Chapter 4

The process of sorting victims based on the severity of their injuries and medical needs is known as:

• Victim Management
• Triage
• Reconnaissance
• Search Tactics

_________________ refer(s) to all aspects of an incident involving one or more victims: identifying hazards to which a victim may be exposed, accessing a victim, performing triage of multiple victims, assessing patient injuries, stabilizing victim injuries, interacting with victims, and moving and transferring victims requiring technical rescue assistance.

• Victim Management
• Triage
• Reconnaissance
• Search Tactics

_________________ is a condition in which a victim is trapped by debris, soil, or other material and is unable to perform self-extrication.

• Rescue
• Removal
• Encasement
• Entrapment

_________ operations involve a combination of detective work, in gathering information about the potential victims; analysis work, in scrutinizing known and unknown victim location information; speculation about potential victim locations within various search environments; and the use of search tools, equipment, and tactics.

• Rescue
• Search
• Encasement
• Entrapment

A ________ search (often referred to as a hasty search) involves a deployment of search resources that will initiate a rapid search of an area that is thought likely to contain survivors.

• secondary
• victim
• primary
• rescue

A ________ search is a slower, more methodical, and detailed search of a rescue environment to ensure that no victims were overlooked during the initial search operation.

• secondary
• victim
• primary
• rescue

Because of the variety of technical rescue situations that fire fighters, EMS personnel, and rescue teams may face, all responding personnel must be cognizant of potential approach _______ while responding to an event.

• methods
• practices
• routes
• hazards

Upon arrival at the scene, rescuers should perform an adequate ______ that includes a comprehensive hazard and risk assessment. This assessment helps identify the hazards that rescuers will be exposed to, the hazards that victims must be protected from, the level of personal protection required, and the safety procedures that must be implemented.

• primary search
• secondary search
• risk assessment
• size-up

The _____________ may reveal the need for additional or specialized resources.

• procedures
• primary search
• hazard and risk assessment
• secondary search

While gaining access to a patient, rescuers should continuously look for _________ that may not have been visible during the initial hazard assessment.

• hazards
• terrain
• policies
• guidelines