EXSS 288 Exam 3 with A Grade Solutions

EXSS 288 Exam 3 with A Grade Solutions 5 Key Factors of Mass Casulties - Answer-early command decisions, requesting additional resources early, knowing the distance to exit, initial search, and triage/treatment Incident Command System - Answer-important in MCI events to effectively manage many resources Triage Officer - Answer-supervises the initial triage, tagging and moving of patients to designated treatment areas Treatment Officer - Answer-sets up a treatment area and supervises medical care, ensuring triage order is maintained and changes the order if patients deteriorate and become eligible for a higher triage category Transportation Officer - Answer-arranges for ambulances or other transport vehicles while tracking priority, identity and destination of all injured or ill people leaving the scene Staging Officer - Answer-releases and distributes resources as needed to the incident and works to avoid transportation gridlock Safety Officer - Answer-maintains scene safety by identifying potential dangers and taking action to prevent them from causing injury to all involved Role of the First Responder - Answer-MCI involves more victims, size up the scene, determine who needs to be extricated, determine where there is access, and take charge Triage - Answer-done by triage officer, use color system Color system of triage - Answer-black - expectant, red - immediate care, yellow - delayed care, green - walking wounded Expectant and Immediate Victims - Answer-Attempt to open and clear the airway twice, If breathing has been restored place unconscious victim in recovery position, Tag victim Immediate (Red), If no breathing after two attempts to open the airway: Triage = Black/Expectant