Nurses and community officials are working together to ensure that churches and schools have needed supplies to provide shelter for large numbers of individuals in the event of a natural or manmade disaster
These activities represent which phase of a disaster continuum?
a. Preparedness
b. Relief response
c. Recovery
d. Crisis intervention
ANS: A
Correct: Every disaster response begins as a local event known as the preparedness phase, which consists of planning, preparedness, prevention, and warning.
Incorrect:
b. The relief response phase actually begins in the preparedness phase, with all efforts directed to responding to the disaster, initiating the emergency management system, and limiting the effects of the hazard.
c. During the recovery phase the focus is on recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction; this occurs about 72 hours after the disaster. Evaluation of the disaster plan is a major part of the recovery phase.
d. Crisis intervention is not a true phase but a goal for each of the other phases.
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