Emergency Preparedness

Question 1

Public health role

Answer 1

• Sanitation of the environment
• Controle of communicable infections
• organization of medical and nursing sevices for diagnostis/prevention tx of disease.
• develop standard of living for maintenance of health

Question 2

A public health emergency of international concern criterias:

Answer 2

1. seriousness of the public health impact of the event
2. unusual or unexpected nature of the event
3. potential for the event to spend internationally and/or
4. the risk that restrictions to travel or trade may result bc of the event.

Question 3

Health Canada role:

Answer 3

• regulated products
• conduct programs and services in environmental health and protection, substance abuse, tobacco policy workplace health
• Monitor and track DISEASEs and takes action where required

Question 4

Public health agency of Canada

Answer 4

• Prevent and control infectious diseases

- Prepare for and respond to public health emergencies.

Question 5

Public Health directors responsability toward emergency mesures:

Answer 5

to identify situations which could pose a threat to the population’s health.
Etablish necessary mesure to protection
Implementing emergency measures.

Question 6

What regulated the public health in Canada?

Answer 6

Public health Act

Question 7

Reportable intoxications, infections and disease: (MADO: maladies a declaration obligatoire) criterias:

Answer 7

(can be infectious disease or chemical intox)

• Pose a risk of causing new cases
• Medical threat
• Surveillance or epidemiological investigation
• Capacity to prevent new cases or maintain the outbreak.

Question 8

Compulsory prophylactic measures of the Public health Act:

Answer 8

can isolate for a maximun of 30 days as part of the prophylactic measures.

Question 9

Surge Capacity:

Answer 9

ability to manage increased patient care volume, ressources pool and the preparedness of the individual nurses.

Question 10

Surge Capability:

Answer 10

Ability to manage patient requiring unusual or very specialized medical evaluation/intervention.

Question 11

Emergency Management: 4 pillars

Answer 11

1. Prevention and mitigation (action to reduce/eliminate impact and risk. Eg. Food inspection, building code)
2. Preparedness (Policies, procedures and plans)
3. Response
4. Recovery

Question 12

Risk assessment matrix:

Answer 12

Impact risk (low, medium high)
Likelihood risk (low, medium, high)

Question 13

Haddon Matrix:

Answer 13

Phase: Prevent, event and post event

Influencing factors: Host, Agent/vector, physical environment, social environment/ organizational culture

Question 14

Interventions/ Activities for Emergency preparedness:

Answer 14

1. Intelligence (surveillance, data analysis)
2. Guidelines
3. Case and contact management measures (quarantine, vaccination)
4. Population measures
5. Coordination with partners
6. Communication

Question 15

Risk communication: (3)

Answer 15

Outrage management
Precaution advocacy
Crisis communication

Question 16

Outrage management

Answer 16

Reassuring excessively upset people about small risks (eg. calm down!)

Question 17

Precaution advocacy

Answer 17

Alerting insufficiently upset people to serious risks (Eg. Watch out!)

Question 18

Crisis communication

Answer 18

Healping appropriately upset people cope with serious risks (eg. We’ll get through this together!)

Question 19

Outbreak is

Answer 19

localized, controlled epidemic

Question 20

Epidemic is

Answer 20

occur in community/region with clearly a excess of illness.

Question 21

Pandemic is

Answer 21

worldwide epidemic

Question 22

Emergency Preparedness Model for community health centers:

Answer 22

PLAN, TRAIN and EXERCISE

Question 23

Environmental and occupational health framework:

Answer 23

PEDAS:
Pressure
Exposure and Effects: (inhalation, ingestion)
Driving forces: Factors that create pressures (poverty, urbanization)
Action: action undertaken to affect the environmental factor (policy changes,pollution monitoring)
State of the environment

Question 24

Link between emergency preparedness and environment health:

Answer 24

due to the increasing damage occurring to the planet , such as increase in heat , increase CO2 levels amongst others ,we are facing aggravation of many health problems and creation or migration of new disease.