Nsg/411 Earthquake Disaster Management
Earthquake Disaster Management
National University
Holly Montgomery
NSG 411
Professor Mason
October 7, 2014
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MANAGEMENT
Introduction
Nations abroad, individuals, families and entire communities are experiencing unprecedented disasters. Disasters occur suddenly and unexpectedly, and they often cannot be prevented. A disaster is any natural or human made incident that causes disruption, destruction or devastation requiring external assistance (Stanhope & Lancaster 2014). It seems as though more and more disasters are occurring more frequent than in years past. There are two types of disasters, natural disasters as well as human-made disasters. Natural disasters are defined as unpreventable …show more content…
Examples are flooding, fire, electrical outage.
Code Triage External: the activation of the organizations Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) to respond to an external event that has disrupted, or may disrupt, the facility’s normal operations. Examples are fog-related incidents, multi-casualty car crashes, and earthquakes.
When we activate Code Triage Internal and External, we activate the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) to manage a coordinated and standardized response within Community Medical Centers and in cooperation with County, State and Federal agencies (Community Medical Centers, 2014).
When interviewing an employee of the local community hospital, the example was given in regards to response to disaster planning; if a surveyor stopped you in the hall and asked, “What would you do if a disaster occurred?”
You might respond with: “I would hear the overhead call for disaster activation. An incident command center would be established with facility operations directing our response to the disaster. I would receive information and direction from the physician in charge in the command center. I would assist with the medical care of affected patients, including admission and
National University
Holly Montgomery
NSG 411
Professor Mason
October 7, 2014
EARTHQUAKE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND MANAGEMENT
Introduction
Nations abroad, individuals, families and entire communities are experiencing unprecedented disasters. Disasters occur suddenly and unexpectedly, and they often cannot be prevented. A disaster is any natural or human made incident that causes disruption, destruction or devastation requiring external assistance (Stanhope & Lancaster 2014). It seems as though more and more disasters are occurring more frequent than in years past. There are two types of disasters, natural disasters as well as human-made disasters. Natural disasters are defined as unpreventable …show more content…
Examples are flooding, fire, electrical outage.
Code Triage External: the activation of the organizations Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) to respond to an external event that has disrupted, or may disrupt, the facility’s normal operations. Examples are fog-related incidents, multi-casualty car crashes, and earthquakes.
When we activate Code Triage Internal and External, we activate the Hospital Incident Command System (HICS) to manage a coordinated and standardized response within Community Medical Centers and in cooperation with County, State and Federal agencies (Community Medical Centers, 2014).
When interviewing an employee of the local community hospital, the example was given in regards to response to disaster planning; if a surveyor stopped you in the hall and asked, “What would you do if a disaster occurred?”
You might respond with: “I would hear the overhead call for disaster activation. An incident command center would be established with facility operations directing our response to the disaster. I would receive information and direction from the physician in charge in the command center. I would assist with the medical care of affected patients, including admission and