EMERGENCY PLANNING

EMERGENCY PLANNING

Effective disaster preparedness includes a pre-event plan. Community/public health nurses can facilitate effective disaster response by ensuring they have disaster plans for their families, their social groups, and/or their workplace. Consider your own family, and reflect on the following:

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•What would you do in the event of a disaster? Would you evacuate? Would you spend time gathering precious memories? 

•What information do you feel would be critical to have to ensure appropriate care for your loved ones?EMERGENCY PLANNING  

•How would you ensure the safety of your children? 

•What would you do with your pets?  Develop and post your disaster plan for your family.  

Your initial post should be about 150 words, referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference.

Older Adults

Each answer should be nothing less than 250 words

1. Safety is a major problem the older adults encounter. Evaluate mobility of an older adult. Perform a Home Safety Check. The following website has a checklist. Is the elder safe in their home? Most falls occur at home. Comprehensive Home Safety Checklist Search the internet for information on falls and the economic burden. Post a summary of your findings. (Do not post the entire checklist).EMERGENCY PLANNING

2.  In everyday life consider how the adult interacts with the environment around them. Interaction with the involves multiple senses, including vision, auditory and sensation based on your the information learned in this module. Perform an evaluation on an older adult. Address the issues  that you have found. What issues were identified? (Please be specific) EMERGENCY PLANNING