Major Incident Response Flashcards
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At a chemical MCI, patients who were exposed but show no symptoms should be directed to which area?
Answer: Decontamination corridor
Asymptomatic exposed patients must go through decontamination before entering treatment areas to prevent secondary contamination of personnel and other patients.
During JumpSTART pediatric triage, if a child is apneic after repositioning the airway, the next step is to:
Answer: Give 5 rescue breaths and reassess
JumpSTART differs from START by giving 5 rescue breaths to apneic children before tagging black, recognizing children's respiratory-arrest potential for survival.
The 'cold zone' at a hazmat MCI is the appropriate location for:
Answer: Command post, staging, and treatment of decontaminated patients
The cold zone is the safe, uncontaminated area where command, staging, and treatment of already-decontaminated patients occur.
A transport supervisor at an MCI is responsible for:
Answer: Coordinating ambulance assignments and patient destinations to hospitals
The transport supervisor coordinates which patients go to which hospitals, tracks patient numbers, and manages the flow of ambulances in and out of the scene.
During an active shooter MCI (TECC/TCCC model), the Warm Zone is also called the:
Answer: Indirect threat care zone
In Tactical Emergency Casualty Care, the Warm Zone is the indirect threat zone where limited threat exists and care beyond hemorrhage control can be initiated.
Which of the following is a PRIMARY goal when establishing hospital notification during an MCI?
Answer: Match patient acuity and needs to receiving hospital capabilities
Effective MCI hospital notification aims to match patient condition and required resources to the appropriate receiving facility to optimize outcomes.
In a radiation exposure MCI, the MOST immediate life-threatening concern for paramedics treating victims is:
Answer: Traumatic injuries from the blast or event causing the radiation release
In most radiation MCIs, traumatic injuries from the initiating event (explosion, structural collapse) are immediately life-threatening and take priority over radiation exposure management.