disaster managment
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Role of nurses in disaster management are that they facilitate the communication between the members of the Healthcare team, patients and their families during a disaster. The nurse is responsible for the considerations of the pregnant and Postpartum women in taking care of the babies, providing nutrition with Limited supplies. The nurse ensures practice, policy and legal recognition of the reality in emergency situation(Achora, S., & Kamanyire, J. K., 2016).The nurses are the appropriate persons to implement triage and taking care of neonatal and perinatal population. The nurses play a key role in advance of a disaster in preparing communities and individuals so that potential hazard mitigated when the disaster strikes. Challenges in disaster management are availability of minimum resources for a wide population.The Risk of infection and availability of minimum trained hands.Potential Inadequate supply of food, water, milk and other equipment for hygiene.A Lack of supply of basic medications and lack of availability of emergency medical care professionals (Achora, S., & Kamanyire, J. K., 2016). Training hands for disaster management:
Disaster management trial can be conducted by involving not only health professionals but also the common community. Conducting disaster management programs on regular basis in all medical institutions. Training programs can be conducted by trained persons from fire and disaster safety, persons from National Institute of Disaster Management and the skilled Healthcare professionals.Trial techniques can be done by each individual during their academic studies so that they gain confidence by implementing. Training options in disaster management:
Anyone can participate in the training programs conducted by CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), NIDM (National Institute of Disaster Management), International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,United Nations.
References: Achora, S., & Kamanyire, J. K. (2016). Disaster Preparedness: Need for inclusion in undergraduate nursing education. Sultan Qaboos University medical journal, 16(1), e15–e19. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.2016.16.01.004
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