Book 70 MCI

Question 1

The medical portion of an incident may be handled by the Incident Commander and/or Medical Group Supervisor through additional emergency and hospital personnel and equipment depending upon 3 things:

1. Number of _________
2. Severity of __________
3. __________ of the incident

Answer 1

Victims
Injuries
Magnitude

Question 2

________________ is reserved for incidents with a medical component that includes an unusually large number of victims, where patients are spread over a large area, or access to patients is separated by a great distance as much as 800 feet.

Answer 2

Medical Branch

Question 3

________________ are the basic level established at an LAFD incident when the number of resources exceed the span of control of the Incident Commander or Operations Chief

Answer 3

Medical Groups

Question 4

_________________ is responsible for the implementation of the Incident Action Plan within the Branch

Answer 4

Medical Branch Director

Question 5

_________________________ Establish command and control of the activities within a Medical Group, in order to assure the best possible emergency medical care to patients during a multi-casualty incident.

Answer 5

Medical Group Supervisor

Question 6

___________________ - Assume responsibility for providing triage management and movement of patients from the triage area

Answer 6

Triage Unit Leader

Question 7

_________________ - Assume responsibility for Morgue area activities until relieved of that responsibility by the police department or Office of the Coroner

Answer 7

Morgue Manager

Question 8

_____________________ - Assume responsibility for treatment, coordination of patient treatment, and preparation for transport, in the treatment areas. Direct movement of patients to loading location(s)

Answer 8

Treatment Unit Leader

Question 9

____________________ - Responsible for coordinating with Transportation Unit/Group or Medical Group Supervisor, the transportation of patients out of the treatment area, reserved for large-scale incidents. There is only ONE

Answer 9

Treatment Dispatch Manager

Question 10

__________________ - Responsible for treatment and retriage of patients assigned to Immediate Treatment Area

Answer 10

Immediate Treatment Manager

Question 11

__________________ - Responsible for treatment and retriage of patients assigned to Delayed Treatment Area

Answer 11

Delayed Treatment Manager

Question 12

____________________ - Responsible for treatment and retriage of patients assigned to Minor Treatment Area

Answer 12

Minor Treatment Manager

Question 13

_____________________ - Coordination of patient transportation and maintenance of records relating to patient identification, patient classification (Immediate, Delayed, or Minor), transporting unit’s identification and destination

Answer 13

Transportation Unit Leader

Question 14

__________________ - Maintain communications with the Medical Alert Center (MAC) to assure proper patient transportation and destination

Answer 14

Medical Communications Coordinator

Question 15

_________________ - Maintain records of patients, triage classification, mode of transportation, hospital status, and destination

Answer 15

Transportation Recorder

Question 16

_________________ - Manage the Ambulance Staging Area and dispatch ambulances as requested

Answer 16

Ambulance Staging Manager

Question 17

_________________ - Acquire and maintain control of appropriate medical equipment and supplies from units assigned to the Medical Group

Answer 17

Medical Supply Unit Leader

Question 18

______ - A communications system between medical facilities and on incident Department personnel, which provides available hospital patient receiving capability and/or medical control

Answer 18

HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ADMINISTRATIVE RADIO (HEAR)

Question 19

Patients are not moved to the treatment areas(s) until the treatment area(s) are prepared to ________ them

Answer 19

Accept

Question 20

S T A R T

Answer 20

Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment

Question 21

The Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) plan allows the first responders to triage patients in ___ seconds or less, depending on three simple observations

Answer 21

60

Question 22

START triage has 3 physical assessments are:

1. __________
2. __________
3. __________

Answer 22

1. Ventilation
2. Perfusion
3. Mental status

Question 23

Triage personnel must rate or place the injured into one-of-four categories:

1. __________
2. __________
3. __________
4. __________

Answer 23

1. Deceased (Nonsalvageable)
2. Immediate
3. Delayed
4. Minor

Question 24

____________ - No ventilation present even after attempting to reposition the airway.

Answer 24

Deceased

Question 25

___________ - Ventilations present only after repositionin'g the airway

Answer 25

Immediate

Question 26

Immediate - respirations over ___ per minute; or, capillary refill takes over __ seconds; or, patient fails to follow simple commands

Answer 26

30 | 2

Question 27

_________ - Any patient who does not fit the Immediate category nor the Minor category

Answer 27

Delayed

Question 28

_______ - These patients are separated from the general group at the start of triage by ordering "anyone who can walk" followed by an area assignment where the patients should proceed

Answer 28

Minor

Question 29

TRIAGE TAG - Left and right corners are _________ and are perforated along the lines shown

Answer 29

Yellow

Question 30

TRIAGE TAG - One corner can be retained by the ____________ Unit Leader, the other can be retained by the ________________ Supervisor, The hospital destination can be marked on the tabs.

Answer 30

Treatment | Transportation

Question 31

TRIAGE TAG - Perforated along the line shown. Black with white lettering “____________”

Answer 31

"DECEASED”

Question 32

TRIAGE TAG - Perforated along the line shown. Red with black lettering "____________"

Answer 32

"IMMEDIATE"

Question 33

TRIAGE TAG - Perforated along the line shown. Yellow with black lettering “___________”

Answer 33

"DELAYED."

Question 34

TRIAGE TAG - Perforated along the line shown. Green with black lettering "________”

Answer 34

"Minor”

Question 35

TRIAGE TAG - Leave all parts attached if ________ care, or tear off bottom parts to indicate triage priority.

Answer 35

MINOR

Question 36

TRIAGE TAG - If the triage priority of the patient changes, remove the entire bottom portion, leaving the injury information, and add a _________ tag identifying the new triage priority and the reason for the change

Answer 36

SECOND