Question

1. Epidemiology is classically defined, as the quantitative study of the distributions and determinants of health related events in the,

a. cultural health guides

b. on People and natural disasters.

c. on Human Populations

d. on industrial nations.

2.Preparedness refers to the proactive planning efforts designed to structure the response prior to the occurrence. What steps can a community take to prepare?

a. Be aware of vulnerabilities and plan for them.

b. Always use Mitigation activities

c. Preplan by providing joint community disaster drills

d. All of the above

3. The following concerns are important when considering disaster planning

a. Health care facilities need to have evacuation plans.

b. Disaster plan for all communities should have mutual aid agreements.

c. no plan for mutual mass, media.

d. plan for feeding people in shelters

e. plans for the preventing environment problems..

f. All of the above

g. a, b, d, e

4. The five areas of focus in Emergency and disaster preparedness;

a. Preparedness, mitigation, recovery, evaluation, evacuation.

b. Preparedness, evaluation, evacuation, recovery hazard assessment.

c. Hazard monitoring, preparedness, evacuation, triage, recovery

d. Preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery, and evaluation.

5. What type of ESF duties are nurses involved with

a. ESF4, ESF,5, ESF,6, ESF8,

b. ESF4, ESF,5, ESF7, ESF8.

c. ESF2, ESF5, ESF8 d. ESF5, ESF6, ESF8

6.Symptoms of PTSD include:

a. anger

b. sleeplessness

c. guilt

d. hyper arousal symptoms

e. flashbacks

f. all of the above.

7. ASD Acute stress disorder may be witnessed in the aftermath of a disaster, within the first month of a traumatic event. The largest risk group is the:

a. The disaster responders in closest proximity to the event.

b. The reporter reporting the immediate aftermath.

c. The person with poor coping skills.

d. The person with a history of childhood trauma

e. a, c. d

8.PTSD in Children may display different symptoms then adults.

a. forgetting how or being unable to talk.

b. Being unusually clingy with a parent or other adult rescuer.

c. Wetting the bed after having learned to use the toilet. d. all of the above.

e. none of the above.

9. After and during 9/11 many fire personnel and other responders developed Traumatic Grief. The signs and symptoms may include all, except:

a. Feeling of guilt

b. Sense of helplessness

c. Minor experience can trigger an acute grief reaction

d. Prolonged marked functional impairment.

e. Thoughts of death

f. Thoughts of grandiose self- centered, focus.

10. Increased stress, may be noted, because of the tremendous loss of and destruction of homes some people may need assistance in coping.

a. They are numb and unable to interact with others.

b. They are feeling overwhelmingly lost.

c. There is a sense of trauma, they cannot focus.

d. They are stressed and need PFA.

e. All of the above.

f. a, b, c, d.

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11. Before planning a response for rescue and recovery all personnel should perform a hazard assessment. True or False.

12.Dmort teams are teams that respond to medical needs of those injured in disasters. True or False.

13.The purpose of triage is to limit the impact that a major disaster will have on hospitals. True or False.

14. Only the SEMO representative can call up the National Guard in New York State. True or False.

15 The only person able to declare a disaster to be a major event is the Governor of the state he must request the presidential declaration. True or False.

16. The American Red Cross has always assisted in major disasters. True or False.

17. The Stafford act assisted all Americans with flood insurance. True or false.

18. The role of public health in a Flu epidemic is to provide surveillance for its county. True or false

19.A NGO’s that always responds to disasters is the World Health Organization. True or False.

20.Emergency Management is most likely to succeed at a disaster because of the effectiveness of its different teams performing their duties as one. True or False

Answer 1

1) c) on human population.

Epidemiology is recognized both as the science basic to preventive medicine and one that informs the public health policy process. Several operational definitions of epidemiology have been suggested. The simplest is that epidemiology is the study of the occurrence of disease or other health-related characteristics in human and in animal populations.

The study of epidemiology is perceived both as the science essential to preventive medication and one that advises the general wellbeing strategy measure. A few operational meanings of the study of epidmiology have been proposed. The least complex is that the study of disease is the investigation of the event of malady or other wellbeing related attributes in human and in animal population.