ROLE OF NURSE
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Search and Rescue of disaster victims
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Triage
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On-site/ initial stabilization
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Transportation of victims
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Definitive management of patients and hazards
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Maintaining effective communication channels
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Minimizing confusion and panic
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Helping people cope with disaster
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Arrange for safe and hygienic sanitation
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Managing procurement, distribution and replenishment
of supplies
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Managing provision of food, beverages, infant
formula & rehydrating fluids
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Sterilization of instruments & articles
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Arrange for psychosocial & spiritual care
of victims
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Validate what you hear
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Recovery, identification & storage of bodies
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Care of bodies and notification of families
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Identification and transportation of dead to a
mortuary
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Toe tags
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Maintain records of deaths
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Intimate family members
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If possible, arrange for clergy from each of
the faith areas
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Tagging
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Name, age, place of origin, triage, category,
diagnosis, initial treatment.
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Identification of the dead
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Removal of the dead from the disaster scene
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Shifting to the mortuary
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Identification of the dead
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Removal of the dead from the disaster scene
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Sifting to mortuary
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Identification
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Reception of the bereaved relatives .
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Proper respect for the dead is of great
importance
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