Objectives include increasing nurses' awareness of their roles and responsibilities in preparing for and responding to a disaster. Online courses are available for professionals who don't necessarily plan to respond to a disaster but work in hospitals, schools or long-term care facilities. These people could help with long-term planning for patients affected by a disaster. The course is designed to protect the nurse and the public through the use of universal precautions, protective equipment, evidence collection and isolation precautions. These are areas that the emergency nurse may not consider when volunteering on the front lines of a disaster (Stokowski, 2012). Other areas of the course include how to prepare for a disaster, who to alert when an event is occurring, the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of injuries and illnesses, incorporating clinical judgment skills and supporting the community after the disaster (Orr,