Incident Command Flashcards
Command
The first on the scene to take command and establish order
Hot Zone
Area immediately surrounding a hazard that is large enough to keep any exposure threat within it
ICS
Incident Command System
A subset of NIMS, designated for management of multiple casualty incidents
MCI
Multiple casualty incident
Any medical or trauma incident involving multiple casualties
NIMS
National Incident Management System
Management system used by federal, state, and local govts to manage emergency incidents
Single incident command
Where a single agency controls all resources and operations
Staging area
Area where ambulances and other resources are parked until needed.
Surge capacity
Measurable representation of ability to handle a large influx of patients. Dependent on a good incident management system and resource variables and conditions like the number of infected or
Transportation Supervisor
Responsible for coordinating and communication between hospitals and sector officers
Treatment supervisor
Person responsible for overseeing treatment of patients that have been triaged at the MCI area
Triage area
Where secondary triage takes place at an MCI
Unified command
Command organization where multiple agencies work separately but cooperatively.
Warm zone
Area where personnel and equipment decontamination takes place and hot zone support takes place, includes control points for the access corridor thus reducing the spread of contamination
Contamination
Contact with or presence of a substance
Dissemination
Spreading
