Evaluation of Learning Objectives

Disaster Prevention and Preparedness

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To assess the effectiveness of the course material, we ask that you evaluate your achievement of each learning objective on a scale of A to D (A=excellent, B=good, C=fair, D=unsatisfactory). Please indicate your responses next to each learning objective and submit it as part of the course assignment.

1. Define a disaster and its consequences. A B C D
2. Describe different types of disasters and their classifications. A B C D
3. Discuss risk assessment, disaster preparedness and response before, during and after disasters. A B C D
4. Discuss the importance of information, communication, and preparedness to the health profession, other rescuers and the population. A B C D
5. Describe seven stages of disasters. A B C D
6. List two classifications of disasters and three levels of disasters. A B C D
7. Define triage, identify various systems for assigning priorities, and differentiate between three classifications of a patient’s condition: immediate, urgent, and nonurgent. A B C D
8. Describe nursing strategies at the disaster scene. A B C D
9. Explain the importance of treatment area management, protection of emergency responders, evacuation, and emotional support. A B C D
10. Describe preparedness and response before, during, and after a disaster. A B C D
11. List tasks or problems that is likely to occur in most disasters. A B C D
12. Indicate common causes of traumatic injuries after disasters and interventions. A B C D
13. Recognize assistance to victims - clean drinking water, safe food, shelter, and medical care of injuries. A B C D
14. Describe maintenance of people with special needs. A B C D
15. Discuss psychosocial concerns, ethical and cultural considerations. A B C D
16. Describe the importance of disease surveillance, investigation and control. A B C D
17. Describe safety management, list strategies to prevent and reduce the occurrence of trauma and describe recovery. A B C D
18. Recognize the significance of the "golden hour" and the "platinum 10 minutes" in trauma care. A B C D
19. Differentiate between level-I, level-II, and level-III trauma centers. A B C D
20. Describe management at the scene, and in the emergency room. A B C D
21. Describe triage at the scene, identification of the most seriously injured patients, assessment of injury, mechanism of injury and transport to trauma center. A B C D
22. Describe the methods (ABCDE plan) used in assessing and managing the care of injured patients. Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure; primary and secondary assessment strategies. A B C D
23. Describe assessment of the airway in an injured patient and recognize signs of airway obstruction. A B C D
24. List techniques for opening and securing the airway and differentiate among equipment used to open and secure the airway. A B C D
25. Identify various types of shock. A B C D
26. Describe the main causes and clinical signs of hypovolemic shock. A B C D
27. Discuss management of patient with hypovolemic shock. A B C D
28. Describe disability (neurologic status) and exposure (head-to-toe survey, environmentally related symptoms or conditions). A B C D
29. Relate signs and symptoms of trauma to the mechanism of injury. A B C D
30. Recognize signs and symptoms of thoracic injury. A B C D
31. Identify common types of thoracic injuries. A B C D
32. Describe the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained thoracic injuries. A B C D
33. Differentiate among various thoracic injuries and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
34. Recognize signs and symptoms of abdominal and genitourinary injury. A B C D
35. Identify common types of abdominal injuries. A B C D
36. Describe the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained abdominal injuries. A B C D
37. Differentiate among various abdominal and genitourinary injuries and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
38. Identify pelvic injury and describe assessment of patients who have sustained a pelvic injury. A B C D
39. Describe nursing interventions and injury management of patients with pelvic injury. A B C D
40. Recognize signs and symptoms of a head injury. A B C D
41. Identify common types of head injuries. A B C D
42. Describe the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained head injuries. A B C D
43. Differentiate among various head injuries and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
44. Recognize signs and symptoms of maxillofacial and neck injuries. A B C D
45. Identify common maxillofacial and neck injuries and describe assessment of patients who have sustained these injuries. A B C D
46. Differentiate among head, ocular, maxillofacial and neck injuries and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
47. Recognize signs and symptoms of spinal cord injury. A B C D
48. Identify common types of spinal injuries. A B C D
49. Describe the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained spinal injuries. A B C D
50. Differentiate among various spinal injuries and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
51. Recognize signs and symptoms of orthopedic injuries. A B C D
52. Identify common types of orthopedic injuries. A B C D
53. Recognize special concerns in meeting the challenge of limb preservation in patients with orthopedic injuries. A B C D
54. Describe the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained orthopedic injuries. A B C D
55. Differentiate among various orthopedic injuries and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
56. Recognize signs and symptoms of heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. A B C D
57. Describe prevention, assessment, and management of patients with heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. A B C D
58. Recognize special differences between adults and children when injured and normal physiologic parameters in infants and children. A B C D
59. Identify common injuries in infants and children. A B C D
60. Describe assessment of injuries in infants and children. A B C D
61. Differentiate among various injuries in infants and children and describe nursing interventions and management of them. A B C D
62. Discuss smaller sizes of emergency equipment and intraosseus infusion. A B C D
63. Describe the challenge of caring for injured and frightened children and for grieving, shocked or sometimes angry parents. A B C D
