NUR 254 Emergency Preparedness
- What are emergencies?
Answer Sudden, unforeseen events that threaten health or safety
- What are disasters?
Answer Emergencies that initially overwhelm available personnel and emergency services (large scale destruction or disruption)
- What is a pandemic?
Answer An infection that spreads rapidly around the world
- What is emergency preparedness?
Answer Plans to prevent, respond to, and recover from emergencies
- What is surge capacity?
Answer Ability to rapidly meet increased demand for qualified personnel & resources
- What are the three characteristics that define a disaster?
Answer 1) An event of destructive magnitude
2) Kills, injures, or causes human suffering to a significant number of people or the environment 3) Requires the need for external assistance
- What is a mass casualty event? (MCI) 1 / 2
Answer Any large scale event in which the health care needs exceeds the health care resources (requires triage for prioritization of medical care)
- (T/F) All disasters are mass casualty events.
Answer False (All mass casualty events are disasters, but not all disasters are MCIs)
- What are the four phases of emergency response?
- Mitigation
Answer
- Preparedness
- Emergency response
- Recovery
- What is the mitigation phase?
Answer Warning systems, insurance claims (Happens before and after emergency)
- What is the preparedness phase?
- Nurses gain understanding of expected roles in emergency
Answer
- Develop emergency plan (designate meeting places)
- This all happens before the emergency
- What are some examples of plans?
- Identifying/ organizing and training emergency personnel
Answer
- Stocking supplies
- Implementing warning systems
- Implementing response and evacuation plans
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