Concepts of Disaster and Disaster Risk

The following are definition of a disaster EXCEPT ONE. Which is it?

• a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life.

• an event or fact that has unfortunate consequences.

• are often a result of the combination of: the exposure to a hazard; the conditions of vulnerability that are present; and insufficient capacity or measures to reduce or cope with the potential negative consequences.

• refers to the potential (not actual) disaster losses, in lives, health status, livelihoods, assets and services, which could occur in a particular community or society over some specified future time period.

What is a hazard?

• Something that can cause harm or injury to a person/people

• A purposeful assessment of the environment

• Something that requires control measure

• None of the above

What is a risk?

• The management of the environment.

• The probability of an accident happening.

• The likelihood of someone being harmed or injured as a result of a hazard.

• None of the above

Which of the following is a vulnerability?

• Having a security system at work

• Leaving a window open in a parked car

• Hiring a security guard to work the night shift

• Using a long password for the firewall

A nurse is assigned to provide community outreach to a small town that was partially destroyed by a tornado 3 years earlier and has been rebuilt. The first client is a family who lost their home and their best friend in the tornado. What is the best intervention for this?

• Assessment of the family's home environment to rule out safety issues

• Avoidance of discussion of the disaster of 3 years ago.

• Consideration that the family will have worked through the emotional aftermath by now.

• Support of the family in preparing a personal disaster response plan.