ENA Orientation 3.0 Disaster Preparedness: Emergency Nursing Response, Triage Systems &
Mass Casualty Management
Which law or regulation requires hospital personnel to be well trained in the Incident Command
System? - ANS ✔✔Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5
What care should you provide to victims who are designated as dying during disaster triage? -
ANS ✔✔Comfort measures as available
After the initial triage, a victim who was initially classified as red appears to be getting better.
Now what should this victim's classification be? - ANS ✔✔Red
Which organization is the first to respond to significant disasters? - ANS ✔✔Local disaster
agency
In disaster triage, which color identifies a victim who needs immediate treatment? - ANS
✔✔Red
A victim with which potential injury should be sent emergently to the surgical suite? - ANS
✔✔Open abdominal injury
Which phase of the disaster cycle focuses on planning? - ANS ✔✔Mitigation
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, what is one of the most important
aspects of the National Incident Management System? - ANS ✔✔The Incident Command
System
A category 4 hurricane passes through your town, causing a massive power outage. The
hospital's back-up generator fails, crippling phone service. How can hospital personnel best
communicate with one another? - ANS ✔✔Have runners supply written messages.
Mass Casualty Management
Which law or regulation requires hospital personnel to be well trained in the Incident Command
System? - ANS ✔✔Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5
What care should you provide to victims who are designated as dying during disaster triage? -
ANS ✔✔Comfort measures as available
After the initial triage, a victim who was initially classified as red appears to be getting better.
Now what should this victim's classification be? - ANS ✔✔Red
Which organization is the first to respond to significant disasters? - ANS ✔✔Local disaster
agency
In disaster triage, which color identifies a victim who needs immediate treatment? - ANS
✔✔Red
A victim with which potential injury should be sent emergently to the surgical suite? - ANS
✔✔Open abdominal injury
Which phase of the disaster cycle focuses on planning? - ANS ✔✔Mitigation
According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, what is one of the most important
aspects of the National Incident Management System? - ANS ✔✔The Incident Command
System
A category 4 hurricane passes through your town, causing a massive power outage. The
hospital's back-up generator fails, crippling phone service. How can hospital personnel best
communicate with one another? - ANS ✔✔Have runners supply written messages.
