Multicultural Final Flashcards
What are the components of the Disaster Management protocol?
Preparedness: Assess, Analyze and Document
Response: Damage Assessment, Stabilize & Provide
Recovery: short and long-term
Mitigation: reduce loss by identifying and mitigating potential problems in advance (rolls into preparedness)
What happens during non-disaster (or between disaster) time frames?
Assessing vulnerability Mitigation Modifications of infrastructure Planning/Prep: -communication plan -Education of the public
What happens pre-disaster (as soon as knowledge of impending disaster is relayed)?
Warning
Pre-impact mobilization (getting out pregnant mothers and children before disaster hits)
Evacuation
What happens in the Emergency stage of a disaster?
Community comes to the aid of its members
Outside assistance arrives
What happens in the Reconstruction/Rehabilitation stage of disasters?
Restoration
Reconstruction and mitigation
Clean-up
When looking at the Disaster Management Response Cycle as an ADPIE process, what actions fall under A/D?
Assessing potential disasters
Assessing vulnerabilities
Assessing available agencies and resources
When using ADPIE with the disaster management cycle, what actions fall under P?
Developing:
-a communication plan
-an evacuation plan
=a mobilization plan
When applying ADPIE to the Disaster Management Cycle, what falls under I?
Implementation of emergency reponse, community response, and reconstruction/rehabilitation.
When applying ADPIE to the disaster management cycle, what actions fall under E?
Ongoing evaluation - occurs during EVERY stage of implementation
Debrief (happens interdisaster)
Modify plans for the next disaster
How does getting assistance from state/federal levels work in a disaster?
If the disaster is on a larger scale or a high complexity, the local government petitions the state for support.
If the state can’t handle it without help, the Governor requests help from the president (Federal Stafford Act allows this)
If the response is catastrophic, resources from multiple jurisdictions, agencies and levels of government will be used.
What is the Federal Stafford Act?
Gives the federal gov’t authority to help state/ and local gov’ts in disaster response.
It becomes active once a governor declares a major disaster or a state of emergency
Provides authorities AND funds from the federal gov’t.
Disaster response: who are the responders at the local level?
Police fire public works public utilities public health
Disaster response: who are the responders at the state level?
DOT
National Guard
State Police
Environment/Health officials
Disaster response: who are the responders at the federal level?
DHS FEMA Civilian Agencies: -DOT -DOR -EPA -CDC -HHS
Disaster response: who are the responders from private agencies?
Hospitals
Volunteer agencies (Red Cross)
Health professionals
Suppliers
What is the military’s role in emergency response? What act gives them power to help?
Supplies equipment and personnel able to do the following:
- Remove debris
- Restore power
- Conduct Search and Rescue
- Deploy nuclear, biological and chemical hazard teams
Triage in natural disasters: who gets highest priority?
Life-threatening injuries with a high probability of survival (when stabilized)
Triage and natural disasters: Who gets second highest priority?
Victims with systemic complications that can wait for 45-60m for treatment.
Triage: who receives low priority in a natural disaster?
Local injuries w/o urgent complications - can wait several hours
When doing cot-to-cot management for residents at a shelter, what should the nurse be looking for?
Is there an immediate medical/psychological need?
Are there unusual circumstances (service dog, assistive devices) that need acknowledging?
Are there any things they need to stay healthy while they’re there?
Is there any condition (mental health, disability, health, etc) you’re concerned about?
Who should you pay special attention to in a shelter environment?
Populations most at risk:
- disabilities
- chronic disease needs
- ESL
- kids
What is WISER?
Stands for Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders
Allows you to look up chemicals/agents that are toxic to see effects
Where would you research agents of biological warfare?
CDC’s website, (maybe WISER)
What is a Category A biological agent?
Highest health threat
Easily transmitted from person to person
High mortality rates
Potential for major public health impact
Might cause public panic