EAQ EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100%
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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. - Precise
Answer ✔✔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. - Precise Answer
✔✔Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
Disaster Mortuary Operational
Response Teams (DMORTs)
The emergency department (ED) charge nurse is preparing a group of medical-surgical and critical care
unit nurses for participation in emergency preparedness and response for casualties due to an
earthquake in the nearby area. Which actions performed by these staff nurses are appropriate? Select
all that apply. - Precise Answer ✔✔Working with ED nurses in the resuscitation setting
Recommending which clients are stable for discharge
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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? - Precise Answer ✔✔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. - Precise
Answer ✔✔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. - Precise Answer
✔✔Medical Reserve Corps (MRC)
Disaster Mortuary Operational
Response Teams (DMORTs)
The emergency department (ED) charge nurse is preparing a group of medical-surgical and critical care
unit nurses for participation in emergency preparedness and response for casualties due to an
earthquake in the nearby area. Which actions performed by these staff nurses are appropriate? Select
all that apply. - Precise Answer ✔✔Working with ED nurses in the resuscitation setting
Recommending which clients are stable for discharge
