EDN SAS 1-12 SAS 2

SAS 1 1. It is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and

1. It is a catastrophic event that results in casualties that implementing strategies and plans that aims to reduce, the
overwhelm the healthcare resources in that community and probability of a hazard event.
may result in a sudden unanticipated surge of patients, a
change in standards of care, and a need to allocate scarce a. Disaster risk reduction management
resources? b. Rehabilitation and recovery
c. Disaster prevention
a. Disaster d. Nursing process
b. Health Disaster
c. Pandemic 2. The leading agency for Disaster Prevention and
d. Natural disaster Mitigation.

2. It is a serious disruption of the functioning of a a. DOST

community or a society at any scale due to hazardous b. DILG
events interacting with conditions of exposure, vulnerability c. DOH
and capacity, leading to one or more of the following:
d. DSWD
human, material, economic and environmental losses and
impacts 3. It is the Government of the Philippines’ “multi-hazard”
response plan
a. Disaster
b. Health Disaster a. National Disaster Response Plan (NDRP)
c. Pandemic b. National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council
(NDRRMC)
d. Natural disaster c. Philippine National Red Cross
d. Philippine Disaster Plan (PDP)
3. Which of the following is not a category in determining
disasters? 4. It is the lead agency of Response.

a. Man-made A. DILG
b. Natural B. DSWD
c. Anthropogenic C. DOH
d. Supernatural D. NEDA

4. This is a potential threat to humans and their welfare 5. It is a purposeful exchange of information about the
existence, nature and severity or acceptability of health risk
a. Risk between policymakers, health care providers AND THE
b. Disaster MEDIA.
c. Hazard
d. Warning a. Emergency response
b. Incident Action Plan
5. It is used to determine which events are most likely to
c. Incident management system
affect a community and to make decisions about whom or
d. Risk Communication
what to protect as the basis of establishing measures for
prevention, mitigation, and response. SAS 3

a. Hazard Identification 1. It is an act of human malice intended to injure and kill

b. Vulnerability analysis civilians and is associated with higher rate of psychiatric
c. Risk Assessment morbidity than are ‘Acts of God’
d. Disaster Planning
a. Disaster
b. Bioterrorism
c. Calamity
d. Natural disaster
2. They are considered to be more vulnerable and therefore
require special consideration both in disaster planning and
response? 3. It encompasses the norms people adopt to direct right
and wrong conduct?
a. Special needs population
b. Older people a. Law
c. Children and youth b. Morality
d. Ethnic people c. Ethics
d. Confidentiality

3. Who are considered to belong in those who have special

needs population? 4. This is usually considered to be the restriction of the
activities of a healthy person who has been exposed to a
a. Children and youth communicable disease?
b. Older people
c. Cultural and ethnic people a. Isolation
d. All of the above b. Quarantine
c. Screening
d. Vaccination
4. A disaster survivor started to have trouble sleeping at
night days after the disaster. What could be the explanation
for this? 5. A nurse told the physician about the patient’s infidelity to
his wife. The nurse violated the patient’s
a. It is a normal reaction.
b. It is not a normal reaction to the situation a. Civil liability
c. Her sleep deprivation is caused by overstimulation b. Nurse-patient contract
d. She was just not tired. c. Privacy
d. Confidentiality
5. Which of the following may facilitate the process of
mourning for the bereaved? SAS 5

a. Telling them to move on 1. During the nursing assessment, which data represent
b. Acting as if nothing happened information concerning health beliefs?
c. Facilitate rituals, ceremonies, or memorials
d. Give them all the space they can have a. Family role and relationship patterns
b. Educational level and financial status
SAS 4 c. Promotive, preventive, and restorative health practices
d. Use of prescribed and over-the-counter medications
1. This refers to the examination of what it means to live a
moral life. 2. Which assessment data should the nurse include when
obtaining a review of body systems
a. Law
b. Morality a. Brief statement about what brought the client to the
c. Ethics health care provider
d. Confidentiality b. Client complaints of chest pain, dyspnea, or abdominal
pain
2. These are the rules and regulations under which nurses c. Information about the client’s sexual performance and
must carry out their professional duties preference
d. The client’s name, address, age, and phone number
a. Law
b. Morality
c. Ethics
d. Confidentiality
3. A male client is admitted to the hospital with blunt chest 4. A 56-year-old patient presents in triage with left-sided
trauma after a motor vehicle accident. The first nursing chest pain, diaphoresis, and dizziness. This patient should
priority for this client would be to: be prioritized into which category?

