ICS/NIMS
This agency deemed ICS mandatory for all emergency services as a cndition for federal funding.
What is Homeland Security?
The single accountable leader responsible for managing an emergency response or critical incident.
Who is the Incident Commander?
The four categories used in the START Triage System.
What are Red, Yellow, Green, and Black?
Want to know if the check is in the mail? Ask this group to record personnel time, negotiate leases, and analyze costs.
What is the Finance Sector?
Jean Larrey, the chief surgeon of this French emperor is credited for developing ambulances volantes or flying ambulances.
Who is Napoleon?
Although created in 1968, ICS underwent a major overhaul after this 2005 disaster.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This group manages the counting and sorting of the patients prior to treatment
Who are the Triage Group?
A 32-year-old male is walking towards you, screaming. They have no apparent injuries.
What is Green?
They collect, analyze, and disseminate information from the incident, along with preparing the incident Action Plan (IAP)
What is the Planning section?
This physician wrote the book on prehospital care. She literally wrote it.
Who is Nancy Caroline?
This is established when multiple agencies with different jurisdictional authorities work together without designating a single Incident Commander
What is Unified Command?
Among their duties is determining the traffic flow of all ambulances, as well as assigning patients to receiving facilities
Who is the Transportation Officer?
28 year-old female apneic after repositioned airway. Pulse 32 and thready
What is Black?
This section provides services and support to ensure effective, efficient incident management, so that the right people have the right gear in the right place.
What is the Logistics Section?
Julian Wise showed the need for rescue squads after putting a 250-pound dummy in the Roanoke River located in this state.
What is Virginia?
An MCI event is when victims outnumber resources. This is when the event dirupts the functions and resourcs of the community.
What is a Disaster Event?
This officer is solely responsible for providing updates and serving as the liaison to other agencies.
Who is the Public Information Officer (PIO)?
68 year-old female, bleeding from the head. Conscious but does not follow commands
What is Red?
This section plans and performs tactical activities to achieve the incident directives.
What is the Operations Section?
Inspired by the death of his daughter, Dr. Peter Safar developed a system combining rescue breathing and chest compressions for thsi technique.
What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)?
ICS consists if these two characteristics. This gives its adaptbility in several suituations no matter the size of the incident.
What is scalable and flexible?
This person ensures the health and safety of all personnel involved during the incident's timeline.
Who is the Safety Officer?
74 year-old male, deformity to right arm. Breathing, non-verbal but follows commands
What is Yellow?
These roles fall under this section of the ICS.
What is the General Staff?
This Hartford-based ambulance company got its start delivering flowers. They started with people after the Hrtford Circus Fire.
What is Aetna Ambulance?