Nur-225- Emergency And Disaster Nursing Questions and Correct Answers
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Course
NUR 225
Institution
NUR 225
What is the difference between emergency and disaster? emergency- an event or disaster that disrupts our health or safety
Disaster- public emergency additional support Is needed - there is little to no warning - threat to life and public health - infectious diseases become apart of disaster or spr...
Nur-225- Emergency And Disaster
Nursing Questions and Correct Answers
What is the difference between emergency and disaster? ✅emergency- an event or
disaster that disrupts our health or safety
Disaster- public emergency additional support Is needed
- there is little to no warning
- threat to life and public health
- infectious diseases become apart of disaster or spread faster
- natural disaster: tornado, hurricane, forest fires
Difference between natural disaster and environmental disaster ✅natural disaster:
tornado, hurricane, forest fires
Environmental disaster: mudslide
Cdc recommendation for emergency preparedness ✅Having emergency preparedness
plan
- applicable to multiple situations
- identify capacity and when capacity may get overwhelmed
What is preparedness? ✅activities prior to a disaster
Examples: preparedness plans; emergency exercises, warning systems, meeting place
- designed to save lives: those that are sickest are treated last
- nurses assist first responders
- first responders transport patients away from danger and to correct level of care
What is response? ✅actives during a disaster
Examples: public warning systems, emergency operations, search and rescue
- implementation of any plan
- meet basic human needs (food, clothing, shelter)
- prevent further health crisis and property damage
- nursing are performing fundamental skill- do not practice outside of scope (checking
LOC, feeling pulse, RR)
What is recovery? ✅actives following a disaster
Examples: temporary housing, grants, counseling
- restore back to original form
- evaluate plan/response
- restore any supplies
- educate community- to better their response
- Identify at risk populations
- debrief with providers
- repair land
, What is mitigation ? ✅BEFORE AND AFTER EMERGENCY
Activities that reduce the effects of disasters
Examples: building codes and zoning, public education
- id potential hazards and decrease their likelihood
- takes place before and after emergency/disaster
- define leaders and their roles
- determine ways of communication
-goal: minimize potenial hazards
- define communication
CDC ✅is head to emergency preparedness (resources, training, scholarly resources)
Surge capacity ✅ability of community to respond to a disaster
What is EMTALA? ✅Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
- law that requires that pt is emergent situation is treated in emergency room
Facilities can break this by not addressing complaints, doctors who won't come in to
see patients
- if violated the hosptial could get fined/ lose medicaid reimbursement
EMTALA requires 3 things before a patient can be transferred
1. An assessment of pt's condition
2. Receiving facilities agreement to take to
3. Patients consent or request to go
Emergency medical services ✅provide prehospital treatment
- basic life support
- only function on protocol
Detect
Incident command
Scene safety
Assess hazards
Support supply
Triage/basic treatment
Evacuation/transport
Recovery
- does not include assessment and administration of medication
Zone Description ✅hot zone:
- considered most dangerous/contaminated
- closest to disaster site
- all responders are wearing PPE
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