DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Presented By : Group H Roll No : 71 - 80
CONTENT INTRODUCTION DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DISASTER TEAM DISASTER GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS EQUIPMENTS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER MANAGEMENT RESOURCES ROLE OF NURSE IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT CONCLUSION SUMMARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
INTRODUCTION Disaster preparedness is an ongoing multisectoral activity. It forms an integral part of the national system responsible for developing plans and programmes for disaster management, prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, rehabilitation and reconstruction.
DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Disaster preparedness is defined as, “A programme of long term development activities whose goals are to strengthen the overall capacity and capability of a country to manage efficiently all types of emergency disaster. It should bring an orderly transition from relief through recovery and back to sustained developement”.
OBJECTIVE To ensure that appropriate systems, procedures and resources are in place to provide promt effective assisstance to disaster victims, thus facilitating relief measures and rehabilitation of services.
FUNCTIONS Evaluate the risk of the country or particular region to disaster. Adopt measures to ensure that financial and other resources are available for increased readiness and can be mobilized in disaster situations. Adopt standards and regulations. Organize communication, information and warning systems. Ensure coordination and response mechanism. Develop public education programme. Coordinate information sessions with news media. Organize disaster simulation exercises that test response mechanisms.
TYPES Personal Preparedness Personal preparedness for disaster involves creating a plan, assembling a kit and practising for various emergency. This include identifying risks, developing a communication plan and securing essential supplies like food, water and first-aid Regular practice and staying informed about local alerts also crucial for effective response.
2 . Professional Preparedness Professional preparedness for disaster involves proactive measures like planning, training and resourse management to effectively respond to and recover from various emergency. This includes identifying risks, developing emergency plans, conducting drills, and ensuring personnel are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge.
3. Community Preparedness Community based disaster preparedness (CBDP) is a process of empowering local communities to become more resilient to disasters by involving them in all stages of disaster management, from risk assessment to recovery. It focuses on utilizing local knowledge, resources and capacities to entrance preparedness, response and recovery efforts.
POSTER DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CYCLE
DISASTER TEAM A disaster team is a group of individuals who can mobilize quickly to respond to a disaster of any scale. Disaster teams may be maintained by government agencies which are responsible for providing disaster response along with private humanitarian organizations who wish to be able to provide on the ground asssistance during disasters. Disaster team members can include law enforcement professionals, scientists, heavy equipment operators, demolitions expert, veterinarians and a wide variety of others skilled professionals.
TEAM MEMBERS Chairman Vice Chairman Min. National Defence Representative from Min. of Communication, Transport, Post and Construction Rep. Min of Health Rep. Min of Industry Rep. Min of Education Rep. Min of Information and Culture Rep. Min of Red Cross Society
10. Min. of Social Welfare and Labor 11. Training Team 12. Recurrent Team 13. Retension Team 14. Record Team 15. Disaster Committee
DISASTER GUIDELINES AND PROTOCOLS Guidelines on Medical Preparedness and Mass Casuality Management Released on 2007. Focuses on medical preparedness for capacity building at all levels, specialized health care and laboratory facilities. Focuses on pre-hospital care and transportation of the casualities and their management in hospitals.
2. Guidelines on Chemical (Industrial) Disasters Released on 2007. Focuses on management of industrial disaster in chemical industries. Preparedness for fail free safety and security issues, preparation of on-site and off-site plans.
3. Guidelines on Management of Biological Disasters including Bioterrorism Released on 2008. Deals with the prevention, preparedness, management of major epidermics and pandemics and those occured by terrorist activities in the form of bioterrosim by the use of biological agents.
4. Guidelines on Management of Chemicals (Terrosim) Disasters Released on 2009. Deals with prevention, preparedness including capacity development and infrastructure requiried. Stress has been laid out on strengthening, creation of national and zonal poison, information centers, PPE, decontamination facilities, availability of anti-dotes, specialized ambulance for evacuation.
5. Guidelines on Psycho-Social Support and Mental Health Services in Disaster Address wide range of psychosocial and mental health problems arising out of disaster. Special attention has been to paid to vulnerable groups and the care givers.
