CH 40 - Quiz

Which of the following patients should be assigned an immediate (red-tag) category?

22-year-old male with blunt abdominal trauma, tachycardia, pallor and diaphoresis

Interoperability, an important feature of the NIMS, refers to the ability of:

Agencies of different types or from different jurisdictions to communicate with each other

Which of the following statements regarding hazardous materials is correct?

Some substances are not hazardous by themselves but become toxic when mixed with another chemical

Which of the following activities occurs in the warm zone

command

Historically, the weak point at most major incidents has been:

communication

A carboy is a container that would most likely be used to store and ransport

corrosives

During a motor vehicle collision involving multiple patients, the incident commander would most likely:

designate a safety officer but retain other command functions

The purpose of the incident command system (ICS) is to:

ensure responder and public safety, achieve incident management goals, and ensure the effective use of resources

Which of the following duties or responsibilities does not fall within the realm of the medical branch of the incident command system?

extrication

The term used when individual units or different organizations make independent and often inefficient decisions regarding an incident is called:

freelancing

According to the JumpSTART triage system, if a pediatric patient is not breathing, you should:

immediately check for a pulse.

Unlike a multiple-casualty incident, a natural disaster:

often requires personnel to remain on scene for several days

According to the START triage system, what should you do if you encounter an unresponsive patient who is not breathing?

open the airway and reassess breathing status

When victims involved in a mass-casualty incident are moved to the treatment area:

secondary triage is performed, and the appropriate treatment is rendered

The (blank) area is where incoming ambulances meet and await further instructions at the scene of a multiple-casualty incident

staging

The reference used as a base for your initial actions at a HazMat incident is

the Emergency Response Guidebook

The (blank) supervisor is responsible for notifying area hospitals and determining their availability and capabilities

transportation

Command functions under the incident command system include all of the following, EXCEPT:

triage officer

Which of the following chemicals requires identification with a placard, regardless of how many pounds the shipment weighs

water-reactive solids

A patient who has experienced a back injury, with or without spinal cord damage, would be triaged with a (blank) tag during a mass-casualty incident

yellow