PART I
According to labeling guidelines, only two "Signal Words" can appear on a label. One is Danger and the
other is:
a. Warning
b. Toxic
c. Explosive
d. Flammable - ANS a. Warning
According to The Joint Commission, an effective emergency management plan includes four key
principles: Mitigation, Preparation, Response, and _________________ .
a. Evacuation
b. Recovery
c. Rescue
d. Communication - ANS b. Recovery
Before you use a chemical product, you must know certain important information about it. Which of the
choices below is information you do NOT need to know?
a. Proper use of the product
b. What chemicals the product contains
c. Treatment if accidentally exposed to it
d. Precautions for safe handling - ANS b. What chemicals the product contains
, Hazards associated with compressed gases include:
a. Oxygen displacement
b. Explosions
c. Toxic gas exposures
d. All of the above - ANS d. All of the above
Healthcare workers who must comply with HIPAA privacy requirements are:
a. Doctors, nurses, and others providing direct patient care
b. Environmental Services staff
c. Engineering staff
d. All of the above - ANS d. All of the above
If a person is injured at the hospital during a natural disaster, a correct action to take is:
a. Turn a person with a head injury onto his or her back
b. Use a wheelchair or a stretcher to take the person to the Emergency Department for treatment
c. Report the accident only if the person had to go to the Emergency Department
d. Try to move the person yourself - ANS a. Turn a person with a head injury onto his or her back
If patients need to be evacuated, it should be in this order:
a. Ambulatory patients, then wheelchair patients, then bedfast patients
b. Whichever patients you can get to first
c. Ambulatory patients, then bedfast patients, then wheelchair patients
d. Bedfast patients, then wheelchair patients, then ambulatory patients - ANS a. Ambulatory patients,
then wheelchair patients, then bedfast patients
If you discover a person on fire: