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Veterinary Disaster Management Flashcards

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What is an example of a slow onset disaster?

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Drought

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What is the Gunn and Lechat definition of disaster?

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A disaster is the result of a vast ecological breakdown in the relationship between humans and their environment, a serious and sudden event (or slow as in a drought) on such a scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with it, often with outside help.

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What are 2 general categories of disasters?

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  • Natural

- Manmade

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What is bioterrorism?

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

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What is agroterrorism?

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The 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.

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How much did the US spend per week in the 1990s on disasters?
How much in the next decade?

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  • More than 1 billion dollars.

- More than 2 billion dollars.

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Lack of planning for disasters can cause what?

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  • Increased chaos
  • Decreased trust in authorities
  • Increased recovery time
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What are the 4 phases of disaster management?

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  • Preparedness
  • Response
  • Recovery
  • Mitigation
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What does mitigation do?

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  • Attempts to prevent hazards from developing into disasters altogether.
  • Reduce the effects of disasters when they occur.
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Mitigation focuses on long-term measure and can be what?

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  • Part of the recovery
  • Structural
  • Non-structural (procedural changes)
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What are 2 things preparedness involves?

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  • Plans and preparations made to save lives and property, and to facilitate response operations.
  • Provisions to ensure that all resources/services needed to cope with a disaster can be rapidly mobilized and deployed.
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What are 5 components of response?

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  • Actions taken to provide emergency assistance, save lives, minimize property damage and speed recover.
  • Static and mobile vet clinics
  • Search and rescue operations
  • Provision of emergency food/water
  • Temporary shelters
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What are 4 things that recovery involves?

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  • Actions taken to return to a normal or improved operating condition following a disaster.
  • Reconstructing physical structures.
  • Restoring emotional, social, economic and physical well-being.
  • May include continued veterinary care.
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What are 6 examples of companion animal issues in disasters?

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  • Failure of people to evacuate because of their pets.
  • Animal abandonment
  • Logistics of care and sheltering of animals (equipment, space, behavioral concerns).
  • Animal identification
  • Reuniting displaced animals with their owners.
  • Adoption
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What are 7 special considerations with large animal infectious disease outbreaks?

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  • Veterinary manpower
  • Carcass disposal from mass casualties.
  • Animal identification and premise ID.
  • Time from diagnosis to slaughter.
  • Indemnity/insurance payments
  • Policy issues (vaccination vs stamping out)
  • Environmental contamination
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What does CART stand for?

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County animal response team

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What is the intended use of a CART?

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To be utilized by local government and agencies to take immediate action in providing a means of care to minimize animal suffering in the event of a large scale disaster.

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What does SART stand for?

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State animal response team

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What are SARTs?

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Interagency organizations dedicated to preparing, planning, responding and recovering during animal emergencies.

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What does VMAT stand for?

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Veterinary medical assistance team

21
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What does NVRT stand for?

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National veterinary response team

22
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What does NAHERC stand for?

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National animal health emergency response corp

23
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VMAT operates under what other organization?

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AVMA

24
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What does VMAT do?

What has to happen first?

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  • Provides operational assistance to state animal health authorities.
  • Must be requested by the state.
25
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How is VMAT funded?

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Through the american veterinary medical foundation

26
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What are VMAT’s 3 primary functions?

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  • Early assessment volunteer teams
  • Basic treatment volunteer teams
  • Training
27
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NVRT is part of what organization?

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Department of Health and Human Service’s national disaster medical system

28
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Who is on the NVRT?

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Private citizens who have been approved as intermittent federal employees and activated in the event of a disaster.

29
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Why was NAHERC established?

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

30
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How many public health professionals work for the US Public Health Service?

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More than 6,500

31
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Officers of the US Public Health are dedicated to what?

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Public health promotion, response, disease prevention and science.

32
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What are 5 problems identified with past disaster plans?

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  • Communications issues
  • Command and control problems
  • No standardized plan
  • Training
  • No common operating plan
33
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What does NRF stand for?

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National response framework

34
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What does the NRF do?

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

35
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When is the NRF in effect?

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Always

36
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What does ESF stand for?

How many are there?

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  • Emergency support functions

- 15

37
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What does NIMS stand for?

A

National incident management system

38
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NIMS is part of what?

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Homeland security presidential directive - 5

39
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NIMS mandates the use of what?

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The incident command system

40
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What are the 3 systems involved with NIMSA?

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  • Incident command system
  • Multi-agency coordination system
  • Public information system
41
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Does NIMS start with local or federal support/response?

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Local

42
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Does NRF start with local or federal support/response?

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Federal

43
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What does ICS stand for?

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Incident command system

44
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What does ICS do?

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Standardized, on-scene, all-hazard, incident management.

45
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T/F: ICS uses standardized terminology.

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True

46
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What type of structure does ICS have?

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Top-down structure:

  • Only positions that are necessary will be filled.
  • Each element will have a person in charge.
47
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What is the ICS span of control based on?
What is the ideal supervisor : individual/resource ratio?
What is the maximum ratio?

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  • The amount of individuals or resources one can supervise.
  • 1:5
  • 1:7
48
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What are 5 management functions of the ICS structure?

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  • Incident command
  • Logistics
  • Operations (veterinarians primarily)
  • Planning (veterinarians)
  • Finance and administration
49
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What is the 2009 United Nations definition of a disaster?

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A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.

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