NUR 408 FINAL Notes Questions and Answers with complete solution

Disaster Management and Public Health Emergencies Disasters - Answer-"An occurrence that has resulted in property damage, deaths, and/or injuries to a community." Emergency Management - Answer-Mitigation > Preparedness > Response > Recovery National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) - AnswerNational Incident Management System (NIMS) - Answer-- Department of Homeland Security released the National Incident Management System in 2004 -A systematic, proactive approach to guide all levels of government, NGOs, and the private sector to work together to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effect of incidents -Provides shared vocabulary, systems, and processes -Provides a consistent foundation for dealing with incidents of all sizes Incident Command System (ICS) - Answer--A key feature of NIMS -Establishes structure to organize response -May be used for large or small incidents, as well as planned events, natural disasters, terrorism -Applicable across multiple disciplines and levels of government -Structured to facilitate activities in five functional areas: command, operations, planning, logistics, and finance and administration -Standard for emergency management across the country Major Concepts of ICS - Answer-Chain of Command and Unity of Command -chain of command: the orderly line of authority within the incident management organization -unity of command: every individual has a designated supervisor to whom he or she reportsSpan of Control -the span of control of any individual with incident management supervisory responsibility should range from 3-7 subordinates Management by Objectives -ensures specific, measurable objectives and efforts to attain them Modular Organization -can scale up or down based on size and complexity Incident Action Planning -provides a standard mechanism for communicating overall incident objectives Common Terminology -common terms are used to define organizational functions, incident facilities, resources, and position titles Resource Management -maintaining an accurate picture of resource utilization is a critical component of incident management ICS Organizational Structure and Sections - Answer-Operations: -responsible for all tactical activities Planning: -collects, evaluates and disseminates incident information to the IC and incident management personnel Logistics: -responsible for all service support requirements needed to facilitate responseFinance/Administration -responsible for recording staff time, maintaining vendor contracts, administering compensation Public Health Emergencies and Philadelphia Department of Public Health - AnswerWhat is a Public Health Emergency? - Answer-A public health emergency is an event that threatens to overwhelm routine public health and healthcare activities due to scale, severity, timing, or unpredictability Public Health Emergencies - Answer-Outbreak of novel or severe disease -SARS -Ebola -Pandemic influenza Terrorist Attack -Biological agent -Chemical agent -Bombing Radiological Event Severe Weather Events -Coastal storm -Extreme heat Environmental