a. Assess the client’ s airway a. High urgent

b. Provide pain relief b. Urgent
c. Encourage deep breathing and coughing c. Non-urgent
d. Splint the chest wall with a pillow d. Emergent

4. Nurse Kelly is acquiring information from a client in the

emergency department. Which is an example of biographic 5. This status is used for any patient who can wait more
information that may be obtained during a health history? than 2 hours to be seen without the likelihood of
deterioration in the ED.
a. The chief complaint
b. Past health status a. Emergent
c. History immunizations b. Urgent
d. Location of an advance
c. Nonurgent
d. Dead
5. An anxious 24-year-old college student complains of
tingling sensations, palpitations, and chest tightness. Deep,
SAS 7
rapid breathing and carpal spasms are noted. What priority
nursing action should you take?
1. It is a process which places the right patient in the right
place at the right time to receive the right level of care” (
a. Notify the physician immediately.
b. Administer supplemental oxygen.
a. Assessment
c. Have the student breathe into a paper bag.
b. Triage
d. Obtain an order for an anxiolytic medication.
c. History taking
SAS 6 d. Nursing process

1. You are a nurse in the emergency department and it is
during the shift that Mr. CT is admitted in the area due to a
fractured skull from a motor accident. You scheduled him
for surgery under which classification?
a. Urgent
b. Emergent
c. Required
d. Elective
2. The nurse finds the client unresponsive on the floor of
the bathroom. Which action should the nurse implement
first?
2. It is performed by nurses on a routine basis in the ED,
often utilizing a standardized approach, augmented by
clinical judgment.
a. Daily Triage
b. Incident Triage
c. Disaster Triage
d. Population-based Triage
3. It occurs when the ED is stressed by a large number of
patients due to an acute incident or an ongoing medical
crisis such as pandemic influenza, but is still able to provide
care to all patients utilizing existing agency resources.

a. Check the client for breathing. a. Daily Triage

b. Assess the carotid artery for a pulse. b. Incident Triage
c. Shake the client and shout. c. Disaster Triage
d. Call a code via the bathroom call light. d. Population-based Triage

3. The nurse is triaging four clients injured in a train

derailment. Which client should receive priority treatment?

a. A 42-year-old with dyspnea and chest asymmetry.

b. A 17-year-oldwith fractured arm.
c. A 4-year-old with facial lacerations.
d. A 30-year-old with blunt abdominal trauma
4. These are those who have difficulty in breathing, 5. During initial stabilization, the nurse should keep in mind
uncontrolled hemorrhage, absence of peripheral pulses, that
and inability to follow commands.
a. Provide first aid in a safe place
a. Minimal b. Alleviate the worries of patients who are panicking
b. Delayed c. Find the patient’s belongings for identification
c. Expectant d. Ask questions to the patient during first aid
d. Immediate
SAS 9
5. This status is used for any patient who can wait more
than 2 hours to be seen without the likelihood of 1. On assessment, the nurse notes that the client has burns
deterioration in the ED. inside the mouth and is wheezing. Several hours later, the
wheezing is no longer heard. What is the nurse’s next
a. Emergent action?
b. Urgent
c. Nonurgent a. Documenting the findings
d. Dead b. Loosening any dressings on the chest
c. Raising the head of the bed
SAS 8 d. Preparing for intubation

1. The nurse is caring for a client with a blast injury. Which

of the following nursing assessments would be most
appropriate for this client?
a. Assess for vasovagal hypotension
b. Assess the client for confusion
c. Assess for asphyxia
d. Assess for hypervolemia
2. The patient has a blasted lung and injury to his tympanic
membrane. This classification of blast injury is:
2. A client who is admitted after a thermal burn injury has
the following vital signs: blood pressure, 70/40; heart rate,
140 beats/min; respiratory rate, 25/min. He is pale in color
and it is difficult to find pedal pulses. Which action will the
nurse take first?
a. Start intravenous fluid line
b. Check the pulses with a Doppler device
c. Obtain a complete blood count
d. Obtain an electrocardiogram

