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· No disaster expected or anticipated [primary]
· Tasks during this phase:
· Identify community risk factors
· Develop & implement programs to prevent disasters from occurring or mitigate their impact
· Train personnel & educate citizens
· The community's threats, vulnerabilities, & capabilities are determined.
· Task forces typically include representatives from community's local government, HCPs, social services providers, police & fire departments, major industries, local media, schools, & citizens' groups
· Programs developed during this phase may also focus on strategies to mitigate effects of disasters that can't be prevented such as earthquakes, hurricanes, & tornadoes
· i.e. increasing surveillance, airport security inspections, strengthening public health processes such as immunization, isolation, & quarantine, teaching methods of preventing communicable disease transmission.

· Involves improving community & individual reaction & responses so that the effects of a disaster are minimized [primary]
· Saves lives & minimizes injury & property damage
· Includes plans for communication, evacuation, rescue, victim care, & recovery
· Disaster drills replicate possible scenarios in the local area & enhance preparedness of community members, government agencies, health care facilities, & businesses
· Disaster preparedness activities occur locally, regionally, & nationally.
· Individual & family disaster preparedness include creating an action plan & determining alternative methods of communication, highlighting possible evacuation routes, identifying local & distant meeting places, & creating a disaster kit.
· Any plan must also address acquisition of equipment, personnel, supplies, medicine, & even food, clean water, blankets, & shelter
· Examples of activities during this phase: semiannual disaster drills & tests of Emergency Broadcast System; disaster preparedness activities occur locally, regionally, & nationally

· Begins IMMEDIATELY after onset of disastrous event [Secondary]
· Preparedness plans take effect immediately, with goals of saving lives & preventing further injury or damage to property.
· Focused response teams [behavioral health, mortuary, social work] facilitate an effective, comprehensive response effort.
· Activities during this phase:
· Rescue
· Triage
· On-site stabilization
· Transportation of injured
· Treatment at local hospitals & clinics
· Requires recovery, identification, & refrigeration of bodies, so that notification of family members is possible & correct, even weeks after a disaster
· Disaster management response includes an initial assessment of the span of the disaster. Disasters are classified according to type, level, & scope.
· Supportive care, including food, water, & shelter for survivors & relief workers, is also an essential element of total disaster response.
· Role of the Nurse-activate the disaster management plan, perform triage & direct those affected, coordinating evacuation, quarantine, & opening of shelters.

Q fever
Brucellosis
Melioidosis
Psittacosis
Ricin toxin
Epsilon toxin of Clostridium perfringens
Staphylococcus enterotoxin B
Typhus fever
Food & waterborne pathogens
- Bacteria: diarrheagenic E. coli, pathogenic vibrios, shigella species, salmonella, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni, Yersinia enterocolitica
- Viruses: Calicviruses, Hepatitis A
- Protozoa: cryptosporidium parvum, Cyclospora cayetoneosis, Giardia lamblia, entamoeba histolytic, toxoplasma gondii naegleria fowleri
- Fungi: microsporidia
- Mosquito borne encephalitis viruses: West Nile Virus