Disaster Preparedness

Question 1

Disaster caused by a naturally occurring event

Answer 1

Natural disaster

Question 2

Nonnatural events that are not purposefully produced

Answer 2

Man-made disaster

Question 3

Events that are purposefully produced in an effort to cause terror

Answer 3

Terrorist-related disaster

Question 4

An event that occurs within the hospital

Answer 4

Internal disaster

Question 5

An event that occurs external to the hospital

Answer 5

External disaster

Question 6

Disaster that occurs in a narrow and well-defined time frame

Answer 6

Acute disaster

Question 7

Disaster with no well- defined start point or continuous production of casualties over a broad time frame

Answer 7

Nonacute disaster

Question 8

Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes/typhoons, volcanic eruption, pandemic influenza is what type of disaster?

Answer 8

Natural disaster

Question 9

Vehicle crashes (e.g., car, plane, bus), mass casualty events, explosions, fires, industrial accident/chemical release

Answer 9

Man-made disaster

Question 10

Events of September 11, 2001, as well as intentional chemical, biological, radiologic, or toxin releases

Answer 10

Terrorist-related disaster

Question 11

Hazardous materials spill in hospital laboratory, fire or explosion within hospital, power failure

Answer 11

Internal disaster

Question 12

Transportation accident, industrial accident

Answer 12

External disaster

Question 13

Explosion, industrial release, earthquake

Answer 13

Acute disaster

Question 14

Pandemic infectious disease, incre- mental release of a biological or toxin (e.g., anthrax sent through mail)

Answer 14

Nonacute disaster

Question 15

Crowd control, hospital lockdown, and hospital access control is role of

Answer 15

Public safety

Question 16

Provide supplies/equipment; arrange for rapid ordering of additional supplies is role of

Answer 16

Logistics/equipment supply

Question 17

Determine and ensure safe practices for employees (e.g., appropriate personal protective equipment for decontamination) is role of

Answer 17

Safety officer

Question 18

Overall scene command in an acute disaster; victim rescue and hazard control

Answer 18

Fire service

Question 19

Triage Categories

• First priority
• Most urgent
• Life-threatening shock or hypoxia is present or imminent, but the patient can likely be stabilized and, if given immediate care, will probably survive.

Answer 19

Red

Question 20

Triage Categories

• Second priority
• Urgent
• The injuries have systemic implications or effects, but patients are not yet in life-
threatening shock or hypoxia; although systemic decline may ensue, given appropriate care, patients can likely withstand a 45- to 60-min wait without immediate risk.

Answer 20

Yellow

Question 21

Triage Categories

• Third priority
• Nonurgent
• Injuries are localized without immediate systemic implications; with a minimum of care,
these patients generally are unlikely to deteriorate for several hours, if at all.

Answer 21

Green

Question 22

Triage Categories

• Dead
• No distinction can be made between clinical and biological death in a mass casualty incident, and any unresponsive patient who has no spontaneous ventilation or circulation is classified as dead. Some place catastrophically injured patients who have a slim chance for survival regardless of care in this triage category.

Answer 22

Black