6. Guidelines on Disposable of Dead 7. Guidelines on Minimum Standards for Water, Sanitation, Food and Medical Cover
EQUIPMENTS IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT FIRST AID KIT Sterile adhesive bandages in assorted size Assorted sizes of safety pins Cleansing agent / soap Latex gloves 2-Inch serile gauze pads 4-Inch sterile gauze pads Triangle bandages 2-Inch roller bandages
Scissors Syringes Antiseptic agents Thermometer Tube of petroleum jelly or other lubricant Non-prescribtion drugs : Aspirin or non - aspirin pain reliever, anti - diarrheal medications, anatacid and laxative.
EQUIPMENTS Oxygen cylinders with pressure gauge flow meters and masks Spanner for opening Stretcher, wheelchairs and trolleys Splints IV fluids with sets, blood sets for collection of blood Dressing and suture materials Instruments for dressing, gloves, face masks, colour tags Medications which include Antibiotics such as ciprofloxacin and doxycyclines, bronchial dilators, other fluroquinolones (oral and intravenous)
AMBULANCE EQUIPMENTS Airway management equipments Ventilation device Suctioning unit Oxygen delivery Basic wound care supplies, splinting supplies Emergency medications Patient transfer equipment Personal safety equipment Safety boots and gloves Safey ear plugs, eye wear and helmets
OTHER EQUIPMENTS Air lifting bag Lighting tower Fire extinguisher Fire alarm system Fire entry suits Hydraulic cutter Life jacket Industrail heat protective garments Metal detectors Bomb disposal and detection equipments
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT RESOURSES Utility of any information is very important. Information plays an important role in empowering the personal involved in disaster management at various levels. The personnel who needs information on disaster management range from health sector managers, epidemiologists, primary health care physicians, nurses, sanitary engineers, academicians, researchers, disaster mitigation personnel, social service organizations, to the common man.
PAMPHLETS CATEGORIES OF RESOURCES
AUDIO VISUAL MATERIALS Cartographic Video tapes CD ROMs Database of emergency services
RESOURCES / DATABASES The database of book collection of NICEE, Kanpur is available at http://nicee.org/NICEE/acquisitions.html A web resource giving detailed information on 10 disaster prone states of India http://managedisasters.org A web portal on disaster management http://www.sristi.org.dmis.html A knowledge network on disaster management created by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India
EXISTING INFORMATION / EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN INDIA National Disaster Management Institude, New Delhi, an apex institude set up by the Indian. Institude of Public Administration and the center for Disaster Management. Disaster Management Institude, Bhopal (set up after the Bhopal tradegy,1984). National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering (NICEE) - IIT Kanpur, with an exclusive focus on Information related to earthquake. All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), Ahmedabad.
INFORMATION SOURCES Relief Web Source Prevention Web The international Strategy for Disaster Reduction The United States National Library of Medicine
ROLE OF NURSES IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS Planning and Preparation Nurses participate in developing and updating disaster plans, identifying potential risks and assesing available resources. This includes collaborating with community members to plan for sheltering, evacuation and mass casuality needs.
2. Education and Training Nurses educate the public and other healthcare professionals about disaster preparedness, including first aid, CPR and the importance of personal preparedness. They also participate in drills and stimulations to practice response plans.
3. Resource Management Nurses assess the need for medical supplies, equipment and personnel during a disaster and help coordinate the allocation of resources. They also play a role in managing shelters and providing care for displaced populations.
4. Communication and Coordination Nurses facilitate communication between different healthcare providers, emergency responders and community members. They also ensure that affected populations recieve timely and accurate information.
5. Ethical Consideration During mass casualty events, nurses must be prepared to make difficult triage decisions and priortize care based on the severity of injuries.
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CONCLUSION Disaster is a catastrophic disruption of life in society caused by nature or a man-made situation. Disaster can be of the type where the onset is slow like famines or of the type where the onset is rapid like earthquake, flood etc. Disaster preparedness and management encompasses activities directed towards meeting such situations.
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