Disaster Planning
Planning for unanticipated events that affect healthcare organizations.
What is disaster planning?
A patient with respiratory distress belongs in this triage category.
What is emergent?
The first step of the primary survey.
What is Airway and cervical spine?
Sweating and tachycardia are signs of this heat-related condition.
What is heat exhaustion?
A rhythm where the ventricles flutter and the patient has no pulse.
What is ventricular fibrillation?
A power outage in a hospital is an example of this type of disaster.
What is an internal disaster?
A patient with a sprained ankle belongs in this triage category.
What is non-urgent?
This maneuver is used to open an airway when cervical spine injury is suspected.
What is the jaw-thrust maneuver?
A body temperature above 104°F indicates this emergency.
What is heat stroke?
This rhythm shows electrical activity but no pulse.
What is pulseless electrical activity (PEA)?
A bus wreck with multiple casualties is an example of this type of disaster.
What is an external disaster?
Patients needing treatment within 2 hours, such as a fracture, fall into this category.
What is urgent?
A high heart rate and low blood pressure suggest this condition.
What is shock?
Blisters and swelling without blanching are signs of this frostbite degree.
What is third-degree frostbite?
Two of the “H’s” that may cause PEA
What are hypovolemia, hypoxia, hydrogen ion (acidosis), hypo/hyperkalemia, hypothermia?
These partners (e.g., police, fire, community services) help facilities develop disaster plans.
Who are community partners?
This healthcare provider typically performs disaster triage.
Who is an experienced nurse?
This tool is used to assess disability or level of consciousness.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale or AVPU?
Vomiting should not be induced after poisoning because of this risk.
What is causing further harm, such as aspiration or esophageal damage?
Two of the “T’s” that may cause PEA.
What are toxins, tamponade, tension pneumothorax, thrombosis (coronary), thrombosis (pulmonary)?
Name two critical resources hospitals must plan for in a disaster.
What are power, water, food, shelters, or evacuation procedures?
Patients in this category can have treatment safely delayed
What is non-urgent?
Two interventions that prevent hypothermia in exposed patients.
What are warm blankets, warmed IV fluids, heated environment, removing wet clothes?
The phone number to contact Poison Control.
What is 1-800-222-1222?
The main intervention for a venomous snake bite.
What is administering anti-venom and supportive care?