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| What are the 3 types of disaster? |
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- Natural
- Accidental
- Terrorism |
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| What is an example of a natural disaster? |
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| What is an example of an accidental disaster? |
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Chernobyl meltdown in former Soviet Union
Oil rig collapse in Gulf of Mexico |
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| What is an example of a terrorist disaster? |
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| Twin tower attacks in 9-11-01 |
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| What are the phases of emergency response? |
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Definition
1.) Preparedness
2.) Mitigation
3.) Response
4.) Recovery
5.) Evaluation |
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| What is the preparedness stage? |
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Definition
Identify all hazards
Proactive planning
Evaluate possible damage
Identification of Hazards
Analysis of Vulnerability
National Response framework |
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| What is the mitigation stage? |
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Take measures to limit damage, disability, and loss of life.
Effort to prevent identified risks from causing a disaster
Efforts to lessen the impact of a disaster by initiating measures to limit damage disease, disability, and loss of life among the members of the community |
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| What is the response stage? |
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Definition
National Incident Managemet System
Incident Command System
Implementation of disaster plan
Provide emergency care
Restore communication and transportation |
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| What is the recovery stage? |
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Definition
Stabilization
Return to normal status
Returning to a previous status
An epidemiologic analysis of adverse health effects after the disaster. |
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| What is the evaluation stage? |
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Definition
Assess the effectiveness of the plan
Learn from the past
Prepare for future |
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| What is the nurse's role in disaster management? |
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Definition
Why doesn’t the police, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians just take care of it?”
“What role do I have in all this?”
Disaster preparedness and management competencies
Field Triage |
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| critical Unstable, requires immediate intervention |
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Definition
| Urgent Stable but may deteriorate |
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Delayed Injured or ill but stable and not likely to deteriorate
Injured and ill but stable and walking |
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| expectant Dead or non-salvageable given available resources |
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| What is step one of the START field triage? |
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Definition
| Say come to me. If they can walk, they are green. |
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| What is step two of the START field triage? |
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Definition
| Do Respiratory, Pulse, Mental Status and determine status of others |
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Term
| If RR rate is greater than 30 or less than 10, a patient is what? |
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Definition
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| If a RR is absent, the patient is what? |
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| If the RR is less than 30 but greater than 10 the patient is what? |
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| If there is NO pulse and the capillary refill is greater than 2 seconds, the patient is what? |
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Definition
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| If there is a pulse and the capillary refill is less then 2 seconds, the patient is what? |
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Definition
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| If the patient can follow simple instructions, they are? |
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| If the patient cannot follow simple instructions they are? |
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| What are the viruses used in bioterrorism? |
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Definition
-Anthrax
-Botulism
-Plague
-Smallpox
-Tularemia
-Ebola
-Lassa Fever
-Arenavirus |
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spore-forming bacterium
infected via inhalation |
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Definition
spore-forming bacterium found in soil and contaminated food.
infected via ingestion |
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bacterium found in fleas and rodents
infected via contact w/ vector |
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an acute contagious viral disease, with fever and pustules usually leaving permanent scars.
airborne |
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Tularemia is a disease of animals and humans caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. Rabbits, hares, and rodents
infected via contact w/ vector |
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| What is ebola/lassa/ and arena virus? |
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Definition
| Hemorrhagic fevers that are infected via rat droppings and contact with infected people. |
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Definition
a highly toxic, naturally occurring lectin (a carbohydrate-binding protein) produced in the seeds of the castor oil plant, Ricinus communis. A dose of purified ricin powder the size of a few grains of table salt can kill an adult human
BIOTOXIN |
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| Blistering agent used in war |
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| What is hydrogen fluoride? |
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Definition
A caustic
able to burn or corrode organic tissue by chemical action. |
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Fentanyl depresses central nervous system (CNS) and respiratory function
Incapacitating agent |
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| Long-acting anticoagulants |
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Nerve agent
Like other nerve agents, sarin attacks the nervous system by interfering with the re-absorption of neurotransmitters at neuromuscular junctions. Death will usually occur as a result of asphyxia due to the inability to control the muscles involved in breathing function. |
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Definition
| A metal that can cause poisoning |
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Term
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Human exposure to benzene is a global health problem.[vague] Benzene targets liver, kidney, lung, heart and the brain and can cause DNA strand breaks, chromosomal damage, etc.
Organic solvent |
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| A gas used to control riots and people that causes tearing of the eyes and difficulty breathing |
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