FINALS LEC Flashcards

1
Q

event endangering the life or health
of a significant number of people and demanding
immediate action

A

emergency

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2
Q

any event that causes a level of destruction,
death, or injury that affects the abilities of the community
to respond to the incident using available resources

A

disaster

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3
Q

event is one in which 100 or more
individuals are involved

A

A mass casualty

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4
Q

event is one in which more than two
but fewer than 100 individuals are involved.

A

A multiple casualty e

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5
Q

individual who is immediately
affected by the event.

A

direct victim

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6
Q

those who have to
evacuate their home, school, or business as a
result of a disaster

A

Displaced persons

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7
Q

group of people who have fled
their home or even their country as a result of
famine, drought, natural disaster, war, or civil
unrest

A

Refugees

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8
Q

a family member or friend of
the victim or a first responder

A

indirect victim

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9
Q

physical force, such as a typhoon, flood, landslide,
earthquake, volcanic activity and other similar events

A

NATURAL HAZARD

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10
Q

process or phenomenon of organic origin or conveyed
by biological vectors, including exposure to pathogenic
microorganisms, toxins and bioactive substances.

A

BIOLOGICAL HAZARD

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11
Q

arises from technological or industrial conditions, including
accidents, dangerous procedures and infrastructure
failures.

A

TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARD

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12
Q

e interaction of varying political, social, or
economic factors, which may have a negative impact on
the community.

A

SOCIETAL HAZARD

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13
Q

creates or results in a widespread
technological problem

A

NA-TECH (NATURAL-TECHNOLOGICAL) DISASTER

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14
Q

“Criminal acts… committed with the intent to cause death
or serious bodily injury… with the purpose to provoke a
state of terror in the general public

A

TERRORISM

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15
Q

serious bodily injury through release, dissemination, or
impact of

A

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD)

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16
Q

6 characteristics of Disasters
FPPISN

A

Frequency
Predictabilty
Preventability
Imminence
Scope and Number of Casualties
Intensity

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17
Q

e first responders responsible
for incident management at the local level.

A

Police, fire, public health, public works, and medical
emergency services

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18
Q

brought about a
paradigm shift from disaster preparedness and response
to disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM)

A

law in 2010, R.A. 10121, b

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19
Q

Four priority areas of DRRM

A

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Response
Rehabilitation and recovery

20
Q

Founded in 1947

A

THE PHILIPPINE RED CROSS

21
Q

Red Cross offers six major services

A

National Blood Services
2. Safety Services
3. Social Services Tracing and Referral Service
4. Volunteer Services
5. Community Health and Nursing Services
6. Disaster Management Services Relief Operations

22
Q

interdisciplinary, collaborative team effort and
involves a network of agencies and individuals in
developing a disaster plan.

A

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

23
Q

3 stages of DISASTER MANAGEMENT

A

Prevention
Preparedness and Planning
Response

24
Q

Potential disaster risks should be identified, and risk maps
created.

A

PREVENTION STAGE

25
Q

Begins immediately after the disaster incident occurs.

A

RESPONSE STAGE

26
Q

training in first aid, assembling a disaster emergency kit,
establishing a predetermined meeting place away from
home, and making a family communication plan.

A

PREPAREDNESS AND PLANNING STAGE

27
Q

Life- threatening shock or hypoxia is present or imminent,
but the patient can likely stabilize and, if given immediate
care, will probably survive.

A

RED TAG: IMMEDIATE

28
Q

Injuries are localized without immediate systemic
implication; w

A

GREEN TAG: MINOR

29
Q

No distinction can be made between clinical and biologic
death in a mass casualty incident, and any unresponsive
patient who has no spontaneous ventilation or circulation
is classified as dead.

A

BLACK TAG: EXPECTANT

30
Q

injuries have systemic implications or effects, but
patients are not yet in life-threatening shock or hypoxia;
although systemic decline may ensue, given appropriate
care, can likely withstand a 45 to 60 minutes wait without
immediate risk.

A

YELLOW TAG: DELAYED

31
Q

diverse set of technological tools and resources used to
communicate, create, disseminate, store, and manage
information

A

S ICT

32
Q

4 BENEFITS OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

A

Increased Patient Safety
Efficient Care Coordination:
Enhanced Performance Analysis:
Increased Patient Information Accessibility

33
Q

Comprehensive patient records that are stored and
accessed from a computer or server.

A

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS
● Comprehensive patient records that are s

34
Q

delivery of health care services, where distance is a
critical factor, by all health care professionals using
information and communication technologies

A

TELEMEDICINE

35
Q

allowed RHU physicians to send
telereferrals to clinical specialists in PGH via SMS and
eMail

A

BuddyWorks –

36
Q

EMR, designed for and by the community
health workers, divided into different modules based on
existing DOH programs

A

CHITS

37
Q

An online version of the FHSIS developed by
the DOH

A

Electronic Field Health Service Information System
(eFHSIS)

38
Q

An electronic version of IMCI accessible
in mobile devices

A

Electronic Integrated Management of Childhood
Illness (elMCI)

39
Q

– funded by USAID, created
eLearning videos on tuberculosis, stroke, bird flu, and
child poisoning

A

NTHC eLearning videos

40
Q

EMR created for rural health units by Segworks, local
software company in Davao

A

Segworks Rural Health Information System (SEGRHIS)

41
Q

mobile computer connected with medical
devices such as ECG, pulse oximeter and electronic blood

A

RxBox –

42
Q

n EMR developed by Smart Communications

A

Secure Health Information Network Exchange (SHINE)

43
Q

Allows community health nurses to
submit daily reports of prevalent diseases immediately
after disasters via SMS,

A

Surveillance in Post Extreme Emergencies and
Disasters (SPEED) –

44
Q

WAH augmented
the existing CHITS by connecting health centers through
broadband Internet access;

A

Wireless Access for Health (WAH) –

45
Q

COMMUNITY E-HEALTH NURSES’ ROLES

A

Data and Records Manager
2. Change Agent
3. Educator
4. Client Advocate
5. Telepresenter
6. Researcher