DISASTER NURSING 1

• Lecture 1: DISASTERS Disaster
• - a serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic or environmental losses and impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources.
• - A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale due to hazardous events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability and capacity, leading to one or more of the following: human, material, economic and environmental losses and impacts.
• - May be viewed as an ecological disruption, or emergency of a severity and magnitude that result in deaths, injuries, illness and property damage that cannot be effectively managed using routine procedures or resources and that require outside assistance.
• Emergency is sometimes used interchangeably with the term disaster, as, for example, in the context of biological and technological hazards or health emergencies, which, however, can also relate to hazardous events that do not result in the serious disruption of the functioning of a community or society.
• Disaster damage occurs during and immediately after the disaster. This is usually measured in physical units (e.g., square meters of housing, kilometres of roads, etc.), and describes the total or partial destruction of physical assets, the disruption of basic services and damages to sources of livelihood in the affected area.
• Disaster impact is the total effect, including negative effects (e.g., economic losses) and positive effects (e.g., economic gains), of a hazardous event or a disaster. The term includes economic, human and environmental impacts, and may include death, injuries, disease and other negative effects on human physical, mental and social well-being.
• An event is already a disaster if a hazard has already affected a population making them vulnerable.
• Disaster Risk is a potential loss of life, injury, or damage assets that could occur to a system, society, or community in a specific period, determined probabilistically as a function of hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and capacity.
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) aims to reduce the damage caused by natural hazards like earthquakes, floods, droughts and cyclones, through an ethic of prevention. Disasters often follow natural hazards. A disaster's severity depends on how much impact a hazard has on society and the environment.
• - the degree to which the elements at risk are likely to experience hazard events of different magnitudes.
• - Is the situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities and other tangible human assets located in hazard- prone areas.
• - a dangerous phenomenon, substance, human activity or condition that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, loss of livelihood and services, social and economic disruption, or environmental damage. (RA 10121)
• - The conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets or systems to the impacts of hazards.
• LECTURE 2: EMERGENCY NURSING
• Emergency Nursing Skills
• • Your ability to stay calm and collected in urgent situations is one of the important qualities.
• • Be willing to learn more about the skills and qualities you’ll need in this dynamic nursing specialty.
• What do Emergency Nurses do?
• • Treat patients who are suffering from a wide range of conditions: trauma, injury, or severe medical conditions that require urgent treatment.
• • In the emergency department, everything is compressed.
• • Educating the public
• What are the most common conditions treated in the ER?
• • Abdominal pain;
• • Upper RTI
• • Strains and sprains
• • Superficial Injuries
• Where do Emergency Nurses work?
• • The majority of emergency nurses work in the emergency departments of hospitals.
• What are the qualities of a successful Emergency Nurse?
• • Staying flexible in tricky situations.
• • Remain calm in high- stress and high- pressure situations
• • Exuding Confidence in the midst of uncertainty
• • Having a thirst for knowledge.
• • Committed to a lifelong learning.
• • Keep up with everything.
• • EMPATHY
• DISASTER NURSING
• - It is the adaptation of professional nursing knowledge, skills, attitude in recognizing and meeting the nursing, health, and emotional needs of disaster victims.
• GOALS OF DISASTER NURSING