Module 29: Disaster Management

• Definitions of Calamity
• Disaster- natural and man-made
• Concepts of Hazard and Vulnerability
• Disaster Cycle
• Planning for Disaster management
• Disaster management committee: constituents, line of command etc.
• Relief measures: when and what to ask for?
• Concept of Triage
• Practical play in a disaster situation
• Simulated exercise on patient triage

• Most commonly reported disease in post disaster period is

  1.       Acute respiratory infections
  2.     Gastroenteritis
  3.       Tetanus
  4.     Malaria

  During a disaster, rapidly classifying the injured on the basis of likelihood of their survival with prompt medical intervention is a part of

  1.       Search, rescue, and first aid
  2.     Triage
  3.       Tagging
  4.     Disaster mitigation

   

  Define disaster. List the different parts of the disaster cycle with a well-labeled diagram. (2+3=5)