540.10 mass casualty incident operational procedure

Question 1

it is the responsibility of the on scene __ __ to declare an MCI

Answer 1

Incident commander (1)

Question 2

a level 1 MCI may produce fro m __ to __ serious patients (immediate and delayed) along with similar number of minor patients

Answer 2

5 to 25(2)

Question 3

a level 2 MCI may produce from __ to __ serious patients with a similar number of minor patients

Answer 3

25 to 50 (2)

Question 4

a level 2 MCI may produce from 25 to 50 serious patients with a similar number of minor patients. an incident producing a large number of casualties for which routinely available regional or ______ medical mutual aid is necessary and adequate for further diagnosis and treatment

Answer 4

multi-jurisdictional (2)

Question 5

a level 3 MCI is a major emergency that may produce in excess if __ serious patients and similar number of minor patients

Answer 5

50 (2)

Question 6

what is in a initial medical alarm

Answer 6

3 engines 
1 truck
2 rescues
1 bc
1 ems 1
2 private ambulances (3)

Question 7

what is an ambulance strike team

Answer 7

5 private ambulance or
5 rescues (3)

Question 8

notify SNHD for level __ MCIs

Answer 8

level 2 and 3 (3)

Question 9

a good rule of thumb is: get rough estimate of the number of victims. ___ is the number of ambulances needed and double the number of patients is the number of personnel that will be needed at the scene

Answer 9

half (4)

Question 10

normally, 2 immediate needs face emergency responders at a mass casualty incident what are they

Answer 10

incident stabilization and scene safety

search and rescue (4)

Question 11

the size up of an mci will cosist of a quick count of total victims and approximate ___ and number of injuries, consider scen safety and number of patients

Answer 11

type (4)

Question 12

Las Vegas Fire and Rescue uses the ___ system for triage

Answer 12

S.T.A.R.T. (5)

Question 13

what does S.T.A.R.T. stand for

Answer 13

simple
triage 
and
rapid
transportation (5)

Question 14

experience has taught us that one ambulance can transport up to

Answer 14

one immediate and one delayed
two delayed
two or more minor patients (6)

Question 15

___ __ operations generally focus on the following sequence of activities:
identifying and triaging casualties to establish priorities for treatment and transport
treatment of casualties
loading of patients
distribution of patients to appropriate hospitals

Answer 15

field medical (9)

Question 16

___ ___ director is responsible for assuring the best possible emergency medical care and transport of patients during a mass casualty incident. which includes providing access to all necessary medical supplies and staffing required to support triage, treatment and transport of casualties, including deploying the medical group organization and for requesting medical resources from the IC

Answer 16

ems branch

Question 17

the ems branch director should usually be a field ___ ___ person rather than a physician

Answer 17

ems supervisory