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EAQ Questions and Answers Already Passed Which personnel of the institutional emergency response plan serves as a liaison between hospital administration and the media during a mass casualty incident such as an earthquake or a terrorist attack? Community relations information officer The community public information officer is a person who serves as a liaison between the healthcare facility and the media releasing only appropriate or accurate information about the incident. A triage officer is a physician or nurse who rapidly evaluates each client to determine priorities for treatment. A medical command physician is the personnel who decides the number, acuity, and resource needs of the clients. A hospital incident commander is a physician or administrator who assumes overall leadership for implementing the emergency plan. Several emergency preparedness agencies are developing emergency response plans in case of an earthquake alert. In which phase of the disaster management continuum would the nurse state this activity is included? Preparedness The first phase of the disaster management continuum is preparedness. This is a protective plan designed before the event to structure the response, assess the risk, and evaluate the response. The response phase of the disaster continuum includes the actual implementation of the disaster plan. The recovery phase is related to actions focusing on stabilization of the community and returning it to the previous state. The mitigation phase includes attempts to limit a disaster's impact on human health and community function. Who should the nurse contact to receive training as a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) member? Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training. The National Disaster Life Support Foundation offers Core, Basic, and Advanced Disaster Life Support training courses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) do not provide disaster preparedness training. What type of trauma center would the nurse consider to be most appropriate for a client who survived an accidental fire and has multiple injuries? Level II trauma centers provide care to the most injured clients. Level III trauma centers stabilize clients with multiple injuries. Level I trauma centers provide a full continuum of trauma services for all clients. Level IV provides advanced life support and basic trauma client stabilization. Which treatment for anthrax should be included in the biologic agent portion of a disaster plan for terrorist attacks? Antibiotics Anthrax is treated effectively with antibiotics if sufficient supplies are available and the organisms are not resistant. Antivirals would not be effective against anthrax, and there is no established treatment for most viruses that cause hemorrhagic fever. Botulism is treated with antitoxin, though several vaccines are being studied. Smallpox can be prevented or the incidence reduced by vaccination, even when first given after exposure. Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification allows nurses to perform electrical therapies, special resuscitation, and invasive airway management. Basic Life Support(BLS) certification is granted when the nurse performs airway maintenance or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) certification indicates that a nurse has core emergency nursing skill and knowledge. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification is needed to perform neonatal and pediatric resuscitation. An emergency nursing staff member is performing defibrillation/cardioversion and special resuscitation for clients who sustained injuries in a tsunami. Which certification does the emergency nursing staff member possess? After an earthquake, there were a large number of deaths and casualties who required acute care for several days in the field. Which teams activated by state and federal government authorities would the nurse consider to be the most suitable in managing the event? Select all that apply. Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) Disaster Mortuary Operational