Disaster nursing
Critical care nurses
Catastrophic event
Emergency nursing management
Emergency preparedness
Disaster preparedness
Competencies
Role of critical care nurses in a disaster
Triage, stabilization, definitive care and evacuation
Detection, management and communication
Performing under stressful and suboptimal conditions
Knowledge base
Assessment skills
Commitment to public welfare
Stabilization and evacuation
Psychological stress
Disaster-related stress
Emotional support
Stress management
Stabilization of the situation
Person’s sex, age, martial status, medical and psychological history
Baseline coping mechanisms
Children
Disabled and elderly persons
Pharmaceutical support for a preexisting medical or psychiatric illness