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nelaaney

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Nurses have unique responsibilities in a disaster. In the summer of 2004 four consecutive hurricanes swept through Florida. Which of the following were tasks the nurses on disaster medical assistant teams did?
 
  1. Set up immunization clinics
  2. Assisted in running hospitals so the regular staff could go home to repair dam-aged homes
  3. Provided all the medical care for disaster victims
  4. Allowed pets to come to the shelters with disaster victims

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Disasters affect communities physically and emotionally. The first goal in any disaster is:
 
  1. To clean-up of the environment
  2. Handling stress reaction
  3. Bringing in as many aid workers and nurses as possible to the area
  4. To reestablish sanitary barriers and focus on basic needs



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Answer to Question 1

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Nurses assisted in running hospitals so the regular staff could go home to repair damaged homes and set up care centers in front of the hospital.

Answer to Question 2

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Reestablshing sanitary barriers and focusing on water, food waste disposal, vector control, shelter, and safety are the first goals.




nelaaney

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Wow, this really help

 

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