HCARE_LEC11 Flashcards
● Any occurrence that causes:
→ Damage
→ ecological disruption
→ loss of human life
→ deterioration of health and health
services on a scale
● Can be defined as an occurrence either natural or
man-made that causes human suffering and
creates human needs that victims cannot alleviate
without assistance
● natural or man-made hazard that
has come to fruition, resulting in an event of
substantial extent
Disaster
December 1987
____-an inter-island passenger ferry owned by _____ Lines collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island.
____-another passenger ferry owned by ____ Lines that sank
Dona Paz; Sulpicio
Dona Marilyn; Sulpicio
July 16, 1990
What is the magnitude of the earthquake that hit Luzon?
The cities that sustained the worst damages are?
7.7 Richter Scale
→ Baguio
→ Dagupan
→ Cabanatuan.
July 2, 1993
● A _______ carrying hundreds of Catholic devotees
during the annual _________ festival in _______________ sank into the muddy Bocaue River.
● About 279 people, including children, drowned in
the incident.
▪ One victim, ________, died a hero after saving
four children out of the river.
pagoda; pagoda; Bocaue, Bulacan; Sajid Bulig
April 1995
The Muslim extremist _____(________) group raided the Christian town of Ipil in Zamboanga del Norte province and burned all its houses and establishments
Abu Sayyaf (Bearers of the Sword)
March 18, 1996
● A fire at _________ along Timog
Avenue in Quezon City left 150 people dead and
90 others seriously injured.
Ozone disco house
April 19, 2000
All the passengers and crew, including four
infants, of _________ died in what is now considered
the worst air tragedy in the Philippines.
Where did it crash?
Air Philippines Boeing 737-200 (Flight
541 from Manila)
Samal Island, Davao del Norte
July 12, 2000
● Nearly ___ garbage scavengers who were living
literally at the _____ were buried alive under tons of garbage when a 50-foot garbage mountain collapsed on their makeshift houses at the height of torrential rains
500; Payatas dumpsite in Quezon City
Typhoon ____
November 5, 1991
Ormoc City, Leyte
killed 3,000 people
destroyed 50,000 homes
Thelma
August 3, 1999
● heavy torrential rains caused a landslide that
killed 58 people and buried over 100 houses at?
Cherry Hills Subdivision in Antipolo City.
September 1984
● a typhoon ___ killed 1,300 persons
1995
● Typhoon ____ killed 700 people
Ike; Angela
Phenomenon or situation, which has the potential
to cause disruption or damage to people, their
properties, their services, and their
environment
Hazard
reduces people’s ability to prepare for, withstand or
respond to a hazard.
Vulnerability
A probability that a community’s structure or
geographic area is to be damaged/disrupted by
the impact of a particular hazard, on account of
their nature, construction, and proximity to a
hazardous area.
Risk
positive conditions or abilities which
increase a community’s ability to deal with a
hazard.
Capacities
Meaning of the abbreviation START
Identify labels of each:
BLACK?
GREEN?
RED?
YELLOW?
WHITE?
Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment
Expectant; Wait; Immediate; Observation; Dismiss
Difference between reconstruction and rehabilitation
Reconstruction: permanent repairing and rebuilding of infrastructures
Rehabilitation: restoration of basic social functions such as providing temporary shelters, etc. (temporary)
Measures taken prior to the impact of a disaster to
minimize its effects
Mitigation
Measures taken in anticipation of a disaster to ensure
that appropriate and effective actions are taken in the
aftermath
Preparedness
Assign START
No palpable radial pulse
Unable to follow commands
Red/Immediate
It is the implementation of action plans
Response
Actions taken immediately following the impact of a
disaster when exceptional measures are required to
meet the basic needs of the survivors
Relief
Includes activities which actually eliminate or reduce
the probability of disaster occurrence, or reduce the
effects of unavoidable disasters
Prevention
the process undertaken by a disaster-affected
community to fully restore itself to pre-disaster level of
functioning
Recover
Disaster Management Cycle
(7 phases)
▪ Response or relief
▪ Rehabilitation
▪ Reconstruction
▪ Development
▪ Prevention
▪ Mitigation
▪ Preparedness
TYPE OF DISASTER
● Floods
● Tsunami
● Cyclone
● Hurricane
● Typhoon
● Snow storm
● Blizzard Hail
● Storm
Meterological
TYPE OF DISASTER
● Pollution
● Fire spillages
● Explosions etc.
Man-made, Industrial/Technological
TYPE OF DISASTER
● Earthquake
● Volcanic Eruption
● Landslides
● Avalanches
● Asteroids
● Limnic Eruptions
Topographical
TYPE OF DISASTER
● Global Warming
● El Niño - Southern
● Oscillation
● Ozone depletion -
UVB Radiation
● Solar Flare
Environmental
