Disaster Management

Question 1

What is a disaster?

Answer 1

An event that causes illness or injury that exceeds the resources of a health care facility

Question 2

Examples of internal disasters

Answer 2

— within health care institution
— can happen same as external
— infectious breakout within confines of healthcare institution
— fire within confines of healthcare institution
— water break
— pipe burst

Question 3

What is an external disaster?

Answer 3

— outside of healthcare institution
— can happen same time as internal
— chemical explosion at a factory within same district of hospital
— major fire at local large apartment complex

Tornado is an example of external and internal

Question 4

What is mitigation?

Answer 4

Reduction of risk of a disaster that is foreseen or has happened previously
— ensuring of home against flooding
— crop insurance against drought

Mitigation is step 1

Question 5

What is preparedness?

Answer 5

Being ready for a disaster that is imminent

Step 2

Question 6

What is response?

Answer 6

Time right after disaster and the response to the disaster
— Red Cross

Step 3

Question 7

What is recovery?

Answer 7

Period of time after response when life is normalizing

Step 4

Will go back into mitigation mode with new knowledge

Question 8

What is green tag?

Answer 8

— non urgent
— minor injuries
— does not require immediate tx
— WALKING WOUNDED

Question 9

What is classified as a yellow tag?

Answer 9

— urgent
— major injuries that require tx
— stable at this time and can wait

Question 10

What is classified as a red tag?

Answer 10

— EMERGENT care needed in order to survive
— immediate threat to life
— need to be treated quickly
— part of explosion and lost arm

Question 11

Black tag:

Answer 11

— dead or expected to die
— patients that have been thrown during expulsion
— no neurological response