NURS 3600 Final Exam – Questions With Complete
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Terms in this set (87)
What is a disaster? an event (natural or human-made) that causes a level of
destruction, death, or injury that affects the abilities of
the community to respond to the incident using
available resources
What are the casualties in a disaster? -Direct victim: tree falls on someone during a hurricane
-Indirect victim: someone has a heart attack after
hearing someone else was killed
-Displaced person: temporarily out of home due to
damage but can return
-Refugee: someone who can't return to home (political
reasons, long-term issues)
,Define concepts of disasters 1. Natural: earthquakes, floods, epidemics
2. Human-made: water issue, terrorism (Chemical,
Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive),
transportation
3. NA-TECH: combo of natural and technological
4. Multiple casualty incident: >2, <100
5. Mass casualty incident: 100 or greater
What are the characteristics of a 1. Predictable: how easy is it to predict and know when a
disaster? disaster may occur
2. Frequency: how often does a particular type of
disaster occur
3. Preventable/Mitigation: what can be done to prevent
the disaster; relates to mitigation, things that can be
done to decrease damage and prevent/protect from
injury
4. Imminence: how soon will it happen
5. Time: how does time of day affect disaster and
consequences
6. Intensity: extent of damage and injury
7. Scope: the # of people or the geographic size
affected
What are the effects of disaster on -Excessive deaths/ injuries that tax local health services
public health? (I) (ie mobile morgues)
-Destruction of health facilities
-Environmental hazards: infrastructure damage
(electricity, water, gas)
-Psychosocial stress, stress on health services
, What are the effects of disaster on -Food insecurity, toilet paper insecurity
public health?(II) -Increase in communicable disease transmission
-One health concept: considers health of environment
and animals (ie, zoonoses: a disease that can be
transmitted from humans to animals)
What occurs during the prevention Primary prevention= nondisaster and predisaster
stage? -Community assessment
-Risk and resource maps: know where potential hazards
exist within the area
-Community education
-Mitigation efforts; slow down, stabilize, or reverse
threatening events
What occurs during the preparedness Critical components of public health preparedness:
and planning stage? -Biosurveillance
-Countermeasure distribution: things that can be done
to respond to particular disaster
-Mass casualty care: SNS (strategic national stockpile),
POD (point of distribution)
-Community resilience: response to disaster, how is
community ready now
What are the components of a disaster -authority: who is in charge; should be designated by
plan? title because specific person may not be available
-Documentation: so organization can evaluate and
learn for future; *disaster drills are held to learn and
adjust plans
-Evaluation
(only key terms...check study guide for more info)
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Terms in this set (87)
What is a disaster? an event (natural or human-made) that causes a level of
destruction, death, or injury that affects the abilities of
the community to respond to the incident using
available resources
What are the casualties in a disaster? -Direct victim: tree falls on someone during a hurricane
-Indirect victim: someone has a heart attack after
hearing someone else was killed
-Displaced person: temporarily out of home due to
damage but can return
-Refugee: someone who can't return to home (political
reasons, long-term issues)
,Define concepts of disasters 1. Natural: earthquakes, floods, epidemics
2. Human-made: water issue, terrorism (Chemical,
Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive),
transportation
3. NA-TECH: combo of natural and technological
4. Multiple casualty incident: >2, <100
5. Mass casualty incident: 100 or greater
What are the characteristics of a 1. Predictable: how easy is it to predict and know when a
disaster? disaster may occur
2. Frequency: how often does a particular type of
disaster occur
3. Preventable/Mitigation: what can be done to prevent
the disaster; relates to mitigation, things that can be
done to decrease damage and prevent/protect from
injury
4. Imminence: how soon will it happen
5. Time: how does time of day affect disaster and
consequences
6. Intensity: extent of damage and injury
7. Scope: the # of people or the geographic size
affected
What are the effects of disaster on -Excessive deaths/ injuries that tax local health services
public health? (I) (ie mobile morgues)
-Destruction of health facilities
-Environmental hazards: infrastructure damage
(electricity, water, gas)
-Psychosocial stress, stress on health services
, What are the effects of disaster on -Food insecurity, toilet paper insecurity
public health?(II) -Increase in communicable disease transmission
-One health concept: considers health of environment
and animals (ie, zoonoses: a disease that can be
transmitted from humans to animals)
What occurs during the prevention Primary prevention= nondisaster and predisaster
stage? -Community assessment
-Risk and resource maps: know where potential hazards
exist within the area
-Community education
-Mitigation efforts; slow down, stabilize, or reverse
threatening events
What occurs during the preparedness Critical components of public health preparedness:
and planning stage? -Biosurveillance
-Countermeasure distribution: things that can be done
to respond to particular disaster
-Mass casualty care: SNS (strategic national stockpile),
POD (point of distribution)
-Community resilience: response to disaster, how is
community ready now
What are the components of a disaster -authority: who is in charge; should be designated by
plan? title because specific person may not be available
-Documentation: so organization can evaluate and
learn for future; *disaster drills are held to learn and
adjust plans
-Evaluation
(only key terms...check study guide for more info)
