NURS 2017 Week 14 - Disaster Planning Questions with Answers

1.Which of the following is true of a disaster?

It negatively affects society.
It is managed by a community’s existing resources.
It requires urgent intervention to avoid worsening of the situation.
It requires a rapid and skilled response to action.
A disaster is the outcome of a natural event (e.g., hurricane, flood, snowstorm)
or a result of human action or error, whether malicious (e.g., terrorist attacks,
use of biological warfare) or unintentional (e.g., an accidental chemical spill),
that negatively affects society, the environment, or both.

2.The Canadian Red Cross advises individuals to be self-sufficient in case of an

emergency. This advice is related to being able to provide for one’s needs for
how many hours?
72
48
12
24
This level of individual preparation requires stockpiling items that would be
needed to be self-sufficient for a period of at least 72 hours.

3.How many liters of drinking water would be required for a family of four to be
prepared for an emergency?
24
8
32
12
At least 2 L/day per person are required, so for 72 hours, a family of four should
have 24 L.

4.What is the primary function of the incident command center?

Provides a central point for decision making
Provides information to keep the media informed of the event
Completes a register with the names of all individuals involved
 Organizes the efforts of all of the first responders to avoid duplication
The primary function of the incident command center is to provide a central
point in which decision making can occur with the goal of supporting the needs
of responders in the field.

5.Following a national disaster, which government agency is responsible for

providing safe drinking water and supportive medical services?
Canadian Red Cross
Department of National Defence
Health Canada
Public Safety Canada
The Department of National Defence administers the Disaster Response Team,
which provides safe drinking water and supportive medical services following a
disaster.

6.A mass casualty incident is an example of which type of disaster?

Peripheral
External
Internal
Combined internal and external
Examples of external disasters include mass casualty incidents that precipitate
the arrival of large numbers of trauma patients or the presentation of victims
from a hazardous material incident called a chemical, biological, radiological, or
nuclear event.

7.An acute care center is testing its emergency plan. During which phase of
emergency management does this event occur?
Recovery
Preparedness
Response
Mitigation
Preparedness is a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping,
exercising, evaluating and taking corrective action. Training and exercising
plans is the cornerstone of preparedness, which focuses on readiness to
respond to all hazards, incidents and emergencies. Training and emergency
preparedness plans increase a community’s ability to respond when a disaster
occurs.
8.During a mass casualty incident, disaster triage in the hospital is completed in
what time frame?
30 seconds
15 seconds
1 minute
2 minutes
Disaster triage in the hospital setting must be rapid and conducted in less than
15 seconds. After this rapid assessment, patients with higher levels of acuity are
directed to a treatment location in the emergency department.

9.When planning the response to the potential use of smallpox as a biological

weapon, the emergency department nurse manager will ensure that sufficient
quantities of which of the following are available?
Vaccine
Antibiotics
Antitoxin
Blood
Smallpox infection can be prevented or ameliorated by the administration of
vaccine rapidly after exposure.

10.Assessment of a patient in the emergency department reveals the following:

hemoptysis, cough, temperature of 41°C, headache and lymph node
enlargement. Based upon these findings, what does the nurse suspect as a
diagnosis?
Severe acute respiratory syndrome
Tularemia
Plague
Botulism
Hemoptysis, cough, temperature of 41°C, headache, and lymph node
enlargement are all signs of the plague.

11.When a communicable disease occurs among a cluster of individuals, what is

this called?
An epidemic
An outbreak
A mitigation
A pandemic
When a communicable disease occurs among a cluster of individuals, it is
referred to as an outbreak.