Mod 6

Question 1

Built Environment, Work-Related Exposures, Outdoor Air Quality, Healthy Homes, Water Quality, Food Safety and Waste Management.

Answer 1

Environmental health

Question 2

Built environment

Answer 2

everything we have made and done

more walkable increase physical activity

pollution = health risks

Question 3

Work exposures

Answer 3

toxic poisoning, machine-operation, electrical hazards, motional injury

Question 4

Outdoor air quality

Answer 4

Ozone most common –> asthma, lung cancer, chronic respiratory disease

Question 5

Asthmatic people most vulnerable to

Answer 5

sulfur dioxide

Question 6

Environmental Protection Agency (1970)

Answer 6

health surveillance and monitoring in regards to environmental hazards, setting standards for air and water quality; evaluating environmental risks; screening new chemicals and establishing, and evaluating and enforcing regulatory efforts.

CLEAN WATER AIR AND PREVENT DISASTERS

Question 7

Occupational Safety/Health Administration

Answer 7

safe working conditions, set/enforce standards

Question 8

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Answer 8

safe use of radiation materials

Question 9

Enviro Hazards

Individual

Answer 9

simple

Question 10

Enviro Hazards

Population

Answer 10

overcrowing increases communicable disease

Question 11

Critical Theory

Answer 11

ID and awareness to environmental threats that affect safety/well-being

Question 12

changing individual behaviors does not lead to significant reductions in overall morbidity and mortality

Answer 12

Critical theory + Social vulnerability index

Question 13

Healthy People 2030 Environmental Health Objectives

Answer 13

Reduce exposure to lead, arsenic, mercury

Reduce disease and deaths r/t heat

Reduce toxins, hazards, unhealthily air

Increase safe water

Question 14

Increasing of temperature concerns

Answer 14

increase in ozone –> increase lung/cv disease

worse in urban

overwhelmed during heat waves

increase vector-borne disease

Question 15

How would a nurse facilitate community involvement?

Answer 15

educational forums
needs assessment
disseminate research
legislative change

Question 16

Disaster management

Primary

Answer 16

prevent exposure/workplace incident

Question 17

Disaster management

Secondary

Answer 17

screen for exposure

Question 18

Disaster management

Tertiary

Answer 18

treat

Question 19

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Answer 19

a systematic, proactive way for all levels of government and non governmental agencies to work seamlessly together to prevent protect against, respond to, recover from, and prevent the effects of disasters.

Question 20

Nurses role in disasters?

Answer 20

disaster plan, valueable information for preparedness/response/recovery

Question 21

Disaster

Answer 21

an event that causes any level of destructiveness or injury -

Question 22

multiple casualty event

Answer 22

ffecting more than 2 but less than 100 persons

Question 23

mass casualty event

Answer 23

100 or more individuals

Question 24

direct victim

Answer 24

someone who is immediately affected by the event

Question 25

Displaced persons

Answer 25

have to evacuate their homes, schools and businesses as a result of the disaster. The evacuation is hopefully temporary - think hurricane or flood victims.

Question 26

Refugees

Answer 26

represent groups of people who have fled their homes or even their country as a result of famine, drought, natural disaster, war or civil unrest.

Question 27

indirect victim

Answer 27

family member, friend and or often a first responder

Question 28

natech (natural-technological) disaster

Answer 28

technological disaster triggered by a natural disaster. For example, an oil refinery fire in Tohoku, Japan was triggered by an earthquake and tsunami.

Question 29

Disaster frequency

Answer 29

how often disaster occurs, d?w?y?d?

Question 30

Disaster predictability

Answer 30

ability to determine when and where (floods vs fires)

Question 31

Disaster Preventability/Mitigation

Answer 31

the actions that you take to minimize the loss of life and property by lessening the impact of the disaste

Question 32

Disaster Imminence

Answer 32

the speed of onset relative to the extent that a forewarning is possible. Eg. hurricane

Question 33

Disaster Intensity

Answer 33

the level of destruction and devastation of the disaster event various hurricane and tornado scales have been developed on the basis of wind intensity and predicted level of destruction.

Question 34

Local Government

Answer 34

first responders responsible for incident management

Question 35

State government

Answer 35

disaster overwhelms

Question 36

Federal government

Answer 36

Prevent terrorism and enhance security Ensure resilience to disasters

Question 37

National Terrorism Advisory System

Answer 37

advises the public of a threat alert indicating whether there is an elevated threat (no specific information about timing or location) or imminent threat (impending or very soon)

Question 38

CDC disaster

Answer 38

ensure that clean drinking water, food, shelter, and medical care are available for those affected

Question 39

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Answer 39

offer temporary housing repair/replace homes, disaster-caused expenses/serious needs, mitigation assisten

Question 40

Public Health Department

Answer 40

primary agencies and offer advice/assistance

Question 41

Mitigation

Answer 41

before a disaster is imminent Digging water channels to redirect water and planting vegetation to absorb water. Constructing levees or permanent barriers to control flooding. Building structure that can sustain hurricane force winds.

Question 42

Preparedness

Answer 42

Planning, training, education activities for events train first aid, ER kits AUTHORITY, COMMUNICATION, LOGISTICS

Question 43

Response

Answer 43

evacuation/shelter search/rescue triage

Question 44

Triage

Answer 44

greatest good in shortest test time START triage systemp

Question 45

Yellow Triage

Answer 45

walking wounded or those with minor injuries who can wait several hours before receiving treatment

Question 46

Green Triage

Answer 46

systemic but not yet life threatening complications who can wait 45 to 60 minutes.

Question 47

Red Triage

Answer 47

considered top priority. In other words, these individuals have life threatening conditions however, they can be stabilized and have a high probability of survival.

Question 48

Black Triage

Answer 48

deceased/unable to save

Question 49

Recovery

Answer 49

after disaster passed, cleanup, restoration