FINALS LEC Flashcards
event endangering the life or health
of a significant number of people and demanding
immediate action
emergency
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
disaster
event is one in which 100 or more
individuals are involved
A mass casualty
event is one in which more than two
but fewer than 100 individuals are involved.
A multiple casualty e
individual who is immediately
affected by the event.
direct victim
those who have to
evacuate their home, school, or business as a
result of a disaster
Displaced persons
group of people who have fled
their home or even their country as a result of
famine, drought, natural disaster, war, or civil
unrest
Refugees
a family member or friend of
the victim or a first responder
indirect victim
physical force, such as a typhoon, flood, landslide,
earthquake, volcanic activity and other similar events
NATURAL HAZARD
process or phenomenon of organic origin or conveyed
by biological vectors, including exposure to pathogenic
microorganisms, toxins and bioactive substances.
BIOLOGICAL HAZARD
arises from technological or industrial conditions, including
accidents, dangerous procedures and infrastructure
failures.
TECHNOLOGICAL HAZARD
e interaction of varying political, social, or
economic factors, which may have a negative impact on
the community.
SOCIETAL HAZARD
creates or results in a widespread
technological problem
NA-TECH (NATURAL-TECHNOLOGICAL) DISASTER
“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
TERRORISM
serious bodily injury through release, dissemination, or
impact of
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION (WMD)
6 characteristics of Disasters
FPPISN
Frequency
Predictabilty
Preventability
Imminence
Scope and Number of Casualties
Intensity
e first responders responsible
for incident management at the local level.
Police, fire, public health, public works, and medical
emergency services
brought about a
paradigm shift from disaster preparedness and response
to disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM)
law in 2010, R.A. 10121, b
Four priority areas of DRRM
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Disaster Preparedness
Disaster Response
Rehabilitation and recovery
Founded in 1947
THE PHILIPPINE RED CROSS
Red Cross offers six major services
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
interdisciplinary, collaborative team effort and
involves a network of agencies and individuals in
developing a disaster plan.
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
3 stages of DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Prevention
Preparedness and Planning
Response
Potential disaster risks should be identified, and risk maps
created.
PREVENTION STAGE
Begins immediately after the disaster incident occurs.
RESPONSE STAGE
training in first aid, assembling a disaster emergency kit,
establishing a predetermined meeting place away from
home, and making a family communication plan.
PREPAREDNESS AND PLANNING STAGE
Life- threatening shock or hypoxia is present or imminent,
but the patient can likely stabilize and, if given immediate
care, will probably survive.
RED TAG: IMMEDIATE
Injuries are localized without immediate systemic
implication; w
GREEN TAG: MINOR
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.
BLACK TAG: EXPECTANT
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.
YELLOW TAG: DELAYED
diverse set of technological tools and resources used to
communicate, create, disseminate, store, and manage
information
S ICT
4 BENEFITS OF HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Increased Patient Safety
Efficient Care Coordination:
Enhanced Performance Analysis:
Increased Patient Information Accessibility
Comprehensive patient records that are stored and
accessed from a computer or server.
ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS
● Comprehensive patient records that are s
delivery of health care services, where distance is a
critical factor, by all health care professionals using
information and communication technologies
TELEMEDICINE
allowed RHU physicians to send
telereferrals to clinical specialists in PGH via SMS and
eMail
BuddyWorks –
EMR, designed for and by the community
health workers, divided into different modules based on
existing DOH programs
CHITS
An online version of the FHSIS developed by
the DOH
Electronic Field Health Service Information System
(eFHSIS)
An electronic version of IMCI accessible
in mobile devices
Electronic Integrated Management of Childhood
Illness (elMCI)
– funded by USAID, created
eLearning videos on tuberculosis, stroke, bird flu, and
child poisoning
NTHC eLearning videos
EMR created for rural health units by Segworks, local
software company in Davao
Segworks Rural Health Information System (SEGRHIS)
mobile computer connected with medical
devices such as ECG, pulse oximeter and electronic blood
RxBox –
n EMR developed by Smart Communications
Secure Health Information Network Exchange (SHINE)
Allows community health nurses to
submit daily reports of prevalent diseases immediately
after disasters via SMS,
Surveillance in Post Extreme Emergencies and
Disasters (SPEED) –
WAH augmented
the existing CHITS by connecting health centers through
broadband Internet access;
Wireless Access for Health (WAH) –
COMMUNITY E-HEALTH NURSES’ ROLES
Data and Records Manager
2. Change Agent
3. Educator
4. Client Advocate
5. Telepresenter
6. Researcher
