ASHE Emergency Management and Preparedness 2

Question 1

Which utility system is classified as 'Essential Electrical System' branch in NFPA 99 for healthcare facilities?

Accepted Answer

Life safety branch, critical branch, and equipment branch

Answer

Normal power, critical branch, and equipment branch

Answer

Emergency branch, backup branch, and utility branch

Answer

Primary branch, secondary branch, and tertiary branch

Question 2

In the context of healthcare facility emergency management, what does 'RACE' stand for?

Accepted Answer

Remove, Activate, Contain, Extinguish/Evacuate

Answer

Respond, Assess, Contain, Evacuate

Answer

Rescue, Alarm, Confine, Extinguish

Answer

Remove, Alert, Call, Exit

Question 3

When a healthcare facility activates its Emergency Operations Plan, the HICS structure places overall command authority with which role?

Accepted Answer

Incident Commander

Answer

Safety Officer

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Operations Section Chief

Answer

Medical Staff Director

Question 4

A healthcare facility experiencing a loss of normal utility power must transfer to emergency power within what maximum time frame per NFPA 99?

Accepted Answer

10 seconds

Answer

5 seconds

Answer

15 seconds

Answer

30 seconds

Question 5

Which federal agency provides the Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) 101 used as a planning framework by healthcare facilities?

Accepted Answer

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Answer

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Answer

The Joint Commission (TJC)

Question 6

What term describes the process of sorting patients by injury severity during a mass casualty incident to prioritize treatment?

Accepted Answer

Triage

Answer

Decontamination

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Surge capacity

Answer

Incident staging

Question 7

Which phase of emergency management focuses on activities taken AFTER a disaster to restore normal operations and services?

Accepted Answer

Recovery

Answer

Mitigation

Answer

Preparedness

Answer

Response