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SREEDEVI.T.SURESH
2ND yearM.Sc Nursing
DEFINITIONS OF DISASTER
• D – Destructions
• I – Incidents
• S – Sufferings
• A - Administrative, Financial Failures. S –
Sentiments
• T – Tragedies
• E - Eruption of Communicable diseases.
• R - Research programme and its implementation
DISASTER NURSING
Flood Kerala
2018 450 person or
more,Rs.40billion
property damage
• NATURAL DISASTERS
• MAN-MADE DISASTERS
Types of natural Disaster
Metrological
Environmental
Topographical
Natural
Disaster
Types of Man-made
Disasters
• TECHNOLOGICAL
• INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS
• SECURITY RELATED
CHARACTERISTIC OF DISASTER
• Predictability
• Controllability
• Speed of Onset
• Length of forewarning
• Duration of impact
PREIMPACTED PHASE
IMPACT PHASE
Communication problems
• Triage, transportation, and evaluation
problem
• Leadership issues.
• The management, security of and
distribution of resources at the disaster
site.
Cont..
• Advance warning systems and the
effectiveness of warning messages
• Coordination of search and rescue
efforts.
• Media issues.
• Effective triage of patients
Cont…
• Distribution of patients to hospitals in an
equitable fashion.
• Patient identification and tracking.
• Damage or destruction of the health care
infrastructure.
• Management of volunteers, donations,
and other large numbers of resources
DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
PRINCIPLES OF DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
• Disaster management is the responsibility
of all spheres of government.
• Disaster management should use
resources that exist for a day-to-day
purpose.
• Organizations should function as an
extension of their core business.
Cont…
• Individuals are responsible for their own
safety
• Disaster management planning should
focus on large-scale events
• Disaster management planning should
recognize the difference between
incidents and disasters
Cont..
• Disaster management operational
arrangements are additional to and do
not replace incident management
operational arrangements
• Disaster management planning must take
account of the type of physical
environment and the structure of the
population.
Cont…
• Disaster management arrangements must
recognise the involvement and potential
role of non- government agencies.
OTHER PRINCIPLES
• Prevent the disaster
• Minimize the casualties
• Prevent further casualties
• Rescue the victims
• First aid
• Evacuate
• Medical care
• Reconstruction
PHASES OF DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
• Disaster Preparedness
• Disaster impact
• Disaster Response
• Rehabilitation
• Disaster Mitigation
Disaster cycle
• Disaster Preparedness
• Disaster impact
• Disaster Response
• Rehabilitation
• Reconstruction
• Disaster Mitigation
DISASTER-EFFECTS
• EFFECTS OF MAJORDISASTERS
• Deaths
• Disability
• Increase in communicabledisease
• Psychologicalproblems
• foodshortage
• Direct environmentalrisk
• Socioeconomiclosses
Cont…
• EMOTIONAL OR
PSYCHOLOGICALPROBLEMS
• PROBLEMS IN VECTORCONTROL
CONT..
NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS
SUPPLIES
•
• ENVIRONMENTAL DISRUPTION
• PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS TO A
DISASTER
•
DISASTER DRILL