NSG 263 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mass-Casualty Incident, Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment, Triage
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Phases of disaster management: preparation: activities taken to handle disaster when strikes, take place on all levels, example is a hospital disaster plan. Plan to save lives, help response, and rescue operations (evacuation routes, methods/shelters, emerg communication plan, prevent spread of disease, public education). National level, state level, local level, health care facility, personal: mitigation: long term measures to reduce/prevent disaster, lessen impact before strikes. Example: dams built in response to 1913 dayton flood: response: activities hospital/healthcare system/public health agency take immediately before/during/after disaster/emerg. Search and rescue, clearing debris, feeding/sheltering victims or responders. Ex. seeking shelter from tornado, turn off gas valves in earthquake: recovery: actions taken to return to normal or even safer after disaster. Pre-disaster status rebuilding and repair, care/shelter, damage assessments, funding assistance. Man made (biological,radiological,nuclear,chemical,technical (not always acts of terrorism--chernobyl)). Brings order and organization to chaos: start triage (simple triage and rapid treatment): allows rapid assessment,
