Nr446 mass casualty Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Disaster Triage NR446-Collaborative Healthcare Disaster • Disaster – “A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society involving widespread human, material, economic, or environmental losses & impacts, which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources (WHO, 2013).” • Types of Disasters – Man-Made – Natural – Technologic – Terrorism • Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) – A catastrophic event that overwhe...