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Chapter 19 Disasters in the Community
The Nature of Disasters
Definitions and types of disasters
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Disaster characteristics
Global disaster issues
Natural disaster reduction
Disaster as a global public health problem
Populations at risk in disasters
Stages of Disaster
Nondisaster, or interdisaster, stage
Predisaster, or warning, stage
Impact stage
Emergency stage
Reconstruction, or rehabilitation, stage
Disaster Planning
Steps in the disaster process
The disaster plan
Disaster management
Disaster Response
Response and recovery
Levels of disaster response
National disaster medical system
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and disaster responsiveness and recovery
Disaster Response (cont.)
Other disaster agencies
Evacuation
Rescue
Triage
Disaster shelters
Role of Community Health Nurse in Disasters
General functions of the community health nurse
Specific nursing approaches
Shelter management and care
Disaster Recovery
Effects on survivors
Special survivor populations: elders and children
Collective trauma: the loss of community
Nurses’ reactions to disasters
Preventive strategies for nurses