EMT

EMT practice questions, page 9 of 13, with answer review and explanations.

Question 41

What is the best description of the National Incident Management System (NIMS)?

  1. NIMS is the command structure to dictate an emergency response.
  2. NIMS provides guidelines and common terms to allow multiple agencies to work together.
  3. NIMS is used to prevent incidents from occurring.
  4. NIMS provides a framework for the federal government to take responsibility for an incident.

Question 42

What is the advantage of using the Incident Command System (ICS)?

  1. The ICS gives you a modular organizational structure that can be applied to incidents of all sizes.
  2. The ICS provides a framework to enable federal, state, and local governments, as well as private sector and nongovernmental organizations, to work together effectively.
  3. The ICS provides common guidelines for responding to an incident.
  4. The ICS is a rigid structure to establish command over an incident.

Question 43

What is the term for an incident with many victims?

  1. Multiple Response Incident (MRI)
  2. Multiple Victim Incident (MVI)
  3. Triage
  4. Mass-Casualty Incident (MCI)

Question 44

What is triage?

  1. A method of bandaging a wound.
  2. A method to determine how fast to transport a patient.
  3. A method of sorting patients based on their severity of injury.
  4. A method to determine how many personnel to care for a patient.

Question 45

What is the name of the reference used to determine the initial response to a Hazardous Materials (HazMat) incident?

  1. the Shipping Paper
  2. the Material Safety Data Sheet
  3. CHEMTREC
  4. the DOT Emergency Response Guide