Veterinary Disaster Management

Question 1

Primary functions of VMAT

Answer 1

Early assessment voluteer teams

Basic treatment volunteers

training

Question 2

Why are veterinarians important in disaster situations?

Answer 2

Trusted members of the community

Educated in public health

Ongoing contributors to surveillance

Key players in response efforts

Question 3

Elite team of publich health professionals working in areas of disease control and prevention such as biomedical research, regulation of food, drugs and medical devices, mental health and drug abuse and health care delivery.

Answer 3

US Public Health Service

Question 4

Bioterrorism

Answer 4

Deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, toxins or other harmful agents used to cause illness or death in people, animals or plants

Question 5

Part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Disaster Medical System responsible for assessing the veterinary medical needs of the community, treatment and stabilization of animals, disease surveillance, hazard mitigation, etc.

Answer 5

National Veterinary Response Team (NVRT)

Question 6

Four phases of disaster management

Answer 6

Mitigation

Preparedness

Response

Recovery

Question 7

Disaster

Answer 7

Result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relationship between humans and their environment, a serious and sudden event on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often its outside help

Question 8

Mitigation

Answer 8

Attempt to prevent hazards from developing into disasters altogether and reduce effects of disasters when they occur

Question 9

Problems identified with past disasters

Answer 9

Communication issues

Command and control problems

No standardized plan

Training

No common operating plan

Question 10

Types of disasters

Answer 10

Natural Disasters

Man Made Disasters

Question 11

Preparedness

Answer 11

Plans and preparations made to save lives and property and to facillitate response operations - ensure that all the resources / services needed to cope with a disaster can be rapidly mobilized and deployed

Question 12

Recovery

Answer 12

Actions taken to return to a normal or improved operating condition following a disaster

Question 13

Standardized, on scene, all hazard, incident management able to collapse or expand to adjust to incident size/complexity

Answer 13

Incident Command System (ICS)

Question 14

Operates under the AVMA to provide operational assistance to state animal health authorities

Answer 14

Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT)

Question 15

Ideal ICS span of control ratio

Answer 15

1:5

Question 16

Core set of concepts, principles and terminology for incident command and multi-agency coordination - mandates the use of incident command system

Answer 16

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Question 17

Bioterrorism and agroterrorism are what types of disasters

Answer 17

Man Made Disasters

Question 18

Establishes a comprehensive, national, all hazards approach to domestic incident response

Answer 18

National Response Framework (NRF)

Question 19

Hurricanes, flooding, drought and wildfires are what type of disasters

Answer 19

Natural Disasters

Question 20

Interagency organizations dedicated to preparing, planning, responding and recovering during animal emergencies. Trained to facillitate a safe and efficient response to disasters on the local, county, state and federal level.

Answer 20

State Animal Response Team (SART)

Question 21

Federal programs that are involved in animal disasters

Answer 21

Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT)

National Veterinary Response Team (NVRT)

National Animal Health Emergency Response Corp (NAHERC)

US Public Health Service

Question 22

Established to respond to exotic disease outbreaks and other disasters which affect livestock, poultry, companion animals and wildlife

Answer 22

National Animal Health Emergency Response Corp (NAHERC)

USDA’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS)

Question 23

Agroterrorism

Answer 23

Malicious attempt to disrupt or destroy the agricultural industry and or food supply system of a population through the malicious use of plant or animal pathogens to cause devastating disease in the agricultural sectors

Question 24

Response

Answer 24

Actions taken to provide emergency assistance, save lives, minimize property damage and speed recovery

Question 25

Intended for use by local government agencies to take immediate action in providing a means of care to minimze animal suffering in the event of a large scale disaster

Answer 25

County Animal Response Team (CART)