Famous Disasters
Devastating Category 3 storm that made landfall in Louisiana on August 29, 2005, causing widespread flooding and significant damage
What is Hurricane Katrina
Mismatch or gap between needs and the capability and/ or capacity to fill those needs
What is Surge
(Deceased/expectant) injuries incompatible with life or without spontaneous respiration
What is Black
Antidote or treatment for nerve agents/ cholinergic agents
What are Atropine & 2-PAM
A global viral outbreak that caused Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which started in Wuhan, China
What is Covid-19
Created to continue patient care in non traditional environments
What is an alternate care site
[minor] See last, "walking wounded"
What is green
Out of the three phases of a disaster (preparedness, response, and recovery) which is deemed the most important
What is preparedness
Northern California was ravaged by these in 2017
What are the California Wildfires
A sudden calamitous event bringing great damage, loss, or destruction
What is a disaster
[critical or immediate] unstable, needs attention first, serious and life threatening injuries
What is red
Your hospital's ____ team protects the house in an exposure or toxic surge or disaster
What is DECON or decontamination team
This devastated Haiti in 2010 leaving more than 800,000 people homeless and in need of food and water
What is an earthquake
A specialized field focused on providing emergency health and medical services to victims of natural or man-made disasters, particularly when resources are limited
What is Disaster Medicine
[delayed] serious but stable, but in need of medical attention
What is yellow
The nerve agent used in Japan in 1994 by a well-funded "doomsday cult."
What is Sarin gas
What affected Indonesia in 2004, being ranked as one of the deadliest natural disasters of the 21st century
Provision of services that are normally available from an entity to a greater percent of the population
Medical surge capacity
A patient with stridor and significant chest and abdominal wounds
What is black
True or False: Search & Rescue teams are cost effective and often save lives
False