emergency preparedness

Question 1

disaster

Answer 1

The results of vast breakdown in the relationship between humans and their environment, a serious or sudden event on such a scale that the community needs far out number resources

Question 2

hurricanes

Answer 2

• deaths are from drowning and from flying debris due to high winds
• nurses can be instrumental in providing emergency care

Question 3

Tornadoa

Answer 3

• primary hazard risk for injuries from flying debris

- desolation of community resources

Question 4

Earthquakes

Answer 4

People caught underneath rubble

-injured by falling debris

Question 5

Tsunami

Answer 5

• injury and death due to drowning and trauma from massive forceful wave
• cities demolished

Question 6

Flooding

Answer 6

• may originate very quickly or develop I’ve a short period following am extended period of rain or quick snow melt
• primary hazards from flooding is drowning -long term hazard is the development of disease from contaminated water and lack of hygeine

Question 7

Man made disasters

Answer 7

• unpredictable

- very rare, impossible to conceive before the event

Question 8

Terrorism

Answer 8

• department of defense estimates that as many as 26 nations possess chemical and biological agents
• 10 countries are believed to possess biological agents as weapons
• the attack can take many forms
• aerosolized agents

Question 9

Anthrax

Answer 9

• agent of bioterrorism
• flu-like symptoms
• fatal if not treated quickly
• found in the environment

Question 10

Botulism

Answer 10

• agent of bioterrorism
• from the toxins produced by clostridium botulinum
• inhalation or ingestion from God or water
• spore-forming

Question 11

Plague

Answer 11

• agent of bioterrorism

- transmitted person to person

Question 12

Mitigation

Answer 12

• activities that reduce or eliminate a hazard
• prevention, risk reduction
• examples:
• immunization programs
• public education

Question 13

Preparedness

Answer 13

• knows evacuation shelters
• emergency communication plan
• preventative measures to prevent spread of disease
• public education

Question 14

Response phase

Answer 14

Activities a hospital, healthcare system, or public health agency immediately before, during and after a disaster or emergency occurs

Question 15

Recovery

Answer 15

• activities undertaken by a community and its components after an emergency or disaster to restore minimum long-term restoration
• debris removal
• care and shelter
• damage assessments
• funding assistance
• psychological support

Question 16

triage

Answer 16

• assigns priorities when resources are limited

- do the best for the greatest number of pts

Question 17

immediate

Answer 17

-life threatening injuries that will not consume too many resources

Question 18

delayed

Answer 18

-need of medical attention but do not require immediate attention such as fractures

Question 19

minor

Answer 19

non life threatening: cuts, abbrasions

Question 20

nurses expected role: prevention of disease

Answer 20

• assist in disease surveillance
• distribute public stocks of drugs and vaccines
• prevent local disease transmission using containment strategies
• prepare educational campaigns to reduce the spread of disease

Question 21

disaster response

Answer 21

shelter management:

• organized team
• sleeping area and necessities
• water and food handing
• sanitation (toilets, showers)
• special care for children/elderly
• health services (physical & mental)
• surveillance and monioring

Question 22

disasters and health

Answer 22

• communicable diseases outbreak to:
• flooded sewer systems
• destruction of health care infrastructure
• interruption of normal heath services geared towards communicable diseases

Question 23

psychological support

Answer 23

• PTSD
• greif
• fear
• anger
• loss of control
• stress related illness

Question 24

agencies

Answer 24

• national nurse response team (NNRT)
• international nursing coalition for mass casualty education (INCMCE)
• american red cross (ARC)
• medical reserve corps (MRC)
• disaster medical assistance team (DMAT)

Question 25

small pox

Answer 25

• presents as rash

- transmitted by contact with lesions or inhaling

Question 26

tularemia

Answer 26

• skin infections
• pulmonary infections
• transmitted by blood and body fluids

Question 27

nuclear and radiological attacks

Answer 27

injury comes from the explosion and the radioactive contamination

Question 28

FEMA

Answer 28

• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Primary purpose is to coordinate the response to a disaster that has occurred in the United States and that
  overwhelms the resources of local and
  state authorities.

Question 29

phases of disaster

Answer 29

Mitigation:
 Lessen the impact of a disaster before it
strikes
 Preparedness:
 Activities undertaken to handle a disaster
when it strikes
 Response:
 Search and rescue, clearing debris, and
feeding and sheltering victims (and
responders if necessary)
 Recovery:
 Getting a community back to its predisaster
status