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Slide 1: Disaster Management Dr. Gopalrao, M.D. Ph.D. Professor & Head, Community Medicine Deptt.
Slide 2: Definition • Any occurrence that causes damage, ecological disruption, loss of human life or deterioration of health and health services on a scale sufficient to warrant extraordinary response from outside the affected community or area.
Slide 3: Types of Disasters • • • • • • • Earth quakes. Land slides. Volcanic eruptions. Tsunamis. Tidal waves. Floods. Snow storms.
Slide 4: Continued…. Manmade Disasters . Wars: Conventional, nuclear, chemical & biological. . Famines. • Fires. • Toxicological accidents. • Nuclear accidents.
Slide 5: Some recent disasters….. • Earthquake in Pakistan – 2005 • Earthquake and tsunami in the Indian coast - 2004 • Gujarat Earthquake - 2001 • Floods in Mumbai, West Bengal • Cyclone: Rita, Wilma etc….. • Fire: Kumbakonam, Dabewali • Terrorist attack: Chechnya And the list goes on and on……………
Slide 6: Why is Disaster Management Important to Us?
Slide 7:      57% of the land area is prone to Earthquakes 12% to Floods 8% to Cyclones 70% of the cultivable land is prone to drought 85% of the land area is vulnerable to number of natural hazards  22 states are prone to multiple hazards.
Slide 8: Fig: 2.1.6 Zone Zone V Magnitude Very High Risk Quakes of Magnitude 8 and greater High Risk Quakes upto Magnitude 7.9 Moderate Risk Quakes upto Magnitude 6.9 Seismic Disturbances upto Magnitude 4.9 Zone IV Zone III Zone II Source: IS 1893 (Part 1) : 2002 (BIS)
Slide 11: Impact of a disaster • Mortality: Always very high in the absence of preparedness. • Morbidity: Injuries, situation specific. • Emotional stress. • Emergence of epidemics. • Increase in indigenous diseases.
Slide 12: Management Techniques • Disaster impact and response. • Relief phase. • Epidemiologic surveillance & disease control. • Vaccination. • Nutrition. • Rehabilitation.
Slide 13: Disaster impact & response • • • • • Search, rescue and first aid. Field care. Triage. Tagging of casualties. Identification of the dead.
Slide 14: Relief phase • The relief operations will depend on:• A) The type of disaster and it’s magnitude. • B) The type and quantity of supplies available locally. • Most critical supplies in the initial emergency phase:• Food, blankets, clothing, shelter, sanitary engineering equipments.
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