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DISASTER NURSING GOLDEN LECTURE 
Kawkab Shishani, RN, PhD 
Community Health Nursing 
Kawkab.shishani@gmail.com 
Jordan 
Richard Garfield, RN, DrPH 
Director WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center School 
of Nursing, Columbia University in the City of 
New York 
Nicolas Padilla, MD 
Universidad de Guanajuato 
Mexico 
Ronald LaPorte, PhD 
Director Telecommunications and Disease 
Monitoring; WHO Collaborating Center 
University of Pittsburgh June 8, 2009
NURSES AND EDUCATION 
 Education is the most powerful 
weapon which you can use to change 
the world. 
Nelson Mandela
MISSION STATEMENT 
 Disasters are a primary cause of morbidity and 
mortality. Nurses can play an important role in 
disaster mitigation, but they receive very little 
training. This lecture is designed to help to 
introduce to nursing the concepts of disasters 
and disaster mitigation. We propose that you 
teach this lecture to your nursing students to 
build awareness world wide.
OBJECTIVES 
1. Define a disaster 
2. Discuss patterns of mortality and injury 
3. Understand impact of disasters on health 
4. Describe the factors that contribute to disasters 
severity 
5. Discuss role of nursing in disasters 
6. Apply principles of triage in disaster 
7. Analyze the WHO components of effective 
disaster nursing
WHAT IS DISASTER 
 Is a result of vast ecological breakdown in the 
relation between humans and their environment, 
as serious or sudden event on such scale that the 
stricken community needs extraordinary efforts 
to cope with outside help or international aid.
TYPES 
 Natural 
 Pandemics 
 Transportation 
 Technological 
 Terrorism
HURRICANES 
 The primary health hazard from hurricanes or 
cyclones lies in the risk of drowning from the 
storm surge associated with the landfall of the 
storm. Most deaths associated with hurricanes 
are drowning deaths. 
 Secondarily, a hazard exists for injuries from 
flying debris due to the high winds. 
 Nurses can be instrumental in providing direct 
emergency care to drowning and head injuries.
TORNADOES 
 The primary hazard from a health perspective in a 
tornado is the risk for injuries from flying debris. 
The high winds and circular nature of a tornado 
leads to the elevation and transport of anything 
that is not fastened down. Most victims of tornadoes 
are affected by head and chest trauma due to being 
struck by debris or from a structural collapse. Some 
individuals are injured while on the ground. Others 
are lifted into the air by the tornado and dropped at 
another location.
FLOODS 
 Floods may originate very quickly following a quick 
rain storm, or they may develop over a short period 
following an extended period of rain or quick snow 
melt 
 The primary hazard from flooding is drowning 
 Longer term health concerns from flooding is the 
development of disease from contaminated water and 
lack of hygiene.
EARTHQUAKES 
 A significant global concern 
 The primary health concern: 
• Injuries arising from structural collapse 
• Most injuries occur amongst individuals trapped at 
the time of the earthquake 
 Well known prevention strategy is to prevent 
buildings from collapsing 
 There is a recognized need to develop better rescue 
strategies for retrieving individuals from collapsed 
buildings
VOLCANOES 
 Rare, but can be catastrophic when they occur 
 Over the 25 year period (1972-1996), there was 
an average of 6 eruptions per year, causing an 
average of 1017 deaths and 285 injuries 
 Health outcomes are associated with volcanic 
eruptions: 
• Respiratory illnesses from the inhalation of 
ash 
• For individuals close to the volcano, some 
danger exists from lava flows, or more likely 
mud flows
VULNERABILITIES, NEEDS, AND 
ABILITIES VARY
0 
1000000 
2000000 
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6000000 
7000000 
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9000000 
10000000 
1900 
1905 
1910 
1915 
1920 
1925 
1930 
1935 
1940 
1945 
1950 
1955 
1960 
1965 
1970 
1975 
1980 
1985 
1990 
1995 
2000 
Conflict Natural Disasters
MAN-MADE THREAT 
Unpredictable Challenges 
Disruptive 
Unexpected 
Targeting weaknesses 
Very rare, impossible to conceive before event 
Threats to Civilians, Information 
Infrastructure
COMPONENTS OF DISASTER DEBRIS 
 Building Debris 
 Household Debris 
 Vegetative Debris 
 Problem Waste Streams
MYTHS ASSOCIATED WITH 
DISASTERS 
 Any kind of assistance needed in disasters 
 A response not based on impartial evaluation contributes 
to chaos 
 Epidemics and plagues are inevitable after every 
disaster 
 Epidemics rarely ever occur after a disaster 
 Dead bodies will not lead to catastrophic outbreaks of 
exotic disease 
 Proper resumption of public health services will ensure the 
public’s safety (sanitation, waste disposal, water quality, 
and food safety) 
 Disasters bring out the worst in human behavior 
 The majority responses spontaneous and generous 
 The community is too shocked and helpless 
 Cross-cultural dedication to common good is most common 
response to natural disasters
PATTERNS OF MORTALITY AND 
INJURY 
 Disaster events that involve water are the most 
significant in terms of mortality 
 Floods, storm surges, and tsunamis all have a 
higher proportion of deaths relative to injuries 
 Earthquakes and events associated with high 
winds tend to exhibit more injuries than deaths 
 The risk of injury and death is much higher in 
developing countries – at least 10 times higher 
because of little preparedness, poorer 
infrastructure.
