Disaster Nursing and Health Systems Management: Principles, Triage Protocol, Team Roles and the Management Cycle

A health systems management lesson (HSM 3107) on disaster nursing, its goal of delivering the highest achievable level of care, and the frame of detection, incident command and safety and security. It covers the definitions, primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, the policies, the disaster management team and its equipment, the elements of a disaster plan and the chain of authority, the triage protocol, the classification and phases of disasters, the management cycle of preparedness, response, recovery and prevention or mitigation, and the management of mass accidents.