3 June : Ten days workshop on “ROLE OF NURSES IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT” will be organized from 3rd – 12th June 2010 in National Institute of Nursing Education, PGIMER, Chandigarh funded by GOI, DGHS (Nursing Section), New Delhi for Development of Nursing Training of Nurses working in different hospital and educational Institutes in North India. The Topic are as under:-
1. Disaster its causes and its effects
2. Policies, acts and administration set up of disaster management
3. Vulnerable population : women, children, elderly
4. Disaster preparedness: Do’s and Don’ts
5. Prevention and management of fire
6. Prevention and management of disaster due to climatic conditions: earth quake, floods, drought
7. Prevention and management of disaster due to blast or accidents and bio disaster
8. Disaster management : the first respondent
9. Preparation of hospital for disaster management
10. Coordinating all the systems during the disaster for assessing disaster impact, search, rescue, first aid, field care, triage and termination of dead.
11. Resource generation and its management for managing disaster
12. Rumor management and providing right information through alternate means of communication
13. Managing effects of disaster through surveillance, disease control and nutrition
14. Rehabilitation of victims of disaster
15. Role of voluntary organizations and insurance companies in disaster management
16. Role of nurse in disaster management
17. Managing disaster by Police
18. Empowering general population for disaster management
Total 30 participants will be participating in the workshop.