DISPLACEMENT OF DISASTER 
VICTIMS 
 Mass Shelters 
 Shelter management: 
• Organized team (chain) 
• Sleeping area and necessities 
• Water and food handling 
• Sanitation (toilets, showers,..) 
• Special care to children and elderly 
• Health services (physical, mental)
DISASTER AND HEALTH 
 In a major disaster water treatment plants, 
storage & pumping facilities, & distribution 
lines could be damaged, interrupted or 
contaminated. 
 Communicable diseases outbreak due to: 
 Changes affecting vector populations (increase 
vector), 
 Flooded sewer systems, 
 The destruction of the health care infrastructure, and 
 The interruption of normal health services geared 
towards communicable diseases
DISASTER AND HEALTH 
 Injuries from the event 
 Environmental exposure after the event (no 
shelter) 
 Malnutrition after the event (feeding the 
population affected) 
 Excess NCD mortality following a disaster 
 Mental health (disaster 
syndrome)
MENTAL WELLNESS 
 Little attention is paid to the children 
 Listen attentively to children without denying 
their feelings 
 Give easy-to-understand answers to their 
questions 
 In the shelter, create an environment in which 
children can feel safe and secure (e.g. play area)
MENTAL WELLNESS 
 In any major disaster, people want to know where 
their loved ones are, nurses can assist in making 
links. 
 In case of loss, people need to mourn: 
• Give them space, 
• Find family friends or local healers to encourage 
and support them 
• Most are back to normal within 2 weeks 
• About1% to 3%, may need additional help
THE MOST VULNERABLE
THE PHASES OF DISASTER 
 Mitigation: 
 Lessen the impact of a disaster before it strikes 
 Preparedness: 
 Activities undertaken to handle a disaster when it 
strikes 
 Response: 
 Search and rescue, clearing debris, and feeding and 
sheltering victims (and responders if necessary). 
 Recovery: 
 Getting a community back to its pre-disaster status
MITIGATION 
 Activities that reduce or eliminate a hazard 
 Prevention 
 Risk reduction 
 Examples 
 Immunization programs 
 Public education
PREPAREDNESS 
 Activities that are taken to build capacity and 
identify resources that may be used 
 Know evacuation shelters 
 Emergency communication plan 
 Preventive measures to prevent spread of disease 
 Public Education
RESPONSE 
 Activities a hospital, healthcare system, or public 
health agency take immediately before, during, 
and after a disaster or emergency occurs
RECOVERY 
 Activities undertaken by a community and its 
components after an emergency or disaster to 
restore minimum services and move towards 
long-term restoration. 
 Debris Removal 
 Care and Shelter 
 Damage Assessments 
 Funding Assistance
WHAT IS TRIAGE? 
 French verb “trier” means to sort 
 Assigns priorities when 
resources limited 
 Do the best for the greatest 
number of patients
WHY IS DISASTER TRIAGE 
NEEDED 
 Inadequate resource to meet immediate needs 
 Infrastructure limitations 
 Inadequate hazard preparation 
 Limited transport capabilities 
 Multiple agencies responding 
 Hospital Resources Overwhelmed
ADVANTAGES OF TRIAGE 
 Helps to bring order and organization to a chaotic 
scene. 
 It identifies and provides care to those who are in 
greatest need 
 Helps make the difficult decisions easier 
 Assure that resources are used in the most 
effective manner 
 May take some of the emotional burden away 
from those doing triage
WHO DECIDES IN TRIAGE 
 Nurses don’t act for legal fears of being blamed 
for deaths, and lack of clarity on where they fit in 
the command structure 
 Nurses function to the level of their training and 
experience. 
 If nurses they are the most trained personnel 
the site, they are in charge.
