Mass Casualty/Triage Questions and Answers Already Passed

Mass Casualty/Triage Questions and Answers Already Passed Mass casualty is defined as... Any incident that overwhelms resources, such as equipment, rescuers or facilities. The three main types of Mass Casualty Incidents are... Natural disasters, Technical hazards, and Civil/political. Wildfires, Flash floods, earthquakes, hurricanes/tropical storms tornadoes and epidemics are all examples of what? Natural Disaster Mass Casualty Incidents. Building collapse, high rise incidents, hazardous material incidents, transportation accidents and major industrial accidents are all examples of what? Technical Hazard Mass Casualty Incidents. Civil disobedience, criminal or terrorist incidents or a military attack on the U.S. are all examples of what? Civil-Political Mass Casualty Incidents. Incident management system allows _____ control, direction and coordination of response _______________. effective; response Incident management system establishes communication and __________ gathering. information. Incident management system provides ______ interaction with fire, police and other agencies. improved The magnitude of the event and the availiable resources are the __________ __________. influencing factors. Knowing the number of patients, area, and boundaries answer the question.... How big is the incident? When a boundary is "open" it is ____; when it is "closed" it is ________. uncontrollable;containable. Response and support personnel, vehicles and equipment, as well facilities are all.... resources. Categories of MCIS are: Expanded medical incident, major medical incident, ____________, and catastrophe. Hint: EMDC Disaster. Expanded medical incident produces multiple casualties,