The public health nurse works in New England during the winter months. An ice storm cripples the city, and electrical outages affect the power grid
Trees and frozen power lines are down throughout the city, and the timeline for restoration of power is 7 to 10 days. The management team should classify this occurrence as:
A) An emergency
B) A natural disaster
C) Terrorism
D) An accidental disaster
Ans: B
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Natural disasters are the result of naturally occurring events that have an impact on the environment, the economy, and the people who live in the area. Emergencies are considered events that require a swift, intense response on the part of existing community resources. Disasters are often unforeseen, serious, and unique events that disrupt essential community services and cause human morbidity and mortality that cannot be alleviated unless assistance is received from others outside the community. Terrorism is defined by the United Nations as "any action intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or noncombatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act." Accidental incidents (or disasters), broadly defined, are those that happen as a result of circumstantial factors (e.g., road conditions, human error, and physical plant deterioration) and are usually not deliberate.
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