ARE NURSES PREPARED??
HEALTH WORKER 
DENSITY BY REGION 
2.3 
2.6 
4.2 
6.9 
8.7 
9.9 
10.3 
0.8 
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 
S ub - S aharan Af r ic a 
As ia 
S &C e nt ral Ame r ic a 
G lo b al 
M id d le E as t 
We s t e rn P ac if ic 
No r t h Ame r ic a 
E uro p e 
Workers per 1,000 population
NURSES
KILLED BY DISASTERS
ROLE OF NURSING IN DISASTERS 
Disaster preparedness, including risk assessment 
and multi-disciplinary management strategies at 
all system levels, is critical to the delivery of 
effective responses to the short, medium, and long-term 
health needs of a disaster-stricken 
population. 
International Council of Nurses (2006)
NURSES’ ROLES IN DISASTERS 
 Determine magnitude of the event 
 Define health needs of the affected groups 
 Establish priorities and objectives 
 Identify actual and potential public health 
problems 
 Determine resources needed to respond to the 
needs identified 
 Collaborate with other professional disciplines, 
governmental and non-governmental agencies 
 Maintain a unified chain of command 
 Communication
COMMUNICATION IS A SUCCESS 
KEY 
 Nursing organizations must have a 
comprehensive and accurate registry for all 
members 
 Have a structured plan: 
• Collaborate and coordinate with local authorities 
• Have a hotline 24x7 
• Inform nurses where to report and how (keep 
records) 
• Make sure have a coordinator to prevent chaos 
• Ensure ways to maintain communication between 
nurses and their families
THE NEED FOR DISASTER NURSING 
TRAINING 
 11 million nurses world wide: 
• Form the backbone of the health care system 
• Are the frontline health care workers who are 
in direct contact with the public 
• Contribute to health of individuals, families, 
communities, and the globe 
 Schools of nursing offer little or no information 
on disaster nursing (WHO, 2008) 
 Shortage of trained instructors/faculty (WHO, 
2008)
CORE COMPETENCIES IN DISASTER 
NURSING TRAINING 
 Ethical and legal issues, and decision making; 
 Care principles; 
 Nursing care; 
 Needs assessment and planning; 
 Safety and security; 
 Communication and interpersonal relationships; 
 Public health; and 
 Health care systems and policies in emergency 
situations 
(WHO, 2008)
TOPICS THAT MUST BE COVERED 
BY DISASTER NURSING TRAINING 
 Basic life support 
 System and planning for settings where nurses 
work 
 Communications (what to report and to whom) 
 Working in the damaged facilities and with 
damaged equipment 
 Safety of clients and practitioners 
 Working within a team (understand each 
member’s role and responsibility) 
 Infection control 
 Mental and psychosocial support 
(WHO, 2006)
SUPERCOURSE INITIATIVE
BUILDING DISASTER NURSING 
SUPERCOURSE
BUILDING DISASTER NURSING 
SUPERCOURSE
BUILDING DISASTER NURSING 
SUPERCOURSE
 “Most of all, if gains in health and nutrition during 
emergencies are to be sustained, graduates need to 
understand the importance of capacity building of 
national staff and institutions.” 
Salama et al, Lessons Learned from Complex Emergencies
DISASTER NURSING SUPERCOURSE 
o To join the Nursing Supercourse, please visit 
www.pitt.edu/~super1 
or e-mail 
super2@pitt.edu. 
o Membership in the Global Health Network 
Supercourse will allow you to receive free 
Supercourse CDs, just in time lecture, and annual 
prevention lectures 
o Note: “send this lecture to a friend” button works 
from PowerPoint slide show mode
More information 
 This lecture is available at: 
http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec35051/index.htm 
 Please fee free to e-mail at: 
kawkab.shishani@gmail.com

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35051

  • 1. DISASTER NURSING GOLDEN LECTURE Kawkab Shishani, RN, PhD Community Health Nursing Kawkab.shishani@gmail.com Jordan Richard Garfield, RN, DrPH Director WHO/PAHO Collaborating Center School of Nursing, Columbia University in the City of New York Nicolas Padilla, MD Universidad de Guanajuato Mexico Ronald LaPorte, PhD Director Telecommunications and Disease Monitoring; WHO Collaborating Center University of Pittsburgh June 8, 2009
  • 2. NURSES AND EDUCATION  Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Nelson Mandela
  • 3. MISSION STATEMENT  Disasters are a primary cause of morbidity and mortality. Nurses can play an important role in disaster mitigation, but they receive very little training. This lecture is designed to help to introduce to nursing the concepts of disasters and disaster mitigation. We propose that you teach this lecture to your nursing students to build awareness world wide.
