Deck 30: Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Nursing

Question 1

Using the Canadian Disaster Database,what is the most common disaster in Canada?

A) Fuel spills
B) Tsunamis
C) Tornadoes
D) Cold waves

Answer 1

Fuel spills

Question 2

What statement is correct as it relates to natural disasters?

A) Their impacts can sometimes be mitigated.
B) They always happen quickly.
C) They include infectious diseases.
D) They are predictable.

Answer 2

Their impacts can sometimes be mitigated.

Question 3

What is the name of the organization that provides assistance to countries in disaster planning and has policies that condemn violations of human rights commonly seen during and after a disaster?

A) World Bank
B) International Council of Nurses (ICN)
C) International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE)
D) Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

Answer 3

International Council of Nurses (ICN)

Question 4

The Public Health Agency of Canada devised criteria for the order in which the public would receive the H₁N₁ flu vaccine during the pandemic.What principle was used in responding to this situation?

A) Medical triage
B) Surge capacity
C) Public health triage
D) Public health surge interventions

Question 5

Which of the following Canadian disasters claimed the most lives?

A) 1998 Peggy's Cove,Nova Scotia,aircraft crash
B) 1918-1925 across Canada,Spanish influenza
C) 1927 Newfoundland,hurricane
D) 2003 Toronto,Ontario,SARS

Question 6

What is an example of an activity that a nurse would undertake in Phase II of the Jennings Model?

A) Assess victims of a disaster for serious mental illness
B) Coordinate community services to assist residents in their personal recovery
C) Provide the public with information on how to make a disaster survival kit
D) Implement infection control measures during the recovery operation

Question 7

A nurse is attending a classroom exercise on disaster management.What stage of the emergency management programming is this exercise?

A) Preparedness
B) Response
C) Prevention
D) Mitigation

Question 8

What is essential for nurses to have in order to respond effectively in a disaster situation across different communities?

A) Some information on disaster planning
B) Recognition that each disaster is similar
C) Specific expertise in emergency management
D) An effective disaster plan

Question 9

The Canadian government adopted NIMS in 2004 as a framework for all levels of government in Canada to develop emergency response plans.What does NIMS stand for and who developed it?

A) National and International Model for Security,United Kingdom
B) National Incident Management System,United States
C) Natural Incident Modelling Sphere,Canada
D) National Information and Military System,United Nations

Question 10

A team of nurses and other emergency professionals are working with an Incident Command System (ICS)during a large train wreck outside their medium-sized community.What is the ICS and what does it do? Where,when,and why was it developed?

Question 11

In Canada,at what level of government are emergency management and preparedness responses initiated?

A) Coordinated through Emergency Management Agency
B) Provincial/territorial
C) Federal
D) Municipal

Question 12

Using the Incident Management System,what is an example of an operations function during a pandemic influenza?

A) Conducts mass immunization of the general public
B) Identifies objectives and develops action plans
C) Procures supplies and physical space
D) Ensures that purchasing of supplies is completed in a timely manner

Question 13

What would be an example of a technological man-made disaster?

A) The 2001 anthrax-contaminated letters sent to news media offices
B) The 2010 eruption of the volcano in Iceland
C) Hurricane Katrina levee failure in 2005
D) Peggy's Cove airline crash in 1998