WEEK 12 EMERGENCY RESPONSE Flashcards
1
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Define Emergency
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- An unforseen combination of circumstances of the resulting state that calls for immediate action
- An urgent need for assistance relief
2
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Define Public Health Emergency
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- An urgent and critical situation of a temporary nature that seriously endangers the lives, health, and/or safety of the population
3
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Define Disaster
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- An occurance disrupting the normal conditions of existence and causing a level of suffering that exceeds the capacity of the affected community
- Overwhelming, exceeds resources to manage or cope
- Beyond our capacity to manage
4
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What causes disasters?
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- Nature
- Climate
- Human
- Biological hazards
- Infectious disease
5
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Disasters can be….
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- Acute: something happens but then it’s over and we deal with the aftermath
- Chronic: overwhelming, delepting resrouces. ex. draught, famine, opioid crisis
- As well, disasters are global and you cannot escape disasters
- Global disasters require a global response
6
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What is the disaster/emergency management cycle? (4)
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- Mitigation
- Prepardness
- Response
- Recovery
7
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What is Mitigation?
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- Interventions to prevent future emergencies and mitigate the effects
- Harm reduction of disasters of people who live near a volcano
- Ex. Public education, hazards assessments, infrastructure, improvements
8
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What is Prepardness?
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- To take action ahead of time, to prepare for an emergency
- Ex. make a plan, code black, code blue, emergency response plans, training and exercises, community outreach
9
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What is Response?
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- To protect people and property disasters or emergency
- Ex. Life saving, incident stabilization, property preservation, evacuation & mass care
10
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What is Recovery?
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- To rebuild after a disaster
- Helps build capacity in communities
- Ex. Economic recovery, debris management, housing, health/social services
11
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What is the role of CHN in Midigation?
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- Community and risk assessments
- Policy and procedues
- Community engagement
- Health promotion; vaccination
- Think about vulnerable populations
12
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What is the role of CHN in Prepardness?
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- Nursing leadership in emergency planning
- Resource procurement and allocation
- Mock drills
- Community participation
13
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What is the role of CHN in Response?
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- Implementation of the emergency plan
- Provice real-time adjustment
- Ensure needed and necessary public health nursing care for acute and chronic needs
14
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What is the role of CHN in Recovery?
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- Participate in reconstitution of critical services and the sustainment of the health and social infrastructure
- Assist the community to find its “new normal”
15
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What do nursing roles include for emergency response?
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- Education
- Community engagement; vulnerable population
- Health promotion
- First aid
- Advanced clinical care
- Triage
- Allocation of resources PPE
- Monitoring
- Organizational logistics
- Developing policy and procedures
- Research and analysis; determins what lessons we should learn
- Crisis leadership and communication
- Outreach to underserved populations
