Effects of Disasters
Characteristics of Disasters
Disaster affects on Communities
Triage in Disasters
Disaster
Misc
100
100 or more of individuals are involved
What is Mass Casualty?
100
how often a disaster occurs
What is frequency?
100
the elderly, the homeless, persons with disabilities, non-English speaking, chronically ill, and women & children
What are Vulnerable Populations in Disasters?
100
Medical help who arrives first on the scene
What are First Responders?
100
Any natural or human-made incident that causes disruption, destruction, or devastation requiring external assistance.
What is a Disaster?
200
those who have to evacuate their home, school or business as a result of a disaster
What is Displaced Person?
200
speed of onset of an impending disaster
What is Imminence?
200
Feelings of despair can arise. Depression can set in.
What is the Disillusionment Phase of a Disaster?
200
Minor - Walking Wounded
What is a Green Colored Triage Tag?
200
Hurricane Katrina, Haiti earthquake, Japanese earthquake and tsunami
What are natural disasters?
300
individual who is immediately affected by the disaster
What is Direct Victim?
300
actions taken to avoid a disaster
What is Preventability?
300
Nearly everyone feel the need to rush to help people survive the disaster.
What is the Heroic Phase of a disaster?
300
Delayed - serious, non life threatening
What is Yellow colored triage tag?
300
Terrorist attacks of the Twin Towers and Pentagon, Kent State University Riots, and Chernobyl Nuclear Plant Malfunction
What are human-made disasters?
400
less than 2 but greater than 100 individuals are involved
What is Multiple Casualty?
400
ability to tell when and if a disaster event will occur
What is Predictability?
400
People begin to tell their stories of survival. Bonds are formed between rescuers and victims. Gratitude is expressed.
What is the Honeymoon Phase of the disaster?
400
Immediate - Life Threatening Injury
What is Red colored Triage tag?
400
The process of separating casualties and allocating treatments based on the victim’s potential for survival.
What is Triage?
500
group of people who have fled their home or country as a result of some type of disaster
What are Refugees?
500
characteristic describing the level of destruction and devastation of the disaster event
What is Intensity?
500
Communities begin to rebuild their lives.
What is the Reconstruction Phase of the disaster?
500
Deceased - pulseless, non-breathing
What is the Black colored Triage Tag?
500
The agency primarily responsible for managing shelters in disaster situations in our country.
What is The American Red Cross?
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