Emergency Preparadness

Question 1

START

Answer 1

Simple triage and Rapid Treatment. The most commonly used adult mass casualty incident triage tool in the US. Patient categorized within 30 -60 seconds by RPM as Green (walk away) Yellow (urgent) Red (critical), Black (expectant death)

Question 2

SAVE

Answer 2

Secondary Assessment of Vicim Endpoint. After START, patients are treated by priority if they have a 50% chance of survival

Question 3

SALT

Answer 3

Sort Assess Lifesaving interventions and treatment/transport
a system, but not the most common.

Question 4

Model uniform Core Criteria

Answer 4

Set of triage criteria developed by a consensus group of SME examining evidence supporting existing mass casualty systems.

Question 5

What are the types of FEMA incidents

Answer 5

Type 1 : tornado with entire community damage, hurricane cat. 3, 4, 5. pandemic, railroad tank explosion; multilevel explosive device wide spread fire or flood.

Question 6

STeps in investigating an outbreak

Answer 6

1. verify diagnosis
2. confirmation of epidemic
3. Identify population at risk
4. surveillance strategy

Question 7

Safety data sheet color white

Answer 7

contact hazard

Question 8

What are the 4 stages in emergency management

Answer 8

Mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery