Disaster Management Class Notes: Vulnerability, Incident Command System, Triage and Hospital Response

The fullest disaster management deck here: emergency, disaster and hazard definitions, structural and other vulnerability with the factors that increase it and the vulnerable groups, the phases and implications of disasters illustrated with the Kenyan and Mozambique floods, and the management cycle of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. It goes on to the phonetic alphabet used in incident notification, the incident command system with its history and benefits, the key institutions and the role of the media, mass casualty triage in red, yellow and green, the hospital response and command centre, primary and secondary assessment of victims, and the nurse's role before, during and after a disaster.