Chapter 39 EMS online- Introduction

Question 1

Disasters and mass-casualty incidents (MCIs)

Answer 1

• 3+ patients
• any situation that places great demand on available equipment or personnel that the system would require a mutual aid response (agreement is made between neighboring EMS systems to respond when local resources are insufficient to handle the response)

Question 2

Incident Command System (ICS)

Answer 2

• It can be very overwhelming when you have a large # of PTs but not enough resources.
• Makes it possible to do the greatest good for the greatest #
• An EMT is usually assigned to work with/in the medical branch of the ICS

Question 3

National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Answer 3

Developed to promote efficient coordination of emergency incidents at the regional, state and national levels.