Disaster Risk Reduction and Management in Nursing

Name: _____________________ Yr level:__________ Score_________

I. SIMPLE RECALL. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer on the space
provided for

1. ______________ refers to measures designed to prevent a natural phenomenon from

causing or resulting to disasters or other related emergency situations.
2. Philippines, island country of Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean, is an archipelago
consisting ______________ islands and islets lying about 500 miles (800 km) off the coast of
Vietnam.
3. The volcanic eruptions and tsunamis are related to the continental plate activity around “the
Ring of Fire”. Because it is one of the most geologically active areas, the Philippines is
nickname as _____________________.
4. ________________the provision of emergency services and public assistance during or
immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public
safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.
5. _______________measures on property, personal accident, fire, earthquake, etc.
6. ________________measures on safety regulations, land use, zoning, etc.
7. ________________measures on building and fire codes implementation - relevant on safety
of communities
8. _______________refers to measures/programs aimed to minimize the impact of a natural or
a man-made hazard on a nation or a community in terms of casualties and damages.
9. _____________ is the concept and practice of reducing disaster risks through analysis and
management of the causal factors of disasters.
10. ___________________ the law that promotes the development of capacities in disaster
management at the individual, organizational, and institutional levels.
11. ______________ consists of rapidly classifying the injured on the basis of their severity of
injuries and likelihood of their survival with prompt medical interventions.
12. _____________ the provision of emergency services and public assistance during or
immediately after a disaster in order to save lives, reduce health impacts, ensure public
safety and meet the basic subsistence needs of the people affected.
13. ______________ defined as the combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources
available within a community, society or organization that can be used to achieve agreed
goals
14. ______________the restoration, and improvement where appropriate, of facilities,
livelihoods and living conditions of disaster-affected communities, including efforts to reduce
disaster risk factors.
15. __________________are activities a hospital, healthcare system, or public health agency
take immediately before, during, and after a disaster or emergency occurs.
16. _________________ambulatory capability in triage
17. _________________can be defined as the adaptation of professional nursing skills in
recognizing and meeting the physical, health and emotional needs of the affected
community resulting from a disasters.
18. _________________medium priority in triage
19. __________________refers to measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of
disasters.
20. __________________ refers to actions or measures that can either prevent the occurrence
of a disaster or reduce the severity of its effects.
21. ________________ are measures designed either to prevent hazards from causing
emergency or to lessen the likely effects of emergencies .
22. _________________high priority
23. __________________ are activities a hospital, healthcare system, or public health agency
take immediately before, during, and after a disaster or emergency occurs.
24. _________________ dead
25. ________________ can be defined as the effective organization direction and utilization of
available counter-disaster resources

II- ENUMERATION. Enumerate the following:

1. Phases of the disaster the role of a nurse in the phases of mitigation (1-4)
2. Activities that reduce or eliminate a hazard (1-4)
3. Epidemiology of disaster (1-3)
4. In getting a community back to its pre-disaster status, mention five activities included in the
response (1-5)
5. 3 fundamental aspect of disaster management (1-3)
6. What is included in the tagging in triage? (1-6)
7. What are included in the disaster management cycle? (1-6)
8. What are included in the reconstruction phase?(1-4)

GOOD LUCK……….

Prepared by:

SARAH B. DELORINO
Clinical Instructor

Noted:
MARYDAY E.FLORANO, MAN
Dean