PPT #1

Question 1

WHO

Answer 1

Defines :
Any occurence that causes damage, ecological disruption, loss of human life and deteriotation of health and health services on a scale sufficient to warrant an extraordinary response from outside the affected community.

Question 2

PAHO

Answer 2

Defines:
An overwhelming ecological disruption which exceeds the capacity of a community to adjust a consequesntly requires assistance from outside.

Question 3

W. Nick Carter

Answer 3

Defines disaster:
It is an event, natural ot manmade, sudden or progressive, which impacts with such severity that the affected community has to respond by taking exceptional measures.

Question 4

W.Nick Carter

Answer 4

It is a catastrophe, a calamity or a cataclysm which results in loss of life and property.

Question 5

Health care providers

Answer 5

They characterize disasters by what they do to people-the consequences on health and health services.

Question 6

Medical disaster

Answer 6

Is a catastrophic event that results in causalities that overwhelm the health care resources in that community (Al-Madhari & Zeller, 1997)

Question 7

Noji (1997)

Answer 7

describes disasters quite simply, as “events that require extraordinary efforts beyond those needed to respond to everyday emergencies.

Question 8

Classification of disaster

Answer 8

Natural and Manmade

Question 9

Natural Disasters include

Answer 9

Earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, ice storms, tsunamis, and other geologic or meteorological phenomena.

Question 10

Meteorological Disasters

Answer 10

cause by extreme weather various kind of storms, cold spells, drought, heat waves.

Question 11

Typological Disasters

Answer 11

avalanches (snow), landslides, floods

Question 12

Telluric and Tectonic Disasters

Answer 12

Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions

Question 13

Biological Disaster

Answer 13

insect swarms, epidemics of communicable diseases.

Question 14

disaster that are those in which the principal direct causes are identifiable human actions, deliberate or otherwise (Noji, 1996)

Answer 14

Man made disaster

Question 15

Include biological and biochemical terrorism, chemical spills, radiological (nuclear) events, fire, explosions, transportation accidents, armed conflicts, and acts of war

Answer 15

Manmade

Question 16

Human generated disasters can be further divided into three broad categories:

Answer 16

a.) Complex
b.) Technologic disasters
c.) Disasters that are not caused by natural hazards but occur in human settlements.

Question 17

Involve situations where populations suffer significant casualities as a result of war, civil strife, or other political conflict. Some disasters are the result of a combination of forces such as drought, famine, disease and political unrest that displace millions of people from their homes.

Answer 17

Complex emergencies

Question 18

large numbers of people, property, community infrastructure, and economic welfare arw directly and adversely affected by major industrial accidents; unplanned release of nuclear energy; and fires or explosions from hazardous substances such as fuel, chemicals, or nuclear materials.

Answer 18

Technologic disaters