Disaster management involves organizing resources and responsibilities to deal with humanitarian aspects of emergencies, including preparedness, response, and recovery to reduce the impact of disasters. Key aspects include triage and treatment, assessing safety and security, and supporting victims to evaluate needs and enable recovery. Nurses play an important role in assessing threats, planning shelters and evacuation, and evaluating disaster response effectiveness.

2. A disaster is a sudden, calamitous event that
seriously disrupts the functioning of a
community or society and causes human,
material, and economic or environmental losses
that exceed the community's or society's ability
to cope using its own resources. Though often
caused by nature, disasters can have human
origins

3.  The goal of disaster nursing is ensuring that the
highest achievable level of care is delivered
through identifying, advocating, and caring for
all impacted populations throughout all phases
of a disaster event, including active
participation in all levels of disaster planning
and preparedness

4.  D- Detection
 I- Incident command
 S- Safety and security
 A- Assess
 S- Support
 T- Triage and treatment
 E- Evaluation
 R- Recovery

5. • Prevent the disaster
– Primary prevention
– Secondary prevention
– Tertiary prevention
• Minimize casualties
• Prevent further casualties
• Rescue the victims
• First aid
• Evacuate
• Medical care
• Reconstruction

6.  Natural disaster
 Man made
disaster

7. 1. “First come, first treated” principle will not be followed during emergencies.
2. Triage protocol
3. ABCDE care is provided
– Airway
– Breathing
– Circulation
– Disability limitation
– Exposure / environmental control
4. Trauma team and trauma code
5. Management of cardiopulmonary arrest
6. Emergency medicine records
7. Chain of command in the team and system
8. Alternative chains and flexibility standards
9. Procedures involving medico-legal issues
10. Disaster preparedness
11. Disaster drills
12. Infection control measures
13. Quality management of disaster services

8. preparedness
management
team
Equipment
Guideline of
disaster plan
Triage
protocol

10. • Administrative system
• Policies, procedures and protocols
• Physical facilities
• Components & equipments
• Emergency/Disaster medical systems
• Staffing and training
• Resources for disaster drills
• Effective evaluation system

11. • India
– National disaster management authority of India
– Emergency Management and research Institute
• Worldwide
– International association of emergency managers
– Red cross/red crescent
– United Nations
– World bank
– European union
– International recovery platform

12.  Pre-incident training
and testing
 Communicating and
incident assessment

13.  International Emergency Management Society
 International Association of Emergency
Managers
 International Recovery Platform
 The International Red Cross and Red Crescent
Movement
 Baptist Global Response
 United
 Nation
 World Bank
 European Union
 NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

14. ROLE OF NURSE-
 • Assess the community
 • Diagnose community disaster threats
 • Community disaster planning
 • Implement disaster plans
 • Shelter management plans
 • Evaluate the effectiveness of disaster plans

15. LEGAL ASPECTS OF DISASTER
NURSING-
Licensure
Correct identity
Good Samaritan law
Drug maintenance Good rapport
Self discharge of the patient
Standard care
Documentation
Standing order
Protection of patient property
Written consent for operation and procedures
Reporting

16. IMPACT ON HEALTH
AND AFTER EFFECTS-
 Social reaction
 Communicable diseases
 Population displacements
 Climatic exposure
 Food & Nutrition
 Water supply & sanitation
 Mental health
 Damage to the health infrastructure Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD)
 PTSD is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to
any event that results in psychological trauma.
 Symptoms: Flashbacks and nightmares Diagnosis of PTSD
 History of exposure to a traumatic event
 Persistent re-experiencing
 Persistence avoidance and emotional numbing
 Persistent symptoms of increased arousal not present before

17.  Duration of symptoms for more than 1 month
 Significant impairment Management of PTSD
 Provide sense of safety
 Calm the patient
 Improve self efficacy of the patient
 Make social connectedness
 Give hope Rehabilitation after Disaster
 Water supply
 Food supply
 Basic sanitation
 Personal hygiene
 Physical rehabilitation
 Psychosocial rehabilitation
 Financial rehabilitation
 Relocation

18. SUMMARY
Disaster Management can be defined as the
organization and management of resources and
responsibilities for dealing with all humanitarian
aspects of emergencies, in particular preparedness,
response and recovery in order to lessen the
impact of disasters.
Emergency management is the organization and
management of the resources and responsibilities
for dealing with all humanitarian aspects of
emergencies. The aim is to reduce the harmful
effects of all hazards, including disasters.