*Bk 70- MCI

Question 1

MCI:
The Medical _____ (group or branch?) is reserved for incidents with a medical component that includes an unusually large number of victims, where patients are spread over a large area, or access to patients is separated by a great distance. ie, metro-rail or airplane crash

Answer 1

Branch

Question 2

MCI:

Transporters of patients should have a ___ min rotation relief

Answer 2

30

Question 3

MCI:

Who in the ICS is responsible to direct and supervise Immediate, Delayed, and Minor Treatment Areas, and prepare patients for transport?

Answer 3

Treatment unit leader

Question 4

MCI:

Volunteers can be used during major disasters only, and they should be assigned to ____ treatment

Answer 4

Minor

Question 5

MCI:

What three treatment areas are established during a MCI?

Answer 5

• Immediate
• delayed
• minor

Question 6

MCI:

Which treatment area (immediate, delayed, minor?) should be isolated from the other treatment areas if possible?

Answer 6

Isolate Minor Treatment Area from Immediate and Delayed where possible

Question 7

MCI:

Can an ambulance transport a delayed pt with an immediate?

Answer 7

Yes

“For efficient use of transport resources consider having each ambulance transport a delayed patient with each immediate patient”

Question 8

The Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) plan allows the first responders to triage patients in ___ seconds or less

Answer 8

60

Question 9

MCI:

Triage personnel must rate or place the injured into which four categories?

Answer 9

• Deceased (Nonsalvageable)
• Immediate
• Delayed
• Minor

Question 10

MCI:

What three physical assessments are performed on each triage patient?

Answer 10

R.P.M.

Respirations (ventilation)
Pulses (perfusion)
Mental status

Question 11

MCI:

____ (minor, delayed, immediate?) patients are separated from the general group at the start of triage by ordering “anyone who can ____” followed by an area assignment where the patients should proceed.

Answer 11

• minor

* walk

Question 12

MCI Triage:

When is a patient tagged deceased?

Answer 12

No respirations even after repositioning of the airway

Question 13

MCI Triage:

When is a patient tagged immediate?

Answer 13

-respirations present only after repositioning airway
OR:
"Thirty-Two" "Can do"
-respirations over 30 per minute; 
-capillary refill takes over 2 seconds; 
-patient fails to follow simple commands

Question 14

What does acronym START stand for when triaging patients?

Answer 14

Simple Triage And Rapid Treatment

Question 15

What color at the bottom of a triage tag represents a patient that is…

Immediate?
Delayed?
Minor?
Deceased?

Answer 15

Immediate is red
Delayed is yellow
Minor is green
Deceased is black

Question 16

Triage tags:

What do you do if the triage priority of the patient changes?

Answer 16

• Remove entire bottom portion of original tag, leave injury information
• Add second tag with new triage category and reason for change

Question 17

MCI:

______ assumes responsibility for providing triage management and movement of patients from the triage area to the treatment area.

Answer 17

Triage unit leader

Question 18

MCI:

Medical ____ (branch or group?) is the basic level established at an LAFD incident when the number of resources exceed the span of control of the Incident Commander

Answer 18

Group