Disaster Cycle & Response

1.You are posted as the medical officer of a PHC in a flood prone area of central Kerala. Following heavy rain fall, it was decided to shift families to the camps organized in the area.

• a) What are the issues that can occur in the camps.
• b) What measures will you take to tackle those issues.
• c) What are the medical relief operations you would organize in the area to mitigate the problem. Problems

2.35 families were displaced from their households following heavy rain fall and flood to a temporary settlement in a Government LP school. You are the medical officer of the PHC in this area.

• a) What are the issues related to provision of safe water and hygiene, you would anticipate in this place.
• b) What are the measures you will suggest to the district health authority to implement in the settlement Short answer Question

3.Man-made and Natural disaster

4.Many villages near the river bank are affected by flood. Medical college is sending your team to the affected area. Explain the measures that you undertake

1.Write in brief about the disaster cycle, add a note on disaster mitigation

1.Triage in disaster management

2.Role of Triage in disaster management. Differentiate between

3.Disaster preparedness and disaster mitigation Substantiate your answer with reasons

4.Describe steps in Disaster management cycle

5.Man-made disasters in India

6.Natural Hazards and man-made disasters Substantiate your answer with reasons

7.Disaster preparedness

8.Components of a disaster cycle

9.Disasters can lead to the increase in transmission of communicable diseases

10.Disaster management after earthquake

11.What is to be done:during the floods and after the floods in disaster management Substantiate your answer with reasons

1.List the environmental health measures for rehabilitation after a disaster

2.Any two components of a disaster cycle

1.The process of sorting out victims of disaster on a priority base is

• a) Rescue
• b) Response
• c) Triage
• d) Mitigation