  • 4. OBJECTIVES 1. Define a disaster 2. Discuss patterns of mortality and injury 3. Understand impact of disasters on health 4. Describe the factors that contribute to disasters severity 5. Discuss role of nursing in disasters 6. Apply principles of triage in disaster 7. Analyze the WHO components of effective disaster nursing
  • 5. WHAT IS DISASTER  Is a result of vast ecological breakdown in the relation between humans and their environment, as serious or sudden event on such scale that the stricken community needs extraordinary efforts to cope with outside help or international aid.
  • 6. TYPES  Natural  Pandemics  Transportation  Technological  Terrorism
  • 7. HURRICANES  The primary health hazard from hurricanes or cyclones lies in the risk of drowning from the storm surge associated with the landfall of the storm. Most deaths associated with hurricanes are drowning deaths.  Secondarily, a hazard exists for injuries from flying debris due to the high winds.  Nurses can be instrumental in providing direct emergency care to drowning and head injuries.
  • 8. TORNADOES  The primary hazard from a health perspective in a tornado is the risk for injuries from flying debris. The high winds and circular nature of a tornado leads to the elevation and transport of anything that is not fastened down. Most victims of tornadoes are affected by head and chest trauma due to being struck by debris or from a structural collapse. Some individuals are injured while on the ground. Others are lifted into the air by the tornado and dropped at another location.
  • 9. FLOODS  Floods may originate very quickly following a quick rain storm, or they may develop over a short period following an extended period of rain or quick snow melt  The primary hazard from flooding is drowning  Longer term health concerns from flooding is the development of disease from contaminated water and lack of hygiene.
  • 10. EARTHQUAKES  A significant global concern  The primary health concern: • Injuries arising from structural collapse • Most injuries occur amongst individuals trapped at the time of the earthquake  Well known prevention strategy is to prevent buildings from collapsing  There is a recognized need to develop better rescue strategies for retrieving individuals from collapsed buildings
  • 11.
  • 12. VOLCANOES  Rare, but can be catastrophic when they occur  Over the 25 year period (1972-1996), there was an average of 6 eruptions per year, causing an average of 1017 deaths and 285 injuries  Health outcomes are associated with volcanic eruptions: • Respiratory illnesses from the inhalation of ash • For individuals close to the volcano, some danger exists from lava flows, or more likely mud flows
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  • 15. VULNERABILITIES, NEEDS, AND ABILITIES VARY
  • 16. 0 1000000 2000000 3000000 4000000 5000000 6000000 7000000 8000000 9000000 10000000 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 Conflict Natural Disasters
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  • 18. MAN-MADE THREAT Unpredictable Challenges Disruptive Unexpected Targeting weaknesses Very rare, impossible to conceive before event Threats to Civilians, Information Infrastructure
  • 19. COMPONENTS OF DISASTER DEBRIS  Building Debris  Household Debris  Vegetative Debris  Problem Waste Streams
  • 20. MYTHS ASSOCIATED WITH DISASTERS  Any kind of assistance needed in disasters  A response not based on impartial evaluation contributes to chaos  Epidemics and plagues are inevitable after every disaster  Epidemics rarely ever occur after a disaster  Dead bodies will not lead to catastrophic outbreaks of exotic disease  Proper resumption of public health services will ensure the public’s safety (sanitation, waste disposal, water quality, and food safety)  Disasters bring out the worst in human behavior  The majority responses spontaneous and generous  The community is too shocked and helpless  Cross-cultural dedication to common good is most common response to natural disasters
  • 21. PATTERNS OF MORTALITY AND INJURY  Disaster events that involve water are the most significant in terms of mortality  Floods, storm surges, and tsunamis all have a higher proportion of deaths relative to injuries  Earthquakes and events associated with high winds tend to exhibit more injuries than deaths  The risk of injury and death is much higher in developing countries – at least 10 times higher because of little preparedness, poorer infrastructure.
