).
Types of disaster
Speed of onset
Slow onset (drought, famines)
Rapid onset (earthquake, cyclone)
Origin / cause
Natural
Metereological / hydrological
Topological (beneath/on surface)
Biological (epidemics)
Human induced / Anthropogenic
Accidents
Civil disturbances
Warfare
Refugees
Disaster cycle stages
Disaster impact
Response
Stage of health and medical relief
Rehabilitation
Reconstruction
Mitigation
Disaster preparedness
Disaster impact + Response
Search
Rescue
First aid
Triage tagging
Identification of dead
Triage
Step in disaster management
Aim to prioritise injured to treatment (different levels)
Classifying injured on basis of severity of injuries and likelihood of their survival with medical supervision (triage approach)
Done at site (transport) or hospital (reassessed)
Colour coding of victims at site
Red /priority I (surgery/tt within 6hr)
Yellow/priority II (tt in 24 hr)
Green/priorityIII(ambulatory patient)
Black /priority 4 (dead/ moribund)
Types
Simple triage
Rapid triage
Disaster management in India
National institute of disaster management (NIDM)
Think tank of government
Policy formulation
Reducing impact of disaster
National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF)
10 from(CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF)
Civil defence
Home guards
Fire cell
National crisis management committee (NCMC)
National Contingency Action Plan(CAP)
