Planning and Triage in the Disaster Scenario

9. Module Review

SECTION I: LOCAL EMERGENCY PLAN

1. What are the pediatrician’s specific functions in a disaster plan?
2. What factors should be considered when designing a local plan?
3. What areas should the plan cover?
4. What is the desired profile for the emergency plan coordinator, and what roles should he/she play?

SECTION II: PLANNING LEVELS

1. Planning should cover several levels. What are these levels, and what are the components and the adequate methods in each case?
2. What individual and family factors should be taken into account in a disaster situation?
3. What role do community organizations play in the sequential phases of a disaster situation?
4. How should these organizations be equipped to face the problems that affect children which may be directly or indirectly related to the disaster?

SECTION III: MASS CASUALTY MANAGEMENT AND MEDICAL CARE

1. What are the basic components of a mass casualty management system?
2. How is a command post for a MCI established? What areas should be defined around the site of impact?
3. How is an advanced medical post organized?
4. What are the roles of the individuals involved in the emergency medical care chain? How are these roles determined?
5. At which points in the rescue chain is triage performed, and what priorities are established in each case?
6. What special conditions should be considered when triaging a pediatric victim? How are these conditions integrated in a MCI where victims are not only children?
7. What data are essential for the internal communication within the system? How are these data transmitted?
8. What elements should be considered when organizing the transportation of victims to hospitals and other healthcare centers?
9. What systems of hospital care can be used in the response to MCI? How do these systems operate?
10. What planning aspects correspond to the mitigation phase?