Types of Disasters
A hurricane
What is a natural disaster?
The triage tag color indicating immediate care is needed.
What is a red tag?
The phase involving steps to prevent or reduce disaster impact.
What is mitigation?
This characteristic refers to how quickly a disaster occurs, such as an earthquake.
What is type/speed of onset?
In disasters, nurses often help determine patient priorities using this process.
What is triage?
A chemical plant explosion
What is an accidental/man-made disaster?
This triage category is used for patients who are ambulatory.
What is a green tag?
Writing emergency plans and conducting drills occur in this phase.
What is prevention/preparedness?
The “number of people affected” refers to this characteristic.
What is scope/magnitude?
Nurses' role of responding to disasters includes these activities:
What are rescue, triage, treatment/support, care of bodies, and family notification?
A pandemic such as COVID-19
What is a biological disaster?
A patient with massive head trauma and no pulse receives this tag.
What is a black tag?
Actions taken during the disaster to save lives and reduce harm.
What is response?
The amount of destruction a disaster causes is known as this.
What is magnitude?
Nurses' role of supporting recovery includes:
What are long-term treatment/support and need for self-care?
A coordinated bombing attack
What is a terrorism disaster?
This tag is given to patients with serious injuries but not life‑threatening.
What is a yellow tag?
Restoring infrastructure and returning the community to normal.
What is recovery?
>2 but < 100 casualties
What is a multiple-casualty incident?
Analysis of the management/response to an incident, exercise, or event.
What is an after-action report?
A nuclear plant meltdown
What is a radiation disaster
The quick assessment method used to assign disaster tags.
What is START (Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment)?
Reviewing what went well and what needs improvement after an event.
What is recovery?
> 100 casualties
What is a mass-casualty incident?
Secondary prevention activities following a disaster includes screening for these psychological consequences.
What are Acute Stress Disorder, PTSD, and depression?