After a hurricane, the nurse is placed on a planning committee to ...

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After a hurricane, the nurse is placed on a planning committee to meet the direct needs of the community. Most of the clean-up and rescue work has been completed, and several members of the community are living in shelters and are homeless.
 
  One of the foremost priorities of the committees is to establish:
  A) Ecumenical centers for long-term worship
  B) Home repair resources
  C) POD emergency supply centers
  D) Financial aid centers

Question 2

The nurse is responsible for triage in a setting where a natural disaster has occurred. The triage is expected to last for an extended period of time. Which triage model would be most effective in this scenario?
 
  A) Simple triage and rapid treatment (START)
  B) Prehospital triage
  C) JumpSTART triage
  D) Start/Save triage

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Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Feedback:
A point of distribution (POD) is a centralized location where the public picks up emergency supplies, including food, water, and medications (if necessary), following a disaster. Food, water, and medications would be considered a priority during the postdisaster phase of the planning.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Feedback:
START is a simple, prehospital triage system that was developed in California to assist emergency responders for use in earthquakes. Evidence-based and field-proven, the system separates injured people into four groups according to the severity of their injuries or illnesses. Other triaging systems have been developed to address the needs of vulnerable or special populations, such as the JumpSTART system for triaging children and the Start/Save system for triaging victims over a long period of time. The latter would be used when disasters are of such a nature that evacuation of the person to a field hospital is impossible.

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