Medical Surgery Topic on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
Medical Surgery Topic on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness What are disasters? - Correct Answer-Event in which illness or injuries exceed resource capabilities of a health care facility or community due to destruction and devastation What are multi-casualty events? - Correct Answer-We can manage within the hospital resources What are mass casualty events? - Correct Answer-All hospitals medical capabilities are overwhelmed What is an epidemic? - Correct Answer-Disease affecting many persons at the same time, and spreading from person to person in a locality where the disease is not permanently prevalent What is a pandemic? - Correct Answer-Global disease outbreak What are types of terrorist threats? - Correct Answer-N-Nuclear: Bombs, radioactive threats
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medical surgery topic on emergency and disaster pr