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    Natural and man-made disasters have devastated India over the past two decades, causing significant damage and loss of life. India has experienced three major disasters in the last five years alone - a super cyclone in Orissa, an earthquake in Gujarat, and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Due to climate change and environmental degradation, the types and frequency of disasters are also changing. Disasters disproportionately impact the poor, who have fewer resources to prepare for and recover from disasters. Proper disaster management requires addressing factors like poverty, environmental issues, and cultural changes.

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    Natural and man-made disasters have devastated India over the past two decades, causing significant damage and loss of life. India has experienced three major disasters in the last five years alone - a super cyclone in Orissa, an earthquake in Gujarat, and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Due to climate change and environmental degradation, the types and frequency of disasters are also changing. Disasters disproportionately impact the poor, who have fewer resources to prepare for and recover from disasters. Proper disaster management requires addressing factors like poverty, environmental issues, and cultural changes.

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    Natural and man-made disasters have devastated India over the past two decades, causing significant damage and loss of life. India has experienced three major disasters in the last five years alone - a super cyclone in Orissa, an earthquake in Gujarat, and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Due to climate change and environmental degradation, the types and frequency of disasters are also changing. Disasters disproportionately impact the poor, who have fewer resources to prepare for and recover from disasters. Proper disaster management requires addressing factors like poverty, environmental issues, and cultural changes.

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    INTRODUCTION:

    In the past two decades, there have been many natural and man made disasters in
    India. Natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, cyclones, droughts and human made such as
    terrorist acts, Nuclear or chemical war, fires and industrial accidents. Disasters can
    significantly lead to a degradation of social and economic progress achieved over decades of
    initiatives by the people. 80% of countries geographical area is disaster prone and the
    majority of people live at or below the poverty line.
    India has been devastated by three major disasters in last five years- Super Cyclone in Orissa,
    earthquake in Gujarat and now the latest one the tsunami in the Andaman and Nicober
    Islands, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Each disaster brought a great deal of
    miscarry to the affective population.
    Due to climatic changes, biodiversity and various environmental problems, the types
    of disaster and their occurrences is changed. Therefore we should take care of all the aspects
    of disaster management.

    THE GLOBAL SCENARIO


    Impact of natural disaster in the last 30 years.
     Death of 3 million people
     Economic loss increased due to disaster like flood
     In Indian scenario, 34jmijlion people affected per year and 5116 death per year.
     In US, economic loss is 400 million dollar and 3 million people died.
    DEFINITIONS:
    DISASTER:
    A disaster can be defined as any occurrence that cause damage, ecological disruption,
    loss of human life, deterioration of health and health services, Vs a scale sufficient to warrant
    as extraordinary response from outside the affected community or area.
    (W.H.O.)
    An occurrence of a severity and magnitude that normally results in death, injuries and
    property damage that cannot be managed through the routine procedure and resources of
    government.
    - FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
    A disaster can be defined as an occurrence either nature or man made that causes
    human suffering and creates human needs that victims cannot alleviate without assistance.
    - American Red Cross (ARC)
    United Nations defines disaster is the occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune
    which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of a society or community.
    DISASTER NURSING:
    Disaster Nursing can be defined as the adaptation of professional nursing skills in
    recognizing and meeting the nursing physical and emotional needs resulting from a disaster.
    The overall goal of disaster nursing is to achieve the best possible level of health for the
    people and the community involved in the disaster.
    “Disaster Nursing is nursing practiced in a situation where professional supplies,
    equipment, physical facilities and utilities are limited or not available”.
    ‘DISASTER’ alphabetically means:
    D - Destructions
    I - Incidents
    S - Sufferings
    A - Administrative, Financial Failures.
    S - Sentiments
    T - Tragedies
    E - Eruption of Communicable diseases.
    R - Research programme and its implementation

    HAZARDS AND DISASTER


    The possibility of disaster is always hidden in hazard. When hazard become disaster, it strikes
    at any place and disrupts the normal lifestyle. If a cyclone hits at inhabited place like an
    isolated coastal area then it cannot be considered disaster. But if there is serious loss of life
    and property then it will be called disaster. At an early stage of disaster can be considered
    hazard if it indicates the arrival of disaster which can cause harm to general public. On the
    contrary, disaster is such a dreadful event which cause severe harm to life and property and
    shatters the normal lifestyle of the people.
    EMERGENCY AND DISASTER NURSING:
    The word hazard, emergency and disaster are interlinked. Hazards can anytime turn into
    major disaster. Therefore in such conditions nursing depends on the intensity of calamity and
    its dreadful effects.
    BASIS OF EMERGENCY NURSING DISASTER NURSING
    INTERPRETATION
    Area Limitation Uncertainty and huge area.
    Element of time Uncertainty Uncertain (in some situations
    information can be sought
    through premonition or
    prediction)
    Population and loss Loss of people or only a few are Entire public gets affected in
    of life and property affected, less harm. affected areas, much harm to
    life and property.
    Fulfilling the In small area, few people are Due to large affected area and
    resources affected. So in limited resources population available resources
    the situation can be handled. become inadequate to handle
    the situation.
    Types and roles of Institutional nursing in most of Each and every disaster is a
    nursing the places. specific aspect of disaster
    nursing.
    Functions of nursing In the beginning self dependent In many situations independent
    or on the basis of standing decision are taken.
    orders. Afterwards according to Intermediate disaster
    doctors direction.
    FACTORS AFFECTING DISASTER:
    Disaster are affected by the following factors:
    1) Poverty: Rich people are less affected by disaster as they get themselves
    immediately secured. Normally poor people get much affected because
    they are insecure and don’t have shelter or enough resources for
    protection.
    2) Environmental deterioration: Many disaster happens due to
    deterioration in environment and become more serious. Deforestation,
    over grazing, removal of upper soil, bad conservative techniques, low
    level of the water, increasing population, all these factors make the
    disaster e.g, famine more serious.
    3) Change in cultural patterns: The growing inevitable changes in entire
    social fabric makes society vulnerable to disasters.Sometimes change
    becomes imbalance and harmful and it effects social system and available
    technology.In this procedure of change the nomadic becomes permanent
    resident. Density of population increases and possibility of human loss
    increases through disaster.
    4)

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