  • 22. DISPLACEMENT OF DISASTER VICTIMS  Mass Shelters  Shelter management: • Organized team (chain) • Sleeping area and necessities • Water and food handling • Sanitation (toilets, showers,..) • Special care to children and elderly • Health services (physical, mental)
  • 23. DISASTER AND HEALTH  In a major disaster water treatment plants, storage & pumping facilities, & distribution lines could be damaged, interrupted or contaminated.  Communicable diseases outbreak due to:  Changes affecting vector populations (increase vector),  Flooded sewer systems,  The destruction of the health care infrastructure, and  The interruption of normal health services geared towards communicable diseases
  • 24. DISASTER AND HEALTH  Injuries from the event  Environmental exposure after the event (no shelter)  Malnutrition after the event (feeding the population affected)  Excess NCD mortality following a disaster  Mental health (disaster syndrome)
  • 25. MENTAL WELLNESS  Little attention is paid to the children  Listen attentively to children without denying their feelings  Give easy-to-understand answers to their questions  In the shelter, create an environment in which children can feel safe and secure (e.g. play area)
  • 26. MENTAL WELLNESS  In any major disaster, people want to know where their loved ones are, nurses can assist in making links.  In case of loss, people need to mourn: • Give them space, • Find family friends or local healers to encourage and support them • Most are back to normal within 2 weeks • About1% to 3%, may need additional help
  • 28. THE PHASES OF DISASTER  Mitigation:  Lessen the impact of a disaster before it strikes  Preparedness:  Activities undertaken to handle a disaster when it strikes  Response:  Search and rescue, clearing debris, and feeding and sheltering victims (and responders if necessary).  Recovery:  Getting a community back to its pre-disaster status
  • 29. MITIGATION  Activities that reduce or eliminate a hazard  Prevention  Risk reduction  Examples  Immunization programs  Public education
  • 30. PREPAREDNESS  Activities that are taken to build capacity and identify resources that may be used  Know evacuation shelters  Emergency communication plan  Preventive measures to prevent spread of disease  Public Education
  • 31. RESPONSE  Activities a hospital, healthcare system, or public health agency take immediately before, during, and after a disaster or emergency occurs
  • 32. RECOVERY  Activities undertaken by a community and its components after an emergency or disaster to restore minimum services and move towards long-term restoration.  Debris Removal  Care and Shelter  Damage Assessments  Funding Assistance
  • 33. WHAT IS TRIAGE?  French verb “trier” means to sort  Assigns priorities when resources limited  Do the best for the greatest number of patients
  • 34. WHY IS DISASTER TRIAGE NEEDED  Inadequate resource to meet immediate needs  Infrastructure limitations  Inadequate hazard preparation  Limited transport capabilities  Multiple agencies responding  Hospital Resources Overwhelmed
  • 35. ADVANTAGES OF TRIAGE  Helps to bring order and organization to a chaotic scene.  It identifies and provides care to those who are in greatest need  Helps make the difficult decisions easier  Assure that resources are used in the most effective manner  May take some of the emotional burden away from those doing triage
  • 36. WHO DECIDES IN TRIAGE  Nurses don’t act for legal fears of being blamed for deaths, and lack of clarity on where they fit in the command structure  Nurses function to the level of their training and experience.  If nurses they are the most trained personnel the site, they are in charge.
  • 38. HEALTH WORKER DENSITY BY REGION 2.3 2.6 4.2 6.9 8.7 9.9 10.3 0.8 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 S ub - S aharan Af r ic a As ia S &C e nt ral Ame r ic a G lo b al M id d le E as t We s t e rn P ac if ic No r t h Ame r ic a E uro p e Workers per 1,000 population
  • 41. ROLE OF NURSING IN DISASTERS Disaster preparedness, including risk assessment and multi-disciplinary management strategies at all system levels, is critical to the delivery of effective responses to the short, medium, and long-term health needs of a disaster-stricken population. International Council of Nurses (2006)
  • 42. NURSES’ ROLES IN DISASTERS  Determine magnitude of the event  Define health needs of the affected groups  Establish priorities and objectives  Identify actual and potential public health problems  Determine resources needed to respond to the needs identified  Collaborate with other professional disciplines, governmental and non-governmental agencies  Maintain a unified chain of command  Communication
  • 43. COMMUNICATION IS A SUCCESS KEY  Nursing organizations must have a comprehensive and accurate registry for all members  Have a structured plan: • Collaborate and coordinate with local authorities • Have a hotline 24x7 • Inform nurses where to report and how (keep records) • Make sure have a coordinator to prevent chaos • Ensure ways to maintain communication between nurses and their families
  • 44. THE NEED FOR DISASTER NURSING TRAINING  11 million nurses world wide: • Form the backbone of the health care system • Are the frontline health care workers who are in direct contact with the public • Contribute to health of individuals, families, communities, and the globe  Schools of nursing offer little or no information on disaster nursing (WHO, 2008)  Shortage of trained instructors/faculty (WHO, 2008)
  • 45. CORE COMPETENCIES IN DISASTER NURSING TRAINING  Ethical and legal issues, and decision making;  Care principles;  Nursing care;  Needs assessment and planning;  Safety and security;  Communication and interpersonal relationships;  Public health; and  Health care systems and policies in emergency situations (WHO, 2008)
