2. DISASTER
• The disaster management act, 2005 defines a disaster as “a
catastrophe, mishap, calamity or grave occurrence from natural or
man-made causes, which is beyond the coping capacity of the affected
community
Two types of disaster:-
• Natural disaster.
• Man-made disaster
3. Types of natural disaster
• Floods- A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is
usually dry.
• Droughts- A drought is an event that results from lower than normal
expected rainfall over a season or period.
• Earthquake- An earthquake is a result of a sudden release of energy in the
Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves.
• Cyclones- They are violent storms, often of vast extent, characterized by
strong and high winds rotating about a calm centre of low atmospheric
pressure.
• Tsunami- It is a series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large
volume of a body of water, usually an ocean.
• Landslides disaster
5. DISASTER MANAGEMENT
• It is the term used to designate the efforts of government, communities or
businesses to plan for and co-ordinate all personnel and materials required to
either mitigate the effects for recover from, natural or man-made disasters.
• There are 5 phases of disaster management:-
• Prevention.
• Mitigation.
• Preparedness.
• Response.
• Recovery
6. Roles of nurses in
disaster management
• She should provide them medical and nursing care and she should look after the injured and sick
persons.
• She should give constant observation and treatment to seriously wounded person to arrest the
bleeding and to save the life.
• She should take measures to check the infection.
• She should maintain the sanitation and cleanliness around the place of relief.
• Arrange to put up a temporary shelter place quickly.
• She should arrange the initial examination and health check up of all those coming to the relief
center.
• Arrange the nutritional facilities to the injured, children and infants.
• Arrange them for drinking water, give special care to the pregnant mothers, infants, old age people,
people with other problems.
• She should arrange for transporting them immediately to the hospital or health centers.
• Make arrangement to intimate to their relatives, as early as possible.
7.
8. FLOOD
• Definition:- Flood is an overflow of water that submerges land which is usually dry.
Causes:- Heavy rain.
High winds.
Cyclones.
Tsunami.
Melting snow.
Cloud burst.
Inadequate drainage system.
Deforestation.
Faulty agriculture practice.
Bursting of dams.
Siltation in river beds.
Accelerated urbanization.
