Roles & Responsibilities
An officer responsible for monitoring and assessing hazardous and unsafe situations and for developing measures to assure personnel safety
Incident Safety Officer (ISO)
An Accident Response will be dispatched on what level of MCI?
MCI Level 5
Where will secondary triage be performed?
The Patient Treatment Area
A material which, when released form its container, poses a threat to the health and safety of human beings and/or the environment
Hazardous Material
When a mass casualty incident has occurred, area hospitals will be alerted by?
The FCC (via HASTE)
What should be initiated by the first arriving PFD unit at the scene?
Triage
At what level MCI are EMS staff officers activated?
MCI Level 3 (Full Response)
What system if used by the PFD for triage casualties?
SMART Triage
CBRNE is an acronym for?
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or Explosive
What does the acronym HASTE stand for?
Hospital Alert System - Tone Encoded
Where should the Physician Triage Team be utilized when activated?
When an MCI level is upgraded by one tier, how many additional ambulances will be dispatched?
6
Patients with catastrophic injuries of the head, chest, and/or abdomen, who are expected to expire prior to being able to be transported, may be triaged as?
Green
An incident resulting from manmade or natural causes resulting in injuries or illness that may exceed the EMS and hospital capabilities of a locality, jurisdiction, or region
Mass Casualty Incident (MCI)
During a MCI, the EMS Branch Director should consider moving EMS operations to?
A separate Tac Channel
Who will be used to move patients to treatment areas?
Firefighter EMTs and/or civilians working under the guidance of of a firefighter EMT
A "Reinforced Response" is also known as what?
What are the only appropriate treatments to be performed during initial patient triage?
BLS airway management/adjuncts and control of life-threatening hemorrhage
A group of a incident management personnel organized according to function and reporting to the Incident Commander (IC)
The General Staff
Who prepares the request for mutual aid from the surrounding regions?
The EMS Regional Office and the Office of Emergency Management (OEM)
Who is responsible for ensuring patients selected for transport are ready for movement and loaded on the correct unit?
Transport Loaders
The FCC will dispatch what on a MCI Level 5?
Accident response, 1 EMS supervisor, EMS operations captain, and 6 ambulances
What are the four vital parameters assessed in the SMART Triage System?
Ability to walk, respiratory status, perfusion, neurological status
What is the name of the Everbridge group consisting of SEPTA and other mass transit providers?
Surge Mass Transit Group
In the event of an MCI, the Incident Commander will provide what to the FCC as soon as possible?
1. Nature of the incident and exact location 2. Level of MCI and number of patients 3. The need for additional personnel, equipment, and resources