Chapter 15: Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World

Chapter 15: Emergency Preparedness and Response for Today’s World

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Nurses and community officials are working together to ensure that churches and schools have needed supplies to provide shelter for large numbers of individuals in the event of a natural or manmade disaster. These activities represent which phase of a disaster continuum?

ANS:  A

Correct: Every disaster response begins as a local event known as the preparedness phase, which consists of planning, preparedness, prevention, and warning.

Incorrect:

1. The relief response phase actually begins in the preparedness phase, with all efforts directed to responding to the disaster, initiating the emergency management system, and limiting the effects of the hazard.
2. During the recovery phase the focus is on recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction; this occurs about 72 hours after the disaster. Evaluation of the disaster plan is a major part of the recovery phase.
3. Crisis intervention is not a true phase but a goal for each of the other phases.

DIF:    Application    REF:   pp. 275-276

2. A nurse at a school notices that several students have “blisters” on their bodies. Further investigation reveals that a terrorist incident has occurred, causing smallpox. If the chemical, biologic, radiologic, nuclear, and explosive (CBRNE) agent categories are used, this incident would be classified as:

ANS:  B

Correct: The biologic category refers to diseases such as plague or smallpox.

Incorrect:

1. The chemical category includes diseases that are easily spread through the air and require decontamination.
2. Radioactive dirty bombs result in burns and poisoning.
3. The nuclear category consists of thermal burns due to nuclear blasts.

DIF:    Application    REF:   p. 275; Table 15-1

3. The Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS):

ANS:  B

Correct: The MMRS responds to disaster with trained individuals who have expertise in this type of situation and who have the equipment required to be effective.

Incorrect:

1. The MMRS is funded by local and state governments until funds are exhausted; then federal funds are contributed.
2. The Strategic National Stockpile, a national repository, supplies antibiotics, chemical antidotes, antitoxins, IV administrations, airway supplies, and other medical-surgical items as needed to replenish supplies of local and state agencies during a time of emergency.
3. The National Disaster Medical System arranges for the use of federal hospitals.

DIF:    Comprehension                               REF:   p. 277

4. A community in the New Madrid fault zone experiences an earthquake resulting in injuries from propelled objects and abrasions for many victims. The local supply of antibiotics is quickly exhausted. Local authorities would contact the:

ANS:  B

Correct: The Strategic National Stockpile provides antibiotics, antidotes, and medical and surgical items when local and state supplies have been exhausted.

Incorrect:

1. The Commissioned Corps Readiness Force is a group of health care professionals who can be deployed to respond to a disaster, as a large group or in small numbers.
2. The Department of Homeland Security is the agency responsible for coordinating efforts to protect the United States against terrorism.
3. The local YMCA is a large nonprofit community organization that meets the health and human needs of the community through established programs but would not provide the means to obtain medications and supplies.