DISASTER NURSING

3. System used to warn people early before a disaster happens.
5. Nurses help update these to keep communities ready for future disasters.
6. Nurses help train and support these local disaster responders.
7. Teamwork across agencies during emergencies.
9. Funding and supplies for health response are part of this.
10. The overall goal of all these laws and policies in disaster nursing.
12. This law promotes local government leadership in disaster response.
13. Proper sorting and disposal of waste to prevent disease.
14. Making sure hospitals and clinics can still run during disasters.
15. Helps nurses send alerts to vulnerable groups before disasters.
18. Weather event that causes extreme heat and affects water supply.
19. Memo that tells nurses to coordinate with local leaders during emergencies.
20. These natural areas should be preserved as part of disaster risk reduction.

1. Act that ensures nurses and communities breathe safe air during fires or ashfall.
2. This refers to preparing communities and nurses before a disaster happens.
4. Wildlife law that protects animals displaced by floods or landslides.
8. Law that reminds nurses to protect children’s health and safety during calamities.
11. Essential gear like first aid kits, radios, and stretchers are protected under this law.
16. Substance that nurses must report if spilled during a disaster.
17. Plan that nurses help create to guide disaster responses in their communities.