Transportation Sector MP203.5 Flashcards
Transportation Sector is established to do What?
manage patient transportation from the scene to appropriate medical facilities
Transportation Sector is responsible for arranging all of the transportation needs for a multiple-patient incident and for allocating those patients to Where?
appropriate medical facilities
What resource should be staged off site and brought in to the loading area as need, no more than two at a time?
Rescues
Transportation Sector Officer must “size up” the transportation needs, including ambulances, air ambulances or other transportation modes, as well as staffing needs and communicate those needs to
who?
Command.
When all IMMEDIATE patients have been transported from the scene, Transportation should notify Command.
A declaration by Command to Dispatch of WHAT is an EMS tactical benchmark ?
“All IMMEDIATES Transported”
If helicopters are used, Transportation should establish a landing zone a safe distance from the scene, assign at least___ Engine Company to the LZ and designate an “LZ Sector”
ONE
Transportation should aggressively seeks patients from Treatment and have____ rescues or ambulances in the loading area at all times
TWO
____________ Sector must ensure that contact with appropriate medical facilities is accomplished as soon as possible to determine individual hospital capabilities to receive patients
Transportation
Transportation should initiate medical facility inventory by contacting the Dispatch Center on______ early during the incident
Med-9
___________ Sector will normally advise Transportation when patients are ready for transport
Treatment
______________and__________ Sectors must maintain close coordination to determine the most appropriate allocation for each patient
Treatment/Transport
A declaration by Command to Dispatch of “All IMMEDIATES Transported” is an EMS tactical_______.
Benchmark