64. Describe postoperative care and intensive care for injured patients. A B C D
65. Describe monitoring, interventions and management of airway, breathing, and circulation in the intensive care unit. A B C D
66. Describe causes of adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), compartment syndrome, and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). A B C D
67. Describe interventions such as mechanical ventilation, with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP), fluid replacement, and the use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). A B C D
68. Recognize signs and symptoms of penetrating injury (gunshot wounds). A B C D
69. Identify common shotgun, shrapnel, and blast injuries. A B C D
70. List four basic mechanisms of blast injuries. A B C D
71. Describe safety precautions, and the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained shotgun, shrapnel, and blast injuries. A B C D
72. Differentiate among various shotgun, shrapnel, and blast injuries in patients and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
73. Explain the importance of securing evidence by careful handling and preservation of the patient’s clothing and personal property, and proper charting and documentation. A B C D
74. Define and describe different causes of hypothermia. A B C D
75. Recognize signs and symptoms of hypothermia, general cooling, and local cooling. A B C D
76. Identify common types of hypothermia and cold injuries. A B C D
77. Describe the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained hypothermia and cold injuries. A B C D
78. Differentiate among various conditions of hypothermia and cold injuries and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
79. Describe different types of fire disasters and safety measures. A B C D
80. Identify major types of burns and inhalation injuries. A B C D
81. Recognize signs and symptoms of burns and inhalation injuries. A B C D
82. Estimate the percentage of body surface area damaged by a burn and compare partial-thickness and full-thickness burns. A B C D
83. Describe safety precautions, and the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained burns and inhalation injuries. A B C D
84. Differentiate among various burns and inhalation injuries and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
85. Discuss special considerations in the burned infant and small children, the burned elderly, the risk of burn wound infection, and long-term treatment and rehabilitation. A B C D
86. Describe causes of biological emergencies and define epidemics, bioterrorism, and emerging infections. A B C D
87. Identify common epidemics during disaster situations, the mode of transmission, clinical characteristics, prevention, and available treatment or prophylaxis with vaccine or immunoglobulin. A B C D
88. Recognize bioterrorism as a real danger and recognize the signs, symptoms, and mode of transmission of high-risk biological agents. A B C D
89. Identify different types of emerging infections and their outbreaks, and the growing number of multidrug-resistant organisms. A B C D
90. Describe infection prevention, risk groups, control strategies, isolation precautions, personnel protective equipment, accurate information, reporting procedures, and surveillance. A B C D
91. Describe safety precautions, assessment and management of patients with biological emergencies. A B C D
92. Describe causes of chemical emergencies. A B C D
93. List types of hazardous chemicals. A B C D
94. Identify types of chemical agents most likely in an accidental release, or in act of terrorism or in warfare. A B C D
95. Recognize signs and symptoms of major chemical exposures. A B C D
96. Identify common chemical exposures. A B C D
97. Describe safety precautions, and the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained chemical exposures. A B C D
98. Differentiate among various chemical emergencies and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
99. Discuss proper equipment and decontamination, flushing procedures and double bagging of contaminated clothes and other materials, assistance from a HAZMAT team. A B C D
100. Explain the different types and characteristics of ionizing radiation and possible scenarios of radiation incidents. A B C D
101. Discuss radiation exposures, contamination routes and recognize signs and symptoms associated with radiation emergencies. A B C D
102. Identify Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS), list three classic ARS syndromes and four stages of ARS. A B C D
103. Describe safety precautions, and the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained radiation injuries. A B C D
104. Describe protective clothing and methods to reduce exposure, radiation dosimeters, and survey with radiation meters. A B C D
105. Differentiate among various radiation exposures and describe nursing interventions and injury management of them. A B C D
106. Identify common reactions in the situation of multiple casualties or a disaster. A B C D
107. List the five stages of grieving that most persons go through when confronted with loss or potential loss. A B C D
108. Recognize concerns and needs of the rescuers of injured patients. A B C D
109. Discuss the characteristics of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A B C D
110. Identify symptoms of PTSD. A B C D
111. Describe the elements of assessment for patients who have sustained psychological trauma and PTSD. A B C D
112. Describe nursing management of patients with psychological trauma and PTSD. A B C D
113. Discuss the role of military and civil defense assets, military nurses and their roles. A B C D
114. Define war and civil strife, and discuss problems of displaced people and the need of health care. A B C D
115. Describe emergency medicine for soldiers in combat and improvement of hardware and army emergency care. A B C D
116. Explain the basic principles of landmines and their cause of injuries. A B C D
117. Discuss acts of terrorism and the use of Weapon of Mass Destruction (chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear, and explosive weapons). A B C D
118. Identify competencies needed to recognize weapons of mass destruction and reporting procedures. A B C D
119. Describe professional and international organizations and nurse’s role in response to war, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and other major disasters. A B C D
120. Describe assessment and management of patients injured by terrorist bombings. A B C D