Nursing Intervention after a Disaster

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Watch the “Diary of Medical Mission Trip” videos dealing with the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Reflect on this natural disaster by answering the following questions:

  1. Propose one example of a nursing intervention related to the disaster from each of the following levels: primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention. Provide innovative examples that have not been discussed by previous students.
  2. Under which phase of the disaster do the three proposed interventions fall? Explain why you chose that phase.
  3. With what people or agencies would you work in facilitating the proposed interventions and why?

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The catastrophic earthquake that happened in Haiti in 2010 caused a lot of destruction. Like other disasters, no one was expecting the earthquake, which means that people were comfortable in their houses or places of work. After the earthquake, 222,570 people died, while 300,000 people were left with injuries (Hotz et al., 2010). Therefore, community and faith-based organizations provided temporary homes where people could rest while they recover from injuries. However, the people of Haiti had so many problems after the earthquake. There was no enough food, water, and homes. As a result, people were at risk of other illnesses like cholera, dehydration, malnutrition (Cohen, 2011). During the medical mission trip, the commonly treated health complications were bone fractures, wound infections, trauma, and head injuries. Therefore, nursing interventions were needed to manage the impact of the earthquake.

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