Mass Casualty Incidents and Incident Management

What is considered a mass casualty incident?

• 2 or more patients

• 3 or more patients

• depletion of on-scene resources

• 5 or more patients

An auto accident with 10 critically ill patients would be classified as what type of MCI?

• Low-impact incident

• High-impact incident

• Disaster

What is the comprehensive, standardized system prescribed by the Department of Homeland Security?

• Incident Management System

• Incident Command System

• National Incident Management System

Which of the following is not a major functional area of NIMS/ICS?

• Command

• Finance/administration

• Leadership

• Operations

• Planning

Which of the following is not the Incident Commanders responsibility?

• Ultimate authority in decision making

• Coordinating many activities on the scene

• Runs the entire incident

• Overseeing where the incident will occur

An earthquake would be considered an open or closed incident?

• Open incident

• Closed incident

Who has the role of coordinating all incident operations involving outside agencies?

• Safety Officer

• Liaison Officer

• Information Officer

• Mental Health Professional

Which of the following leaders does not report directly to the EMS Branch Director?

• Treatment Unit Leader

• Medical Equipment Unit Leader

• Transport Unit Leader

• Morgue Unit Leader

Where does Primary Triage occur?

• As you encounter patients

• Once the patient is moved to a staging unit

• When the patient arrives at the triage unit

• When the patient is being transported

A patient with the category "delayed" will always be considered "delayed" once they have been moved to the secondary triage unit.

• True

• False