Public Safety 2 Part 4 Review

Following an earthquake, you and your fellow CERT members mobilize and meet at a disaster scene, where fire and law enforcement officials have already arrived. Before taking action, you work with the professional responders to get organized. What is the name of the system used by emergency response agencies to manage emergency responses?

• Incident Command System (ICS)

• Strategic Planning Unit (SPU)

• Search and Rescue System (SRS)

• Rescue Command System (RCS)

In the CERT command structure, how is the CERT leader established?

• By being the first person to arrive on the scene

• By seniority

• By department

• By the local police chief

You are the CERT Incident Commander/Team Leader and therefore responsible for directing team activities. You establish a Command Post for your CERT. What should you do if you have to leave the command post for whatever reason?

• Ask a law enforcement official to take over while you’re gone

• Designate CERT Incident Commander/Team Leader status to someone else in the Command Post

• Leave without delegating any of your CERT Incident Commander/Team Leader responsibilities

• You may never leave the Command Post under any circumstances

CERT members should always be assigned to teams of at least how many people?

• Six

• Three

• Two

• Four

A woman comes up to a disaster scene that you have determined is unsafe to enter. What should you do?

• Warn her that the situation is unsafe

• Threaten to call the police if she attempts to enter

• Physically restrain her from entering

• Nothing; you should let her be

To whom should you give documentation?

• The first professional responders on the scene

• Your local CERT leader

• Keep it for your own records

• The National CERT Program Office

Which of the following forms contains essential information for tracking the overall situation?

• Survivor Treatment Area Record

• Incident/Assignment Tracking Log

• Message form

• Equipment Resources form

You and your fellow CERT members arrive at a neighboring community following a devastating tornado. Survivors have been sifting through debris and have found six bodies. They tell you about what it was like to find the bodies. One of your fellow CERT members starts feeling nauseated. He is obviously overwhelmed. Which of the following is not an example of a physiological symptom of trauma?

• Hyperactivity

• Denial

• Headaches

• Loss of appetite

Some of the survivors you rescue exhibit signs of trauma, and you’ve warned your team ahead of time that they should expect some of the psychological effects will be directed toward them. In order to help your team better understand what the survivors are going through, you’ve also explained the four phases of a crisis following a disaster. During which phase do survivors attempt to assess the damage and locate other survivors?

• Impact phase

• Inventory phase

• Recovery phase

• Rescue phase

The goal of onscene psychological intervention by CERT members is to stabilize the incident scene by stabilizing individuals. You come across a man who is in shock and bleeding from his chest. What should you do first?

• Listen empathetically

• Attempt to locate the man’s family or friends to provide natural support

• Say, “You’ll get through this”

• Address the man’s medical needs