Natural & Manmade Disasters

Question 1

Disaster Management

Answer 1

• Requires an interdisciplinary, collaborative team effort of agencies & individuals to develop a plan
• Developing an effective disaster plan
  > communities can respond more quickly, effectively, & w/ less confusion if efforts needed in the event of a disaster have been anticipated & plans for meeting them identified
  > ensures tht resources are available
  > delineates roles & responsibilites of all personnal & agencies, both official & unofficial

Question 2

Prevention Stage

Answer 2

Occurs before a disaster is imminent, aka nondisaster stage

Question 3

Preparedness & Planning Stage

Answer 3

Continuous process, the plan changes w/ circumstances or when gaps are identified during drills of from actual disaster incidents

Question 4

Response Stage

Answer 4

Begins immediately after disaster incident occurs; includes shelter in place, evacuation, search & rescue, staging area (on-site incident command station), & disaster triage

Question 5

Recovery Stage

Answer 5

Begins when the danger from the disaster has passed & all local, state, & federal agencies are present in the area to help victims rebuild their lives & community restore public services

Question 6

Disaster Triage

Answer 6

Triage: identify & separate individuals quickly according to injury severity & treatment needed; disaster triage focuses on sorting the greatest # of ppl as fast as possible; :do the greatest good, for the greatest #, in the shortest time”

Question 7

START Triage System

Answer 7

• “simple triage & rapid treatment”
• Used in multicasualty or mass casualty incident
• Triage of injured person should occur in less than 1 min based on resps, perfusion, & mental stat
• Describes how to use ppl w/ minor injuries to help
• Person is tagged w/ a colored triage tag
• Following triage, victims are moved to treatment area

Question 8

Green Triage Tag

Answer 8

• Minor
• Walking wounded; minor injuries: status unlikely to deteriorate over days

Question 9

Yellow Triage Tag

Answer 9

• Delayed
• Transport can be delayed; includes serious & portentially life-threatening injuries, but status not expected to deteriorate significantly over several hrs

Question 10

Red Triage Tag

Answer 10

• Immediate
• Can be helped by immediate intervention & transport; requires medical attention w/in mins for survival (up to 60); includes compromises to pt’s airway, breathing, circulation

Question 11

Black Triage Tag

Answer 11

• Expectant
• Victim unlikely to survive given severity of injuries, lvl of available care, or both

Question 12

Hazmat Tag

Answer 12

Contaminated

Question 13

Psychological Triage

Answer 13

• 4 keys to gauging mental hlth impact:
  > extreme & widepsread property damage
  > serious & ongoing financial problems
  > high prevalance of trauma in form of injuries, threat to life, & loss of life
  > when human intent caused the disaster
• In addition, panic during the disaster, horror, separation from family, & relocation or displacement may play a part

Question 14

Local Government (1st Responders)

Answer 14

Responsible for safety & welfare of its citizens

Question 15

State Government (Office of Emergency Management)

Answer 15

Involved when a disaster overwhelms the local community’s resources

Question 16

Federal Government (Department of Homeland Security - DHS)

Answer 16

• A single department focusing on protecting the American ppl & their homeland
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)