Nursing 3310A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Health Human Resources, Flight Nurse, Crisis Management
25 Apr 2017
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Natural catastrophes: ex. earthquake, hurricane, flood, forest fires, snowstorms, etc, technological and man-made, ex. conflict, pollution, famine (often related to climate change, but often related to how we design our system around water systems etc. , epidemic/pandemic (outbreak) A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society casing widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses which exceed the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources (who, 2015) Type of disruption from our norm causing human harm. Case: zika virus: brazil, causing babies to be born with smaller than normal heads, transmitted by mosquitoes. You can carry zika without being ill yourself, and without symptoms, but can have impact on the fetus. Army could get involved, helps with the management of moving people around and organizing, making sure people are heading in the direction that they should be and providing transportation for those without transportation.
