Chapter 39 quiz Flashcards
The JumpSTART triage system is intended to be used for children younger than _____ years or who appear to weigh less than _____.
Select one:
a. 8; 100 lb
b. 5; 50 lb
c. 6; 70 lb
d. 7; 90 lb
a. 8; 100 lb
In preparing for a disaster, EMS systems should have enough supplies for at least a ______ period of self-sufficiency.
Select one:
a. 96-hour
b. 48-hour
c. 72-hour
d. 24-hour
c. 72-hour
The FIRST step in the START triage system is to:
Select one:
a. focus on the patients who are unconscious
b. get a quick head count of all the patients involved
c. scan the area for patients with severe bleeding
d. move all walking patients to a designated area
d. move all walking patients to a designated area
You are triaging four patients who were involved in a head-on motor vehicle crash. Which of the following patients should be assigned the highest (red) triage category?
Select one:
a. A 29-year-old male with bilaterally closed femur deformities
b. A 50-year-old male with an open head injury and no pulse
c. A 49-year-old female with diabetes and difficulty breathing
d. A 36-year-old female with back pain and numb extremities
c. A 49-year-old female with diabetes and difficulty breathing
The function of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) is to:
Select one:
a. prepare for the potential of a nuclear attack against the United States
b. prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents
c. facilitate a standard method of incident command for natural disasters
d. educate city and county governments regarding foreign terrorist attacks
b. prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents
The term used when individual units or different organizations make independent, and often inefficient, decisions regarding an incident is called:
Select one:
a. logistical chaos
b. undermining
c. single command
d. freelancing
d. freelancing
Upon arriving at the scene of a possible hazardous materials (HazMat) incident involving several patients, you should:
Select one:
a. carefully assess the situation
b. rope off the entire perimeter
c. divert traffic away from the scene
d. retrieve all critical patients
a. carefully assess the situation
As a triage supervisor, you:
Select one:
a. should communicate with area hospitals regarding their capabilities
b. are responsible for providing initial treatment to all patients
c. must not begin treatment until all patients have been triaged
d. must prepare patients for transport before they leave the triage area
c. must not begin treatment until all patients have been triaged
While triaging patients at the scene of a building collapse, you encounter a young child who is conscious, alert, and breathing; has bilateral radial pulses; and has a severely angulated leg, which is not bleeding. According to the JumpSTART triage system, you should:
Select one:
a. apply high-flow oxygen, obtain baseline vital signs, and continue triaging
b. evacuate him to a designated area and assign him a minimal (green) category
c. quickly bind his legs together to stabilize the fracture, and continue triaging
d. assign him a delayed (yellow) category and continue triaging the other patients
d. assign him a delayed (yellow) category and continue triaging the other patients
According to the START triage system, what should you do if a patient is found to have a respiratory rate of 24 breaths/min?
Select one:
a. Assess for bilateral radial pulses
b. Administer high-flow oxygen
c. Assess his or her neurologic status
d. Triage the patient as delayed
a. assess for bilateral radial pulses
What is the purpose of the incident command system (ICS)?
select one:
a. Ensuring responder and public safety
b. Achieving incident management goals
c. Ensuring the efficient use of resources
d. All of the above.
d. all of the above
Upon arriving at a scene in which the incident command system has been activated, you should expect to:
select one:
a. be passed from sector to sector, as needed, in between assignments.
b. report directly to the incident commander in between assignments.
c. be assigned a specific responsibility for the duration of the incident.
d. be given general directions and allowed to function independently.
a. be passed from sector to sector, as needed, in between assignments.
When EMS responds to a disaster, as part of their response within the ICS, EMS would start with a scene size-up. What is the next step for the first-responding units?
select one:
a. Communicating with additional units
b. Establishing command
c. Caring for any injuries
d. Stabilizing the incident
b. establishing command
Which of the following statements BEST describes a mass-casualty incident?
select one:
a. At least half of the patients are dead.
b. Either a bus or an airplane has crashed.
c. You have more than two critical patients.
d. The patient count exhausts your resources.
d. The patient count exhausts your resources.
Which of the following patients would have the HIGHEST treatment priority at the scene of a mass-casualty incident?
select one:
a. 24-year-old man who is unconscious, has snoring respirations, and severe burns
b. 32-year-old woman who is pulseless and apneic with an abdominal evisceration
c. 29-year-old woman who is in full cardiac arrest with massive open chest trauma
d. 32-year-old man with an open head injury, exposed brain matter, and no carotid pulse
a. 24-year-old man who is unconscious, has snoring respirations, and severe burns