  • 46. TOPICS THAT MUST BE COVERED BY DISASTER NURSING TRAINING  Basic life support  System and planning for settings where nurses work  Communications (what to report and to whom)  Working in the damaged facilities and with damaged equipment  Safety of clients and practitioners  Working within a team (understand each member’s role and responsibility)  Infection control  Mental and psychosocial support (WHO, 2006)
  • 51.  “Most of all, if gains in health and nutrition during emergencies are to be sustained, graduates need to understand the importance of capacity building of national staff and institutions.” Salama et al, Lessons Learned from Complex Emergencies
  • 52. DISASTER NURSING SUPERCOURSE o To join the Nursing Supercourse, please visit www.pitt.edu/~super1 or e-mail super2@pitt.edu. o Membership in the Global Health Network Supercourse will allow you to receive free Supercourse CDs, just in time lecture, and annual prevention lectures o Note: “send this lecture to a friend” button works from PowerPoint slide show mode
  • 53. More information  This lecture is available at: http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec35051/index.htm  Please fee free to e-mail at: kawkab.shishani@gmail.com

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  1. Over the past few decades, disasters have been on the rise. Millions of people have been affected, lost homes and family members, or displaced. No one is immune against disasters. However, what makes a difference is the degree of preparedness. Nurses are the largest health care professional group, yet, they are not well prepared for disasters. Disasters pose threats to physical as well psychosocial wellbeing. Nurses view health as a state of physical and psychosocial wellbeing. In this context nurses who receive disaster training can contribute significantly in disaster mitigation both at ground zero and throughout the country. This lecture intends to provide basic information on disasters and describe nurses’ roles in disaster management on the three levels of prevention. There are millions of nurses, and many thousands of nursing schools that teach nothing on disasters –especially in places exposed to continuous natural disasters. The teachers at these countries are in need for teaching material on disaster management. A Nursing Supercourse will empower faculty members and instructors at nursing schools world wide by providing them with state of art ready to teach lectures on disaster management.
  2. Noji: www.pitt.edu/~super7/20011-21001/20351.ppt
  3. Nurses are the main health professionals in touch with the community.  They have exceptional knowledge of the most vulnerable populations, and this information can be immediately used in a disaster. Nursing recognizes the physical and the psychosocial impact of disasters on well being of individuals, families and community. Nurses deal not only with the physical stresses of a disaster, but potentially more importantly the fear, dangers, stress and uncertainties of disasters. Nurses in disasters provide support and help the public in regain confidence in rebuilding their lives and living through hard times. Understanding and finding a meaning to suffering helps in healing and in reducing impact on physical health.
  4. Songer: www.pitt.edu/~epi2170/lecture15/sld001.htm
  5. Nurses can save lives and reduce public's fear and assist in mitigation measures such as equipped shelters. Nurses play key roles in disaster preparedness. Nurses can help in initiating or updating emergency plans at their work settings as well as being knowledgeable about the disasters that their areas are vulnerable to. Nurses can inform the public about the shelters available in the area and the importance of having an emergency family plan especially when there are family members who have special health needs.
  6. Nurses play a key role as preventionists in assisting in maintenance of proper sanitation measures, proper control of vector populations, and control of infectious disease through public education.
  7. Head and chest injuries and fractures are common in earthquake victims. Nurses poses clinical skills that can save lives when they assist in searching and retrieving trapped individuals. Also the injury rate is high for first responders, and nurses can play a major role in protecting the rescue teams. In fact all rescue teams should have at least one nurse.
  8. The column to the left demonstrates that people who live in lower middle income countries are at higher risk of being exposed to earthquakes. The column to the right confirms that the same countries have higher death rates compared to other countries. Nurses in these countries need to take leadership role and be actively involved in planning and implementing national preventive strategies. Deans of schools of nursing should ensure that curricula provide sufficient training and that nursing graduates are competent and posses necessary critical skills.
  9. La Porte: www.bibalex.org/Supercourse/SupercoursePPT/21011-22001/21601.ppt This slide indicates that there has been almost a doubling in the rates of natural disasters. This could be due to: improved reporting, and/or the major increase in populations living in dangerous areas. This alerting trend mandates increase in level of preparedness among health care workers. Nurses are in frontline and are trained to provide emergency direct care to individuals under normal conditions. Disasters result in massive causalities and responsiveness can be often challenging. Under such critical circumstances nurses can be more effective when receive adequate training in preparedness and responding to disasters.
