NUR 4837 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: National Disaster Medical System, Natural Disaster, Emergency Management
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Emergency management plans must address adequate response systems that can be used regardless of the cause of the mass causality incident (mci) A more reasonable approach has been the movement to plan and improve responses to a variety of hazards, called an all-hazards approach. A disaster condition is defined as a significant natural disaster or man- made event that overwhelms the affected state and necessities both federal public health. The disaster condition must be of significant impact to warrant federal resources. In some situations, the number of victims is so large that multiple organizations will be called to respond. When casualties occur at this level, the event is termed a mass causality incident (event) [mci/mce] Terrorism has created the need for us to prepare against a variety of different agents. A standardized nomenclature has been developed for 5 categories using the acronym cbrne: chemical, biological, radiologic, nuclear, explosive.
