CHSP Emergency Preparedness & Incident Management 2

Question 1

What is the role of the Safety Officer in the Hospital Incident Command System?

Accepted Answer

Monitoring and assessing hazardous and unsafe conditions during incident response

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Managing patient flow and bed assignments

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Coordinating media communications and public information

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Tracking financial expenditures during the incident

Question 2

What is the recommended span of control in the Incident Command System?

Accepted Answer

1 supervisor to 3-7 subordinates

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1 supervisor to 2 subordinates

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1 supervisor to 10-15 subordinates

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No limit on span of control

Question 3

What does the term demobilization refer to in incident management?

Accepted Answer

The orderly release of resources and personnel as they are no longer needed

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The initial activation of emergency response resources

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The process of evacuating patients from a facility

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The destruction of contaminated materials after an incident

Question 4

Which type of emergency exercise involves participants discussing their roles and responses to a simulated scenario in a conference setting?

Accepted Answer

Tabletop exercise

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Full-scale exercise

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Functional exercise

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Fire drill

Question 5

What is an After Action Report (AAR) in emergency management?

Accepted Answer

A document that captures observations, lessons learned, and recommendations following an exercise or actual event

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A financial accounting of emergency expenditures

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A pre-incident planning document

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A patient discharge summary after an emergency

Question 6

During an emergency evacuation of a healthcare facility, what is horizontal evacuation?

Accepted Answer

Moving patients to a safe area on the same floor

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Moving patients to a different building

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Moving patients down stairwells to a lower floor

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Transporting patients by helicopter to another facility