  10. The increase in number of disasters has been accompanied by increase in numbers of people affected. Consequences of disasters include: displacement, losing employment and income, physical and mental health disabilities. Therefore, responding to the needs requires working as a team. Multidisciplinary teams serve a wide range of affected populations. Nurses are often under estimated when dealing with disasters. This lecture demonstrates that nurse involvement in disaster management can be beneficial at local, national and international level. Vulnerable populations such as people with chronic health conditions are in great danger in disasters due to the risk of occurrence of an acute critical event. Individuals with chronic conditions, e.g. cardiovascular disease, diabetes, renal failure, etc. need to be monitored and have their health conditions managed with care.
  11. The circles demonstrate overlapping the concentration of water emergencies. More money means more abilities which means that responses to disasters are improving. Higher risk of water events means more need. How well a country is organized determines the level of vulnerability, hence the importance of preparedness and training for nurses.
  12. Deaths per year have actually declined over the long period, these data are from Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters. There are fewer conflicts, and the conflicts have a smaller number of deaths, but this is only an accounting of battle deaths.
  13. Asia is at higher risk for disasters and Africa for complex emergencies. Connolly A, Gayer M, Ryan M, Salama P, Spiegel P, Heyman D. Communicable diseases in complex emergencies: impact and challenges. The Lancet, 364, 9449: 1974 – 1983, 2004
  14. We need to focus on each of the components of man-made threats. The Supercourse model has done this as evidenced with Natural, Asymmetric attacks. Supercourse has significant number of lectures specific disaster focus. Shortly after the building of the Supercourse we realized that it had exceptional potential in the area of disasters. We had the idea if a disaster were to occur we could rapidly develop a network of people from out network interested in helping and to develop a Just-in-Time (JIT) lecture. This was established by: Rapid Contact of Expert Supercourse Network Lecture Created by Experts with Vetting Rapid JIT Development of Customized lectures Rapid Dissemination Continuously updated learning as crisis enfolds With the same vision, building Nursing Supercourse can serve faculty at schools of nursing well by empowering them with an innovative educational teaching model. Chotani RA, LaPorte RE, Linkov F, Dodani S, Ahmed D, Ibrahim KM. Just-in-time lectures: SARS. Lancet. 2003 Jun 7;361(9373):1996 La Porte: www.supercourse.cn/SupercoursePPT/29741.ppt
  15. Severe injuries can be caused by disaster debris. Clean up of debris is the authorities responsibility but nurses can assume the role of educators by increasing public’s awareness to hazards of debris and precautionary measures to protect their own and their families safety. Nurses also a major role in long term mitigation such as with land minds or rebuilding.
  16. Noji: www.pitt.edu/~super7/20011-21001/20351.ppt
  17. Knowing the patterns of mortality and injuries associated with particular disasters can be most beneficial when providing training. This can result in effective preparedness and ensure better outcomes. It is important to bring this to the attention of nurses in developing counties especially that their countries at higher risk for disasters and causalities.
  18. Immediate response is mostly concerned with saving lives and eliminating immediate threats. However, what is substantial too is working with survivors with minimal or no physical injuries. These groups are usually displaced in shelters to meet their survival needs. Survivors vary according to age groups or health conditions. These shelters are expected to work in a systematic way to ensure high performance. Lay professional volunteers can assume the role of organizing and management of the shelter. Nurses can be spared for other important tasks such as taking care of the affected people, assessing their health conditions and any special needs and use the available resources to attend to these health needs. Nurses can be responsible for establishing mental services, counseling and providing social support especially that under such circumstances people need to make meaning of what happened and how to adjust in order to be able to continue their lives. Pediatric nurses have the most burden because children unlike other populations need to have an outlet for their energy, have their own ways of understanding and coping to unusual conditions. Community/public health nurses can serve vulnerable populations during a disaster and assist communities in recovery. This requires expansion of their knowledge by providing state of art training in disaster preparedness.
  19. Infection control is an important strategy in eliminating infectious diseases (e.g. cholera, etc.). Nurses receive training in infection control during their undergraduate or as part of continuing education. Public education about preventive strategies in times where water is contaminated can be a determinant factor in eliminating any epidemic.
  20. Disasters consequences range between short and long-term. Effective assessment can establish the base for appropriate actions. This can serve well in lessening the burden of disaster and enhancement of coping. Nursing education acknowledges mental wellness by itself an outcome , however, it is also looked as the key for physical well being.
