Disaster Exam 1(Nursing 343) Test
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Disaster Cycle - Answer 4 phases:
1. Mitigation
2. Response
3. Recovery
4. Return to Mitigation of future disasters
Mitigation - Answer Preparations taken to lessen the effects of a disaster. An analysis of what
has worked or failed in the past, what improvements in technology have been developed, the
changes in demographics and populations, and change in infrastructure. Organizational charts
Response - Answer Organized or unorganized action taken during and immediately after
event. Purpose: to save life, limb, and property. Carried out in an unorganized manner as in the
case of local, state, or federal disaster response personnel.
Recovery Phase - Answer The effort to return to normalcy after a disaster; begins after
response phase ends. Usually a long, difficult process. Is complicated by several factors including
finances and personal freedoms.
DMAT - Answer Disaster Medical Assistance Team
DMORT - Answer Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams
VMAT - Answer Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams
SAR - Answer Search and Rescue Teams
FEMA - Answer Federal Emergency Response Agency
ICS - Answer Incident Command System: a management system that allows for a strong,
definitive command structure with specific areas of responsibility assigned to individuals as
needed and is applicable to the community's response as well as that of hospitals and other
institutions.
, ICS: Operations - Answer A section that is concerned with carrying out the tasks necessary
for the disaster response. Including: law enforcement groups, fire, SAR, medical, etc.
ICS: Logistics - Answer Task: to obtain, organize, and maintain supplies, equipment, base
operations, and provide for transportation needs.
ICS: Finance - Answer Tracks all expenditures including money, man-hours, or supplies.
NIMS - Answer National Incident Management System: allows each group to contribute its
specialized service while allowing for a centralized command structure.
Disaster - Answer A destructive event that overwhelms all available resources.
Disaster Triage - Answer Triage that evaluates a few critical signs; is the victim breathing?, do
they have a pulse?, can they follow commands?. Categorizes victims according to considerations
that indicate if victims can survive and in what order they should be treated.
Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) - Answer An incident that generates more pts at one time than
locally available resources can manage using routine procedures.
Triage - Answer Separates pts or victims based on the severity of their illness or injury.
Green/Minor - Answer Victims w/ minor injuries. "Walking wounded," b/c they're able to
follow commands and walk to collection point. will wait the longest for treatment.
Yellow/Delayed - Answer These victims may not be able to walk, but they're stable and will
be transported or treated after seriously injured. (red or immediate)
Red/Immediate - Answer These victims are seriously injured and show signs of being
unstable. These victims will be treated and transported before any other victims.
Black/Expectant/Deceased - Answer Dead
Victim Triage - Answer The assessment and evaluation of each victim, assigning each to a
particular level of acuity and attaching disaster tag with appropriate color.
START - Answer Designed to allow personnel w/ limited medical knowledge and skill to triage
victims in 60secs or less per victims.
Questions and All Correct Answers.
Disaster Cycle - Answer 4 phases:
1. Mitigation
2. Response
3. Recovery
4. Return to Mitigation of future disasters
Mitigation - Answer Preparations taken to lessen the effects of a disaster. An analysis of what
has worked or failed in the past, what improvements in technology have been developed, the
changes in demographics and populations, and change in infrastructure. Organizational charts
Response - Answer Organized or unorganized action taken during and immediately after
event. Purpose: to save life, limb, and property. Carried out in an unorganized manner as in the
case of local, state, or federal disaster response personnel.
Recovery Phase - Answer The effort to return to normalcy after a disaster; begins after
response phase ends. Usually a long, difficult process. Is complicated by several factors including
finances and personal freedoms.
DMAT - Answer Disaster Medical Assistance Team
DMORT - Answer Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Teams
VMAT - Answer Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams
SAR - Answer Search and Rescue Teams
FEMA - Answer Federal Emergency Response Agency
ICS - Answer Incident Command System: a management system that allows for a strong,
definitive command structure with specific areas of responsibility assigned to individuals as
needed and is applicable to the community's response as well as that of hospitals and other
institutions.
, ICS: Operations - Answer A section that is concerned with carrying out the tasks necessary
for the disaster response. Including: law enforcement groups, fire, SAR, medical, etc.
ICS: Logistics - Answer Task: to obtain, organize, and maintain supplies, equipment, base
operations, and provide for transportation needs.
ICS: Finance - Answer Tracks all expenditures including money, man-hours, or supplies.
NIMS - Answer National Incident Management System: allows each group to contribute its
specialized service while allowing for a centralized command structure.
Disaster - Answer A destructive event that overwhelms all available resources.
Disaster Triage - Answer Triage that evaluates a few critical signs; is the victim breathing?, do
they have a pulse?, can they follow commands?. Categorizes victims according to considerations
that indicate if victims can survive and in what order they should be treated.
Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) - Answer An incident that generates more pts at one time than
locally available resources can manage using routine procedures.
Triage - Answer Separates pts or victims based on the severity of their illness or injury.
Green/Minor - Answer Victims w/ minor injuries. "Walking wounded," b/c they're able to
follow commands and walk to collection point. will wait the longest for treatment.
Yellow/Delayed - Answer These victims may not be able to walk, but they're stable and will
be transported or treated after seriously injured. (red or immediate)
Red/Immediate - Answer These victims are seriously injured and show signs of being
unstable. These victims will be treated and transported before any other victims.
Black/Expectant/Deceased - Answer Dead
Victim Triage - Answer The assessment and evaluation of each victim, assigning each to a
particular level of acuity and attaching disaster tag with appropriate color.
START - Answer Designed to allow personnel w/ limited medical knowledge and skill to triage
victims in 60secs or less per victims.
