Disaster Management / Disease Outbreak

Question 1

disaster

Answer 1

emergency of such severity it cannot be managed effectively with routine resources / procedures

Question 2

natural disasters

Answer 2

-earthquakes
-tornadoes
-floods
-wildfires
-blizzard

Question 3

man-made disasters

Answer 3

-blast explosion
-chemical exposure
-radiation exposure
-bioterrorism

Question 4

healthy people 2030 goal…

Answer 4

improve emergency preparedness by building community resilience

-increase blood donation
-increase parents / guardian evacuation plan
-increase adults tho know how to evacuate in natural disaster
-increase adults who have emergency plan

Question 5

directly impacted

Answer 5

experience event firsthand
include survivors and deceased

Question 6

indirectly impacted

Answer 6

relatives and friends of individuals directly impacted

Question 7

primary prevention planning

Answer 7

anything in place before an actual event
-fire drill
-tornado drills
-evacuation sign
-house structures
-blood donation

Question 8

secondary prevention

Answer 8

first responders - screen before hospital

Question 9

tertiary prevention

Answer 9

having oxygen
insulin
chronic condition meds

**ppl leaving home with critical meds

Question 10

preparedness

Answer 10

defining the precise role of public health providers during various disaster events

**improve individual and community reaction / response so effects are minimized

Question 11

prevention (mitigation)

Answer 11

occurs during the pre-impact phase but also during and after the event as evaluation

**primary, secondary, tertiary methods play role

Question 12

pre-impact

Answer 12

prevention actions that improve infrastructure of a community

ex: hurricane = having blood levees, flood zones, evacuation route, building codes

Question 13

during impact

Answer 13

priority is identify affected population / environment and adjust plan to fit the needs

Question 14

dister communication

Answer 14

central to disaster planning
-TV, radio, social media
-Emergency alert system
-consistent messages
-what has occurred, what is being done, when / why it happened, reoccurrence

Question 15

response

Answer 15

may begin before actual impact of event with predicted weather events

Question 16

emergency medical personnel priority….

Answer 16

1. identify extent of illness and injury
2. communicate gravity of situation
3. begin victim treatment

Question 17

recovery

Answer 17

begins as soon as the event ends
focus on stabilizing community
purpose - minimize long term effects of the disaster

**mental health
**children have regressive behaviors

Question 18

disaster epidemiological surveillance

Answer 18

prevent or decrease mortality and morbidity associated with acute / noncommunicable illness associated with disaster

Question 19

diarrheal disease

Answer 19

leading cause of death among children < 5 yrs
transmission is - waterborne, foodborne, through person to person

Question 20

emerging disease

Answer 20

one that has appeared in population for first time or existed previously but rapidly growing

Question 21

reemerging disease

Answer 21

malaria
TB
bacterial pneumonia

Question 22

key components in transmission…

Answer 22

1. agent
2. host
3. environment

Question 23

passive immunity

Answer 23

transferred from person to person
natural
artificial

Question 24

active immunity

Answer 24

exposure to the agent

Question 25

outbreak investigation

Answer 25

conducting systemic investigation into sudden increase in a disease

**want to put measures into place to halt disease spread

Question 26

communicability is based….

Answer 26

on transmission of the agent from one person to another

Question 27

breaking communicable disease…

Answer 27

1. prevention
2. immunization
3. surveillance
4. outbreak investigation

Question 28

controlling communicable disease

Answer 28

1. change the environment
2. inactivate the agent
3. increase host resistance

Question 29

noncommunicable disease risk

Answer 29

nutrition
physical activity
tobacco use
alcohol use

**#1 cause of death and disability

Question 30

nocommunicable disease

Answer 30

disease and injuries at individual level / societal level / economic cost