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Pulse pressure indicating shock
Pulse pressure <30
Prehospital hypotension in a medical patient associated with what increase in hospital morbidity and mortality
30%
When to active event emergency plan at mass gathering
If an escalating event occurs during a mass gathering that creates a mass casualty incident
Two examples of tear gas
Chloroacetophenone (CN) or
o-chlorobenzylidene (CS)
Preparedness vs mitigation
Preparedness: activities that enhance an organization’s capabilities to respond and recover if a disaster does occur.
Mitigation:reducing the potential for a disaster to occur or reducing the potential impact of a disaster
Task force
combination of mixed resources (e.g., four engine companies, four police officers, and a public health epidemiologist) with a common communications capability and headed by a task force leader
Unit in ICS
organizational elements that each have functional responsibility for a specific incident planning, operations, logistics, or finance/administration activity
3 main priorities of ICS (in order)
- Life safety
- Incident stabilization
3.. Property conservation
Medical unit in what ICS section?
Medical branch what section?
Unit - Logistics section
Branch - Operations section
What is clinical equipoise
RCT can only be performed if the researcher is confident enough in the treatment to give it to patients but uncertain enough of it to withhold it from patients
Doing multiple tests on same dataset increases chance of what error
Type I
What does patient centric QI focus on
evaluates if adequate care is provided to specific patients
NFPA 1710
Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations
Who is ultimately responsible for all FAA operations of aircraft
Part 135 holder
Most important dispatch element when interrogating a call
gain information to determine the appropriate response
