Week 10: chapter 32 Flashcards
What is essential for nurses to have in order to respond effectively in a disaster situation across different communities?
a. Some information on disaster planning
b. Recognition that each disaster is similar
c. Specific expertise in emergency management
d. An effective disaster plan
c. specific expertise in emergency management
What statement is correct as it relates to natural disasters? a. Their impacts can sometimes be mitigated
b. They always happen quickly
c. They include infectious diseases
d. They are predictable
a. their impacts can sometimes be mitigated
Using the Canadian Disaster Database, what is the most common disaster in Canada? a. Fuel spills
b. Tsunamis
c. Tornadoes
d. Cold waves
a. fuel spills
The Canadian government adopted NIMS in 2004 as a framework for all levels of government in Canada to develop emergency response plans. What does NIMS stand for and who developed it?
a. National and International Model for Security, United Kingdom
b. National Incident Management System, United States
c. Natural Incident Modelling Sphere, Canada
d. National Information and Military System, United Nations
b. national incident management system, US
Which of the following Canadian disasters claimed the most lives?
a. 1998 Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, aircraft crash
b. 1918-1925 across Canada, Spanish influenza
c. 1927 Newfoundland, hurricane
d. 2003 Toronto, Ontario, SARS
b. 1918-1925 across Canada, Spanish influenza
In Canada, at what level of government are emergency management and preparedness responses initiated?
a. Coordinated through Emergency Management Agency
b. Provincial/territorial
c. Federal
d. Municipal
d. municipal
A nurse is attending a classroom exercise on disaster management. What stage of the emergency management programming is this exercise?
a. Preparedness b. Response
c. Prevention
d. Mitigation
c. prevention
Using the Incident Management System, what is an example of an operations function during a pandemic influenza?
a. Conducts mass immunization of the general public
b. Identifies objectives and develops action plans
c. Procures supplies and physical space
d. Ensures that purchasing of supplies is completed in a timely manner
a. Conducts mass immunization of the general public
What would be an example of a technological man-made disaster?
a. The 2001 anthrax-contaminated letters sent to news media offices
b. The 2010 eruption of the volcano in Iceland
c. Hurricane Katrina levee failure in 2005
d. Peggy’s Cove airline crash in 1998
d. peggy’s cove airline crash in 1998
What is an example of an activity that a nurse would undertake in Phase II of the Jennings Model?
a. Assess victims of a disaster for serious mental illness
b. Coordinate community services to assist residents in their personal recovery
c. Provide the public with information on how to make a disaster survival kit
d. Implement infection control measures during the recovery operation
a. assess victims of a disaster for serious mental illness
The Public Health Agency of Canada devised criteria for the order in which the public would receive the H1N1 flu vaccine during the pandemic. What principle was used in responding to this situation?
a. Medical triage
b. Surge capacity
c. Public health triage
d. Public health surge interventions
c. public health triage
What is the name of the organization that provides assistance to countries in disaster planning and has policies that condemn violations of human rights commonly seen during and after a disaster?
a. World Bank
b. International Council of Nurses (ICN)
c. International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)
d. Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
c. International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)
The listeriosis outbreak in 2008 linked to deli meats produced at a Maple Leaf plant in Ontario was a significant public health event. How what this situation dealt with?
a. School children were told not to bring deli meats to school
b. Supermarkets were asked to pull all deli meats off shelves
c. The management of food-borne outbreaks were improved
d. Doctors’ offices were asked to follow news stories
c. The management of food-borne outbreaks were improved
“Learning from SARS: Renewal of Public Health in Canada: A Report of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health” is known as which of the following?
a. The Naylor Report
b. The Romanow Report
c. The Taylor Report
d. The Lalonde Report
a. the naylor report
There should be one common emergency response system “to bring an orderly, consistent, and flexible chain of command and control within an emergency response”. This would help build what type of a model to establish infection control networks and standards, improve emergency preparedness, develop a communications infrastructure, and enhance surveillance?
a. A traditional biomedical model
b. A screening and surveillance model
c. A cohesive public health model
d. An acute healthcare model
c. a cohesive public health model