Reflection on “Diary of Medical Mission Trip

April 17, 2019

Reflection on “Diary of Medical Mission Trip

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Throughout this course, you have viewed the “Diary of Medical Mission Trip” videos dealing with thecatastrophic earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Reflect on this natural disaster by answering the followingquestions: Please add citations and references.

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

Link to the “Diary of Medical Mission Trip” videos:

http://lc.gcumedia.com/zwebassets/courseMaterialPages/nrs427v_nrs427v.php

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The catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010 massively affected the region’s people. However, the nurses deployed to Haiti made sure that they implemented proper interventions in controlling the catastrophic disaster. An example of primary prevention in the catastrophe occurred when the first team used in Port Au Prince had to work with only what they brought to the country due to air traffic and transportation problems in Haiti. An example of secondary prevention in the catastrophe is when a lot of injured individuals had injury casts despite the hospital lacking any x-ray abilities. An example of tertiary prevention occurred when the teams of health care providers provided medication to the Haitians despite…
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