a. Primary blast injury 3. What is the priority nursing diagnosis during the first 24
b. Secondary blast injury hours for a client with full-thickness chemical burns on the
c. Tertiary blast injury anterior neck, chest, and all surfaces of the left arm?
d. Quarternary blast injury
a. Risk for ineffective breathing pattern
3. The patient has crushing injuries, fracture, traumatic b. Decreased tissue perfusion
amputation, and open brain injury This classification of blast c. Risk for disuse syndrome
injury is: d. Disturbed body image

a. Primary blast injury 4. When should ambulation be initiated in the client who
b. Secondary blast injury has sustained a major burn?
c. Tertiary blast injury
d. Quarternary blast injury a. When all full-thickness areas have been closed with skin
grafts
b. When the client’s temperature has remained normal for
4. After a blast incident, the primary responsibility of the 24 hours
responders is to: c. As soon as possible after wound debridement is complete
d. As soon as possible after resolution of the fluid shift
a. Search and rescue
b. Conduct survey
c. Raise an alarm
d. Provide medications
5. Which intervention is most important to use to prevent SAS 11
infection by auto-contamination in the burned client during
the acute phase of recovery?
1. What should you do during an earthquake if you are
e. Changing gloves between wound care on different parts staying outdoors?
of the client’s body.
f. Avoiding sharing equipment such as blood pressure cuffs a. Lie on the ground and stay there until the shaking stops
between clients b. Stay under cable or power lines
g. Using the closed method of burn wound management. c. Immediately enter a building
h. Using proper and consistent handwashing d. Stay in a field around trees. Stand there until the shaking
stops
SAS 10
2. Which is a possible cause of a flood?
1. What are the common symptoms of Covid 19?
a. Overflows from dams, rivers, and lakes
a. A new and continuous cough b. Low tides
b. fever c. Converging winds
c. tiredness d. All of the above
d. All of the above

2. How is Covid-19 passed on? 3. What should you do after an earthquake?

a. Through droplets that come from the mouth and nose a. Never replace damaged gas, water, and electrical lines
when sneezes, cough or breathes out. b. Enter and stay inside damaged buildings
b. By drinking unclean water c. Check for injuries. Give first aid as necessary
c. In sexual fluids, including semen, vaginal fluids and d. Install smoke detectors on every level of your home
mucous.
d. All of the above 4. Which of the following is a good sign of an approaching
earthquake?
3. The most effective way for healthcare providers to
protect themselves, their family and their patients from a. Volcanic eruption
influenza is to: b. Strong winds
c. Sunny day
a. Wear a surgical mask at all times at work. d. Traffic
b. Stay at home if they have respiratory symptoms.
c. Get an annual shot and encourage their family, co 5. What should you do during a hurricane evacuation?
workers and patients to get the flu-vaccine annually.
d. Not to go to work at all. a. Walk through floodwaters
b. Unplug home appliances
4. What is the most important hygiene habit to teach young c. Leave with all your valuables
children? d. All of the above

a. Wash hands frequently SAS 12

b. Use tissue to cover nose when sneezing
c. Take a bath daily 1. All are true about wildfires except:
d. Don’t share glass or eating utensil
a. It occurs in forests, grasslands, and wooded areas
5. It is a model for explaining the organism causing the b. Controlled fire often occurring wildland areas
disease and condition that allow it to reproduce and spread. c. Most common causes are lightning and human accidents
d. A wildfire also known as a wildland fire
a. One health
b. Nursing care plan
c. Chain of infection
d. Epidemiological Triangle
2. After tsunami, the nurse should:

a. Help injured or trapped people

b. Stay inside of a building if water remains around it.
c. When re-entering homes, caution is not needed.
d. Ignore gas leaks

3. Which of the following is an indicator of a tsunami?

a. thunderstorms
b. water receding from a great distance from the coast
c. excessive rain clouds
d. peaceful waves in the shore

4. What should you do during a winter storm if you’re inside

a vehicle?

a. Drive slowly
b. Find a warm shelter
c. Keep the headlights on
d. All of the above

5. Oil spill is a man-made disaster that may cause:

a. Nourishment for the earth

b. Destruction of marine ecosystem
c. Wildfire
d. Nourishment for fishes