Nursing Interventions: The Three Phases, Impact, And Post-Impact
Disaster, which can be classified into nature and man-made, occurs in many forms: floods, wind, fire, explosions, extreme range of environmental temperatures, epidemics, multiple car crashes with many casualties, school shootings, and environmental contamination from chemical agents and/or bioterrorism (Maurer, & Smith, 2016). Disaster can be divided into three phases, pre-impact, impact and post-impact.
Pre-impact phase is the phase before the disaster happens. In the phase the Nursing interventions which focus on primary prevention about health promotion and specific protection, can be educating, training, prepare people for disaster. The example of the intervention for this disaster can be encouraging individuals’ preparedness for earthquakes,
Pre-impact phase is the phase before the disaster happens. In the phase the Nursing interventions which focus on primary prevention about health promotion and specific protection, can be educating, training, prepare people for disaster. The example of the intervention for this disaster can be encouraging individuals’ preparedness for earthquakes,