Question

Using the FDA website answer the following question

2. You are working as an office manager at an outpatient clinic. Your supervising physician has asked you to develop a standard operating procedure protocol for what to do with medications during an emergency. (Example in the event of a natural disaster – such as forest fire, hurricane, tornado, etc…)

Answer 1

Answer: Nursing care aimed to verify the existence and use of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) by nursing teams. SOPs describe each critical and sequential step of a task to ensure its expected result.

Every year, some or the other country are face threats of hurricanes, floods, landslides, earthquakes and volcanoes. Several diseases have been observed in the aftermath of such disaster situations. For example, floods can potentially increase the transmission of water-borne diseases; vector-borne diseases can also be observed. Other illnesses of main concern after disaster events are skin problems and trauma, and of less occurrence are rabies, Clostridium dificile, tetanus, snake bite, meningitis, acute respiratory infections, and acute malnutrition. Mental health problems may also increase following a disaster. A standard medicines list in emergencies and disasters permits an effective response with medicines and medical devices using standard, pre-packed kits that could be kept in readiness to meet priority health needs in emergencies. The provision of the medicines will help to reduce the occurrence of the many diseases.