Community Disaster Preparedness

Front 1

What are the different types of disasters?

Back 1

Natural, human-made, and terrorist disasters

Front 2

What disaster will often result in more casualties? Why?

Back 2

The use of weapons of mass destruction or natural disasters such as earthquakes => casualties because victims have little time to make evacuation preparations.

Front 3

What competency should all public health workers possess in disaster preparedness?

Back 3

be able to recognize unusual events that might indicate an emergency and describing appropriate action?

Front 4

What are some examples of U.S. Government's bio-defense programs?

Back 4

BioWatch, BioSense, Project BioShield, and smallpox immunization campaign.

Front 5

What are four stages of disaster management?

Back 5

Prevention, Preparation, Response, & Recovery.

Front 6

What is the goal of smallpox vaccination campaign?

Back 6

Goal is to initially immunize health care workers and emergency response personnel.

Front 7

What is one of the most common terrorist activities?

Back 7

Use of explosives

Front 8

What is the common trauma associated with the use of explosives?

Back 8

Blast Lung Injury

Front 9

What are the s/s of blast lung injury?
a. Dyspnea, hemoptysis, cough and chest pain.
b. Dyspnea, hemoptysis, headache, and cough.
c. Cough, chills, headache, and chest pain.
d. Hemoptysis, chest pain, abdominal pain, and fever.

Back 9

Answer: A
Dyspnea, hemoptysis, cough and chest pain.

Front 10

What are the first goals following any disaster situation?

Back 10

Reestablish sanitary barriers and focusing on water, food waste disposal, vector control, shelter, and safety.

Front 11

What impacts a victim's prognosis for survival of blast lung injury?

Back 11

A triage nurse's ability to recognize Sx of blast lung injury. (Sx = dyspnea, hemoptysis, cough, and chest pain).

Front 12

Nurses often have unique responsibilities in a disaster. Why are nurses often asked to assist in running hospitals in a disaster?

Back 12

Nurses are often asked to assist in running hospitals so the regular staff can go home to repair their own damaged homes.

Front 13

Fill in the blank:

Nurses who work with survivors of disasters may be at risk for ______________, a response to listening to survivors' stories about traumatic events.

Back 13

Vicarious traumatization

Front 14

Fill in the blank:

(a)__________ and (b) have definitely contributed to the occurrence of disasters. Population growth has increased the danger of natural disasters as communities have built in areas that are vulnerable to such disasters.

Back 14

a. Urbanization
b. Overcrowding

Front 15

A communicable disease epidemic, such as cholera in Haiti, would be considered which of the following?
a. A natural disaster
b. A human-made disaster
c. Bio-terrorism
d. None of the above

Back 15

Answer: A
A natural disaster

Front 16

A structural collapse would be considered what type of disaster?
a. Natural disaster
b. Human-made
c. Bio-terrorism
d. None of the above/not a disaster.

Back 16

B. Human-made disaster

Front 17

What are actions or measures that can either prevent the occurrence of a disaster or reduce the severity of its effects called?

Back 17

Mitigations

Front 18

Fill in the blank:
____________ is responsible for developing and coordinating emergency response plans in a defined area.

Back 18

The Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

Front 19

Developing an evacuation plan to remove individuals from danger for a potential disaster is an example of?
a. Community preparedness
b. Community response to disaster
c. Community recovery process of disaster

Back 19

Community preparedness

Front 20

What is a common reaction of elderly persons experiencing disaster?

Back 20

Feel of loss of independence

Front 21

What is the most important attribute for a nurse working in a disaster?

Back 21

Flexibility

Front 22

The triage process in disaster involves separating the casualties and allocating Tx based on the victim's potential for survival. If you are the first responder in an emergency situation, who should be given the highest priority?
a. Infants and/or children.
b. Victims with the most serious injuries but with highest probability for survival
c. Elders and pregnant women
d. Victims with the most serious injuries.

Back 22

Victims with the most serious injuries but with highest probability for survival

Front 23

Stress is a predominant factor in a shelter for disaster victims. What can some of the causes of stress be?

Back 23

- shock of the disaster
- loss of personal possessions
- fear of the unknown
- living in close proximity to the total strangers
- boredom

Front 24

What is a Sx of early stress for nurses and other health care professionals assisting in a disaster ?

Back 24

Minor tremors (indicate early stress that can lead to potential burnout)

Front 25

What are physical Sx of stress in nurses and other health professionals assisting in a disaster?

Back 25

Minor tremors, irritability, fatigue, and headache

Front 26

What populations are at the greatest risk for disruption after a disaster?
a. Single-parent families
b. Children
c. Elders
d. Substance abusers
e. All of the above

Back 26

All of the above

Front 27

True/False:

Animals are considered to be members of populations in regards to bio-terrorism and disaster management.

Back 27

False
While domestic pets are also at risk, animals are NOT considered to be members of populations in regard to bio-terrorism and disaster management.

Front 28

What is FEMA?

Back 28

FEMA = Federal Emergency Management Agency = federal authority on disaster prepardness, response, and recovery.

Front 29

What other agencies assist FEMA in emergency management, and how do they help?

Back 29

American Red Cross and other voluntary organizations assist FEMA by operating shelters, providing services to victims, acting as advocates, and seeking and accepting donations from people who wish to help.