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WorksheetsDISASTERNURSING-POSTTEST
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
Any human or man-made event that causes destruction or devastation is termed as:
Disaster
Vulnerability
Hazard
Emergency
Speed is one of the characteristics of different natural hazards. Which disaster can be triggered by increased in intensity and duration of rainfall?
Typhoon
Flashfloods
Hurricane
Tornado
As you prepare to help in creation of a disaster plan for the community, you should know that the following are types of natural disasters: Check all that apply
Heat waves
Stampede
Flash floods
Drought
As a disaster nurse, how can you best help the community in preparing for a disaster?
Conducting practice drills on evacuation
Collaborating with local officials in creating a disaster plan
Health education on the risks of not following alarm systems
Providing adequate emergency supplies in mock shelters
Assistance from nearby agencies are usually enough for which of the following levels of disaster?
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
A disaster warrants EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES from outside communities/areas, this definition is by:
Red Cross
WHO
UNICEF
DOH
Man-made disasters are due to different factors which includes all of the following, except:
People's recklessness
Force Majeure
Human error
Human intent
A family is living in a tsunami prone area. This is an example of a:
Disaster
Risk
Hazard
Vulnerability
The members of a community took part in the creation of a disaster preparedness plan for their area. This style of disaster response is known as:
Bottom - Up
Top - Down
Teamwork
Deductive
Which of the following is considered as a nurse's best action in preventing a disaster?
Assessment of Risk
Training in Triage
START protocol
Health education
A nurse is responding to the site of a disaster and prepares to care for the casualties. If the number of casualties is 48, this is probably a ________:
Mass Casualty Incident
Multiple Patient Incident
Multiple Casualty Incident
Multiple Casually Incident
In the impact phase of a disaster, the nurse makes sure that which of the following needs will be prioritized first?
Survival needs
Psychological needs
Mental health needs
Rehabilitation
______ phase occurs before a disaster takes place. Here, an organization will take steps to protect people and property, while also decreasing risks and consequences from a given disaster situation. The organization’s main goal is to reduce vulnerability to disaster impacts
PRE-DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS
MITIGATION
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Which assessment parameter is not included when a disaster nurse checks a patient with the use of Revised Champion Trauma Score?
GCS
Diastolic BP
Respiratory Rate
All of these are included
In learning the appropriate activities done during triage, a nurse is mindful of the presence an on-going COVID-19 pandemic. She knows that which of the following is not a mode of transmission of the said disease?
Vector
Direct Contact
Droplet
Indirect Contact
You are assigned as a triage officer of a mass casualty incident. A patient with closed fractures shall be classified as:
Emergent
Urgent
Non-Urgent
Expectant
Walking wounded who are not seriously injured will be tagged with which of the following color code?
Green
Yellow
Red
Black
Non-prioritizing clients with unsalvageable injuries or expectants applies which of the following bioethical principle?
Justice
Autonomy
Respect for life
Fidelity
Nurse Rab is conducting a home visit to victims after an earthquake together with the local disaster management officer to uncover possible dangers such as buildings prone to destruction is an example of:
Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Tertiary Prevention
Quarternary Prevention
This term originated from the FRENCH term trier which means to sort, and is usually used in disaster management
triage
disaster
emergency
management
In Glasgow Coma Scale, the nurse knows that the HIGHEST POSSIBLE score in assessing eye opening response is:
15
4
6
5
A patient that has an RR of 35 and a capillary refill of 4 seconds will be considered as _______ casualty:
CRITICAL
URGENT
EXPECTANT
NON-URGENT
In classifying various clients using Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), patients considered to be suffering from MILD HEAD INJURY are those with scores between:
8 or less
9 - 12
13 - 15
0 - 3
Hydrometereological disasters are examples of (a) disasters:
This refers to the process of helping people gain control over their lives:
Debriefing
Empowerment
Critical Incidence Stress Management
Triage
