1) Discuss the types of disasters that are most likely to occur in communities and how an organization can prepare for them.   

2.Discuss the four levels of survival potential (i.e., emergent, urgent, nonurgent, and expectant) and their use to make care decisions.

 

1.Discuss the types of disasters that are most likely to occur in communities and how an organization can prepare for them. 

• Disaster refers to a disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving environmental losses, economic losses and human losses which exceeds the ability of the affected.
• There are two types of disasters the natural disaster and the man made disaster
• The natural disaster refers to the conditions associated with weather, and geological events such as floods, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, earth quickes, drought and landslides.
• Man made disaster refers to the disruption that are caused by human induced activities that lead to environmental pollution,economic loss and human life loss . These activities include, deforestation, aforestation, fires land and water pollution.
• An organization can prepare for a disaster by following these steps.
• Assessing the risk both internally and externally.
• Assessing the critical business functions.
• Preparing the supply chain.
• Creating an emergency management plan.
• Creating a crisis communication plan.
• Assembling the emergency supplies.
• Planning for an alternative location.

2.Discuss the four levels of survival potential (i.e., emergent, urgent, nonurgent, and expectant) and their use to make care decisions.

Emergent

• This means that the person has very severe injuries that can threaten life and needs a lot of attention for the patient to survive.

urgent

• These refers to serious and extensive injuries that does not pause immediate threat to life.Here the patient can survive even with delayed treatment.

nonurgent

• This means that the condition is less serious and also less extensive. This condition does not pause threat to life and no harm if there is no treatment or the treatment is delayed.

Expectant

• This means that the injuries are not compatible with life and that the potential of survival does not exist even with treatment.

Step-by-step explanation

The major roles of nurses in disaster include:

Determining the resources needed to respond to the need identified.

Determining magnitude of the event.

defining the health needs of the affected group.

Establishing priorities and objectives.