Question

11. Before planning a response for rescue and recovery all personnel should perform a hazard assessment. True or False.

a) Dmort teams are teams that respond to medical needs of those injured in disasters. True or False.

b) The purpose of triage is to limit the impact that a major disaster will have on hospitals. True or False.

c) Only the SEMO representative can call up the National Guard in New York State. True or False.

d) The only person able to declare a disaster to be a major event is the Governor of the state he must request the presidential declaration. True or False.

e) The American Red Cross has always assisted in major disasters. True or False.

f) The Stafford act assisted all Americans with flood insurance. True or false.

g) The role of public health in a Flu epidemic is to provide surveillance for its county. True or false

h) A NGO’s that always responds to disasters is the World Health Organization. True or False.

i) Emergency Management is most likely to succeed at a disaster because of the effectiveness of its different teams performing their duties as one. True or False

Answer 1

11. False. Mainly planning technicians and decision-makers are trained to do hazard assessment before the planning of response .

a. False. Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team (DMORT) have the responsibility to identify the victims, recover bodies, setting up temporary morgues, issue death certificates and preparing the remains for burial.

b. True. One purpose of triage is to limit the mass casualty incidents due to a disaster on hospitals. Triage also helps in prioritizing the illness and injuries based on its severity, provision of appropriate medical care, effective communication among medical facilities and acts as an ancillary hospital.

c. False. The chain of command for calling up National Guard of New York state is the Governor---------SEMO------JFHQ -NY (Joint Force Headquarters New York) ------mission execution.

d. True. As per the Stafford Act the governor of the affected state shall request the president to declare the existence of a major disaster.

e. True. American Red cross assists in all kind of  disasters from small house fires to multi state disasters.

f. False. The main of The Stafford act was to encourage the states to develop a disaster preparedness plan, plan for inter governmental coordination in case of a disaster, encourage the use of insurance coverage and to provide with federal assistance programs to compensate the losses due to a disaster. The act also imposes the requirement for flood insurance upon eligibility for disaster assistance in two cases : receiving disaster assistance in the past and if the entity seeking disaster assistance is located in a federally designated Special Flood Hazard area as per the National Flood Insurance Act.

g. False : Along with surveillance the public health nurse role in an epidemic involves prioritizing and providing continuing care to the general population, to enhance use of specific measures that may prevent further spread. So the roles includes preventive, promotive and curative care.

h. False. Main functions of WHO are normative functions including organizing international conventions, formulating standards and recommendations and directing and coordinating application of government policies and also conducting research and technical cooperation in disease eradication and emergencies. Main non profit organizations that assist in a disaster are Red cross, YWCA, Salvation Army)

i. True. The main aim of  Emergency Management is to reduce the impact of a disaster by early preparedness, response, mitigation and recovery. And most likely with the coordinated efforts of multiple trained teams and volunteers the emergency response and management succeeds a disaster by reducing the fatalities by early identification and rescuing of victims, triaging and  providing life support measures etc.