EXAM3-Disaster nursing
Emergencies - answerare events that can be managed by agencies,
communities, families, or individuals using their own resources
Disaster - answerany event that causes a level of destruction, death, or
injury that affects the abilities of the community to respond to the incident
using available resources."
Mass Casualty - answer100+ individuals
Multiple casualty - answer2-99 individuals
Casualties - answera direct victim, indirect victim, displaced person, or
refugee
Emergencies differ from disasters, in that - answeragencies, communities,
families, or individuals can manage emergencies using their own resources.
A disaster event - answermay be beyond the ability of the community to
respond and recover from the incident using its own resources. Disasters
frequently require assistance from outside the immediate community, both
for management of resulting issues and for recovery.
Types of disasters - answerNatural
man-made
combination
Natural Disasters - answerhurricanes,
tornadoes,
flash floods,
blizzards,
typhoons,
volcanic eruptions
Man made - answerchemical & biological terrorism,
transportation accidents,
food & water contamination, building collapse.
Fire - answercan be either natural (related to weather) or man-made (arson)
agent - answerthe physical item that causes the disaster or destruction.
Primary - answerfalling building, heat, wind, rising water, chem/biological
agents & smoke
, Secondary - answerbacteria/viruses that produce contamination, after
primary injury caused destruction
NA-TECH disaster
(natural/technological) - answera natural disaster that creates or results in a
widespread technological problem - a blizzard that knocks out power lines.
Acts of Terrorism - answeris premeditated, politically motivated violence
perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub-national groups or
clandestine agents."
Threats of terrorism - answerAssassinations
Kidnappings
Hijackings
Bomb scares and bombings
Computer-based attacks
Chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological weapons
Weapons of mass destruction - answer-Any weapon that is designed or
intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through release,
dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors
-Any weapon involving a disease organism (biological agents)
-Any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level
dangerous to human life .
Category A PAthogens
(highest risk) - answerAgents that pose the highest risk to national security
and public health because they can be easily disseminated or transmitted
from person to person
Category B
(2nd highest priority) - answer-They are moderately easy to disseminate
-Result in moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates
Category C
(3rd highest) - answerCould be engineered for mass dissemination in the
future because of availabliity
LOOK AT PG 565, box28-5 - answer
Characteristics of disasters - answer-predictable
-frequency
-preventability/mitigation
-imminence
-scope/# of casualities
Emergencies - answerare events that can be managed by agencies,
communities, families, or individuals using their own resources
Disaster - answerany event that causes a level of destruction, death, or
injury that affects the abilities of the community to respond to the incident
using available resources."
Mass Casualty - answer100+ individuals
Multiple casualty - answer2-99 individuals
Casualties - answera direct victim, indirect victim, displaced person, or
refugee
Emergencies differ from disasters, in that - answeragencies, communities,
families, or individuals can manage emergencies using their own resources.
A disaster event - answermay be beyond the ability of the community to
respond and recover from the incident using its own resources. Disasters
frequently require assistance from outside the immediate community, both
for management of resulting issues and for recovery.
Types of disasters - answerNatural
man-made
combination
Natural Disasters - answerhurricanes,
tornadoes,
flash floods,
blizzards,
typhoons,
volcanic eruptions
Man made - answerchemical & biological terrorism,
transportation accidents,
food & water contamination, building collapse.
Fire - answercan be either natural (related to weather) or man-made (arson)
agent - answerthe physical item that causes the disaster or destruction.
Primary - answerfalling building, heat, wind, rising water, chem/biological
agents & smoke
, Secondary - answerbacteria/viruses that produce contamination, after
primary injury caused destruction
NA-TECH disaster
(natural/technological) - answera natural disaster that creates or results in a
widespread technological problem - a blizzard that knocks out power lines.
Acts of Terrorism - answeris premeditated, politically motivated violence
perpetrated against noncombatant targets by sub-national groups or
clandestine agents."
Threats of terrorism - answerAssassinations
Kidnappings
Hijackings
Bomb scares and bombings
Computer-based attacks
Chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological weapons
Weapons of mass destruction - answer-Any weapon that is designed or
intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through release,
dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors
-Any weapon involving a disease organism (biological agents)
-Any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level
dangerous to human life .
Category A PAthogens
(highest risk) - answerAgents that pose the highest risk to national security
and public health because they can be easily disseminated or transmitted
from person to person
Category B
(2nd highest priority) - answer-They are moderately easy to disseminate
-Result in moderate morbidity rates and low mortality rates
Category C
(3rd highest) - answerCould be engineered for mass dissemination in the
future because of availabliity
LOOK AT PG 565, box28-5 - answer
Characteristics of disasters - answer-predictable
-frequency
-preventability/mitigation
-imminence
-scope/# of casualities
