10 questions
Which of the following MOST accurately describes a mass-casualty incident?
An incident that involves more than five critically injured or ill patients
An incident where patients have been exposed to hazardous materials
An incident in which at least half of the patients are critically injured
An incident where the number of casualties is greater than the medical resources available resources
Choose TWO natural causes of an MCI?
Flood
Explosion
Earthquake
Traffic accident
Choose TWO causes of a man made MCI?
Storm
Explosion
Conflict (War)
Wildfires
Which of the following best defines 'casualty'?
A source of danger
A person hurt by an event or incident
The place of an event or action
An unexpected and usually unpleasant thing that happens
Which of the following is not a hazard that could be present during a MCI?
Traffic
Falling rocks
Smoke
Paramedics
In triage, the acronym SALT the "S" stands for ...
Sugar
Sort
Stay
Stop
In MCI management, in the acronym ABCDEF the "B" stands for ...
Bleeding
Bloated
Breathing
Bruising
Triage means...
To transfer patients
To create a triangle
To assess the urgency of medical needs
to avoid all patient care
Which triage category would a cardiac arrest come under?
Yellow - Delayed
Green - Minor
Red - Immediate
Black
Which triage category would Head injury come under?
Red - immediate
Yellow - Delayed
Green - Minor
Black