NU 302: Emergency Preparedness &
Disaster Response
•Which of the following is a part of disaster prevention?
A.Outlining Specific Roles of community Agencies
B.Identifying Community Vulnerabilities
C.Prioritizing care of people
D.Providing strain counseling - ANS-•B - identifying network vulnerabilities is part of disaster
prevention
Rationale - This is a part of a hazard evaluation for your network
Bioterrorism - ANS-•Anthrax: Spores observed in digestive tracks of herbivores and soil. Itchy
skin, lesions, eschar, Infection and septicemia
•Smallpox: fever, malaise, belly pain, vomiting, rash which will become lesions
Characteristics of Disasters - ANS-•MAY BE NATURAL OR MAN-MADE
-Natural: tornados, huricanes
-Man-Made: shootings, battle, fires made by way of people
•PREPAREDNESS VARIES BASED ON TYPE OF DISASTER
•SCOPE - RANGE OF ITS EFFECT, EITHER GEOGRAPHICALLY OR IN TERMS OF THE
NUMBER OF VICTIMS
•INTENSITY - THE LEVEL OF DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION IT CAUSES
•CASUALTIES
-NUMBER OF HUMAN BEINGS INJURED OR KILLED BY OR AS A DIRECT RESULT OF AN
INCIDENT
-MULTIPLE-CASUALTY INCIDENT: >2 BUT <100
-MASS-CASUALTY INCIDENT: >a hundred
Disaster Preparedness - ANS--Hazard vulnerability assessment
-Establishment of incident command middle region
-Roles of people: set up and train
-Evaluate supplies, financial, communique, and body of workers availability.
Disaster Preparedness and Patients - ANS-•DISCUSS EMERGENCY PLANNING WITH
PATIENT AND FAMILIES
, •HAVE LIST OF EMERGENCY CONTACTS
•REGISTER PATIENTS WHO NEED LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT WITH UTILITY
COMPANIES. GENERATORS IF POSSIBLE
•EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KITS
Disaster Response - ANS-•Rescue Survivors
•Triage
•Treatment and aid
•Care of bodies and Notification of families
Emergency Preparedness Kits - ANS-•WATER (1 GALLON PER PERSON PER DAY - three
DAY SUPPLY)
•NON-PERISHABLE FOOD (three DAY SUPPLY FOR EVACUATION, 2 WEEKS FOR HOME)
•FLASHLIGHT
•BATTERY POWERED RADIO
•BATTERIES
•FIRST AID KIT
•7 DAY SUPPLY OF MEDICATIONS
•MULTI PURPOSE TOOLS
•HYGIENE ITEMS
•COPIES OF PERSONAL DOCUMENTS (BIRTH CERTIFICATES, PASSPORTS, INSURANCE
POLICIES)
•CELL PHONE WITH CHARGER
•EMERGENCY CONTACT INFO
•EMERGENCY BLANKET
Factors contributing to the capability for disaster - ANS-- Host Factors:Age, wellknown fitness,
mobility, mental factors, and even socioeconomic elements
-Agent Factors: Natural or technologic element that reasons the disaster
-Environmental Factors: Those that could potentially make a contribution to or mitigate a
disaster
Incident Command System - ANS--Can grow or decrease to fulfill the wishes of the incident
-Provides meeting and collaboration of diverse businesses
-Provides administrative assist
-Cost powerful by using reducing duplication of services
Levels of Prevention - ANS-number one
-Establish catastrophe plans
-Teach network of disaster plans
-Report uncommon hobby
-Acquire a basic know-how of skills to reply correctly
secondary
Disaster Response
•Which of the following is a part of disaster prevention?
A.Outlining Specific Roles of community Agencies
B.Identifying Community Vulnerabilities
C.Prioritizing care of people
D.Providing strain counseling - ANS-•B - identifying network vulnerabilities is part of disaster
prevention
Rationale - This is a part of a hazard evaluation for your network
Bioterrorism - ANS-•Anthrax: Spores observed in digestive tracks of herbivores and soil. Itchy
skin, lesions, eschar, Infection and septicemia
•Smallpox: fever, malaise, belly pain, vomiting, rash which will become lesions
Characteristics of Disasters - ANS-•MAY BE NATURAL OR MAN-MADE
-Natural: tornados, huricanes
-Man-Made: shootings, battle, fires made by way of people
•PREPAREDNESS VARIES BASED ON TYPE OF DISASTER
•SCOPE - RANGE OF ITS EFFECT, EITHER GEOGRAPHICALLY OR IN TERMS OF THE
NUMBER OF VICTIMS
•INTENSITY - THE LEVEL OF DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION IT CAUSES
•CASUALTIES
-NUMBER OF HUMAN BEINGS INJURED OR KILLED BY OR AS A DIRECT RESULT OF AN
INCIDENT
-MULTIPLE-CASUALTY INCIDENT: >2 BUT <100
-MASS-CASUALTY INCIDENT: >a hundred
Disaster Preparedness - ANS--Hazard vulnerability assessment
-Establishment of incident command middle region
-Roles of people: set up and train
-Evaluate supplies, financial, communique, and body of workers availability.
Disaster Preparedness and Patients - ANS-•DISCUSS EMERGENCY PLANNING WITH
PATIENT AND FAMILIES
, •HAVE LIST OF EMERGENCY CONTACTS
•REGISTER PATIENTS WHO NEED LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT WITH UTILITY
COMPANIES. GENERATORS IF POSSIBLE
•EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS KITS
Disaster Response - ANS-•Rescue Survivors
•Triage
•Treatment and aid
•Care of bodies and Notification of families
Emergency Preparedness Kits - ANS-•WATER (1 GALLON PER PERSON PER DAY - three
DAY SUPPLY)
•NON-PERISHABLE FOOD (three DAY SUPPLY FOR EVACUATION, 2 WEEKS FOR HOME)
•FLASHLIGHT
•BATTERY POWERED RADIO
•BATTERIES
•FIRST AID KIT
•7 DAY SUPPLY OF MEDICATIONS
•MULTI PURPOSE TOOLS
•HYGIENE ITEMS
•COPIES OF PERSONAL DOCUMENTS (BIRTH CERTIFICATES, PASSPORTS, INSURANCE
POLICIES)
•CELL PHONE WITH CHARGER
•EMERGENCY CONTACT INFO
•EMERGENCY BLANKET
Factors contributing to the capability for disaster - ANS-- Host Factors:Age, wellknown fitness,
mobility, mental factors, and even socioeconomic elements
-Agent Factors: Natural or technologic element that reasons the disaster
-Environmental Factors: Those that could potentially make a contribution to or mitigate a
disaster
Incident Command System - ANS--Can grow or decrease to fulfill the wishes of the incident
-Provides meeting and collaboration of diverse businesses
-Provides administrative assist
-Cost powerful by using reducing duplication of services
Levels of Prevention - ANS-number one
-Establish catastrophe plans
-Teach network of disaster plans
-Report uncommon hobby
-Acquire a basic know-how of skills to reply correctly
secondary
