diaster

3. DEFINITIONS
WHO defines Disaster as "any occurrence that
causes damage, ecological disruption, loss of human
life, deterioration of health and health services, on a
scale sufficient to warrant an extraordinary response
from outside the affected community or area."

4. TYPES OF DISASTER

5. DISASTER
NURSING

7. Principles of Disaster Nursing

9. HEALTH EFFECTS OF DISASTERS
• Disasters may cause premature deaths, illnesses, and injuries in the
affected community
• Disasters may destroy the local health care infrastructure
• Increasing the risk of communicable diseases and environmental
hazards
• Cause shortages of food

10. •DISASTER MANAGEMENT CYCLE

11. MANAGEMENT OF MASS CASUALTIES

12. DISASTER TRIAGE

13. PRINCIPLES OF TRIAGE

14. ADVANTAGES OF TRIAGE
1. Helps to bring order and organization to a chaotic scene.
2. It identifies and provides care to those who are in greatest
need
3. Helps make the difficult decisions easier
4. Assure that resources are used in the most effective manner

16. SIMPLE TRIAGE

17. ADVANCED TRIAGE

18. Role of nursing in
disasters

19. Major roles of Nurse in disasters