Watch the "Diary of Medical Mission Trip" videos dealing with the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti in
2010. Reflect on this natural disaster by answering the following questions:
1. Propose one example of a nursing intervention related to the disaster from each of the
following levels: primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention. Provide
innovative examples that have not been discussed by previous students.
2. Under which phase of the disaster do the three proposed interventions fall? Explain why you
chose that phase.
3. With what people or agencies would you work in facilitating the proposed interventions and
why?
The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti in Jan. 12, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000
injured and rubble nearly everywhere (NPR,2020). It is still recovering from the from the
destruction after almost a decade. Beside losing the human lives and destructions of the
infrastructures lot of consequence could happen after any disaster, people lose their shelter,
possession, there is scarcity of the resources and poor sanitation leads to water-borne, air-borne
disease.
Disaster can be preventable and non-preventable, thus depending on the type community nurses
can educate the community how to prevent a disaster if it is man-made or preventable. For
natural disaster nurses can assist in educating community and families about having plans in
place in the event of a disaster and being aware of the local resources’ families may need during
a disaster (Falkner,2018). The example could be educating about disaster preparedness kit, places
to hide when earthquake hit. Secondary prevention may occur when the onset of the disaster has
occurred or within hours of its impact; this is when response occurs during a disaster
(Falkner,2018). This time is used to meet the immediate needs of the public, helping the most
people. Triage is important and resources are needed to care for those that are injured or have lost
food, water or shelter (Hughes & Maurer, 2013). Tertiary prevention is designed to meet the long-
term needs of individual and community after disaster has been resolved. An example of this
level of prevention can be educating the community how to purify water and maintain hygiene to
prevent the spread of diseases, store food, prevent from colds, treat minor wounds.
The preventive measures should be started as soon as disaster hit because earliest intervention
could help in saving many lives and prevent lots of complications that can happen after the
earthquake. It is very important to include the community leaders and health workers to
implement the preventive measures because they are the ones who know the community well
which aids in prioritizing need of the community. The collaboration with the red cross society,
Emergency Operation Centers (EOC) will be a good choice during the disaster management. The
American Red Cross (ARC) is an organization that provides aid during disasters and is
composed of nearly 90% specially trained volunteers (Falkner,2018). The Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) serves as a command center where government agencies can manage the disaster
response (Falkner,2018).
Falkner, A. (2018). Disaster management. In Grand Canyon university. Community and public
health future of health care (Chapter 5). Retrieved from.
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2010. Reflect on this natural disaster by answering the following questions:
1. Propose one example of a nursing intervention related to the disaster from each of the
following levels: primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention. Provide
innovative examples that have not been discussed by previous students.
2. Under which phase of the disaster do the three proposed interventions fall? Explain why you
chose that phase.
3. With what people or agencies would you work in facilitating the proposed interventions and
why?
The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti in Jan. 12, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000
injured and rubble nearly everywhere (NPR,2020). It is still recovering from the from the
destruction after almost a decade. Beside losing the human lives and destructions of the
infrastructures lot of consequence could happen after any disaster, people lose their shelter,
possession, there is scarcity of the resources and poor sanitation leads to water-borne, air-borne
disease.
Disaster can be preventable and non-preventable, thus depending on the type community nurses
can educate the community how to prevent a disaster if it is man-made or preventable. For
natural disaster nurses can assist in educating community and families about having plans in
place in the event of a disaster and being aware of the local resources’ families may need during
a disaster (Falkner,2018). The example could be educating about disaster preparedness kit, places
to hide when earthquake hit. Secondary prevention may occur when the onset of the disaster has
occurred or within hours of its impact; this is when response occurs during a disaster
(Falkner,2018). This time is used to meet the immediate needs of the public, helping the most
people. Triage is important and resources are needed to care for those that are injured or have lost
food, water or shelter (Hughes & Maurer, 2013). Tertiary prevention is designed to meet the long-
term needs of individual and community after disaster has been resolved. An example of this
level of prevention can be educating the community how to purify water and maintain hygiene to
prevent the spread of diseases, store food, prevent from colds, treat minor wounds.
The preventive measures should be started as soon as disaster hit because earliest intervention
could help in saving many lives and prevent lots of complications that can happen after the
earthquake. It is very important to include the community leaders and health workers to
implement the preventive measures because they are the ones who know the community well
which aids in prioritizing need of the community. The collaboration with the red cross society,
Emergency Operation Centers (EOC) will be a good choice during the disaster management. The
American Red Cross (ARC) is an organization that provides aid during disasters and is
composed of nearly 90% specially trained volunteers (Falkner,2018). The Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) serves as a command center where government agencies can manage the disaster
response (Falkner,2018).
Falkner, A. (2018). Disaster management. In Grand Canyon university. Community and public
health future of health care (Chapter 5). Retrieved from.
This study source was downloaded by 100000806758261 from CourseHero.com on 07-04-2022 00:57:45 GMT -05:00
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