  21. College of nursing, university of Hyogo: http://www.coe-cnas.jp/english/index.html
  22. Everyone has a role identity in family and community; when they lose everything and are then taken care of with emergency assistance, they may be turned intopassive receivers and lose that role identity.  We can help themrecover their sense of purpose and worth along with helping themexpress and process the loses.
  23. Nurses assume multiple roles with different populations. Nurses are highly skilled health care workers trained to work with vulnerable groups. Therefore, they are essential team players in any emergency preparedness team.
  24. Nursing can contribute to prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Nurses work systematically by gathering data, planning according to priorities to target all who might benefit, working skillfully to promote health of the community, and evaluating the outcomes.
  25. Keith: www.queens.edu/pdf/upload/nursing/
  26. In triage causalities are categorized according to severity of injury. The color red requires immediate and quick attention because it means life threatening injury. On this level nurses focus on airway, breathing, and circulation and based on that decide the level of intervention needed. Triage aims to: To sort patients based on needs for immediate care To recognize futility Assumption: Medical needs will outstrip the immediately available resources Additional resources will become available given enough time
  27. How Does Triage Manage Resources? By preventing the use of excessive resources on patients who are likely to die no matter what we do for them By preventing the use of excessive resources on patients who have minor injuries and require little to no treatment By focusing resources on those patients with severe injuries and high survivability rates
  28. Worldwide nurses receive minimal training on disaster preparedness. The World Health Organization (WHO) report 2006 acknowledges that nurses lack knowledge and skills in disaster and recommends that nurses to be involved in planning, policy-making for disaster preparedness and response. Furthermore, WHO demonstrates that training nurses will have a great impact on risk reduction and response to a disaster. WHO (2006). The Contribution of nursing and midwifery in emergencies: report of a WHO consultation, WHO, Geneva. http://www.who.int/hac/events/2006/nursing_consultation_report_sept07.pdf
  29. Nursing and midwifery densities across the Region are found in the slide. Note particularly low densities of each in PNG, Cambodia, etc, and also, what isn‘t apparent in the density table, rural/urban inequities, with nurses/midwives, other health professionals concentrated in urban areas.
  30. Geography is modified by the relative size of the nursing population in these bubble charts. According to the size of the bubbles, there are more nurses in the developed countries.
  31. Again, the bubbles size in this slide demonstrates that there are more resources and more nurses in the richer countries, but the majority of deaths due to disasters occurs in the poorer countries. So nurses are even more important in developing countries.
  32. Nursing curricula, starting from the first year equip nurses with clinical skills to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the health needs of individuals and groups. They also are trained to work in the context of team work. This workforce must be prepared for disaster management and integrated into each country’s national emergency team.
  33. Nursing organizations have the responsibility of coordinating with the officials in having clear understanding in nurses' roles during disaster and taking all measures to speed nurses’ involvement in crisis times. Nurses can integrate into an existing team or lead one if there is not yet one on site. And document what they do for continuity with each patient, or record where the injured are sent.
  34. World Health Organization (2008). Integrating Emergency Preparedness and Response into Undergraduate Nursing Curricula. Geneva, Switzerland
  35. To build national and international capacity of nurses, the WHO proposed a set of competencies that are essential in disaster preparedness training program.
  36. World Health Organization (2006). The contribution of nursing and midwifery in emergencies. Geneva, Switzerland
  37. Question: What is the best way to improve global health and science training? Answer: Improve lectures. Question: How do we improve global health and science lectures: Answer: Faculty worldwide share their best PowerPoint lectures: Question: Will faculty share lectures? Answer: Yes, The Supercourse has 64.000 faculty from 172 countries who created an open source Library with 3500 lectures. We have collaborators from over 1200 medical and public health schools using our lectures. In the last 12 months we taught over 1 million students world wide.
  38. Nursing Supercourse will serve as educational model for instructors at schools of nursing to ensure effective training of nurses worldwide in disaster management based on the competencies proposed by the World Health Organization. These competencies give a clear picture on the skills that are essential when preparing nurses for disaster management. Capacity building is the core of disaster management. Training of nurses can have significant impact on the degree of harm inflicted by disasters. Training will also expand the scope of practice and augment the role of other healthcare workers. Nursing Supercourse will also establish a solid foundation for building a global network of nurses before the disaster occurs, which would lead to much better coordination.
  39. We, at the Nursing Supercourse project look forward to collaborating with you. So join us and let the one thousand mile journey start with this first step toward bringing together nurses in the world to promote healthier life on this planet.