Mass Cass

Question 1

What classifies multi trauma?

Answer 1

• Anything requiring two or more ambulances
• More than one patient
• Incident that has potential to produce mass casualties
• Public transport accidents
• Plane crash
• Fires
• Structural collapses

Question 2

What sit-rep is used during a mass casualty incident?

Answer 2

• E – Exact location
• T – Type of incident
• H - Hazards
• A- Access
• N – Number of Pt
• E – Emergency services

Question 3

How far upwind can airborne or chemical hazards spread?

Answer 3

• 250m

Question 4

What do scenarios that outnumber our resources require?

Answer 4

• Require Triage
• Triage Sieve
• Triage Sort

Question 5

What are the basic managements that are to be undertaken if first on scene at a major incident?

Answer 5

• Basic airway – Open airway, triple airway +/- OPA
• Lateral positioning
• Major haemorrhage control
• Triage is management

Question 6

What are the Triage colours of priority?

Answer 6

• CAT 1-Red – Top priority - those patients requiring immediate care
• CAT2 -Yellow – Second priority – Pt will survive a delay in treatment
• CAT3 -Green – third priority – walking wounded
• Black – DEAD

Question 7

What is the primary role of the transport officer?

Answer 7

• Support the triage officer in management of the scene.
  o Pt management if directed
  o Co-ordinate transport vehicles to ensure appropriate transport
  o Create – Ambulance loading/holding point
  o Maintain casualty movement log
  o Ensure appropriate access and egress

Question 8

How do the paediatric assessment tools work?

Answer 8

• CAT3 -Green – third priority – Alert and moving all limbs or walking
• If not Cat3/Green – lay tape flat next to the child to gauge their length to determine which physiological values to compare the child against.
• CAT 1-Red – Top priority – If trapped, infants under 50cm
  o If Pt age known, calculate weight rather than using tape.