Week 13: Mass Fatality Response
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Mass Fatality Responses may result from all of the following EXCEPT FOR:
29All answers given.
Accidents or intentional events like explosions or shootings
Outbreaks of viruses or poisonings
Natural disasters like tornados or floods
- Q1
Mass Fatality Responses may result from all of the following EXCEPT FOR:
All answers given.
Accidents or intentional events like explosions or shootings
Outbreaks of viruses or poisonings
Natural disasters like tornados or floods
30s - Q2
NDMS is the National Disaster Medical System, which was created in order to assist local authorities with mass disasters if what occurs?
To have better trained professionals do the work.
If jurisdictions have too many local workers at once.
So nearby agencies can have someone else do the work.
Local jurisdictions are overwhelmed with the workload.
30s - Q3
_____________ is the rapid-response medical group of NDMS that helps to perform triage and emergency care including general medical care, hospital decompressions (to help with understaffed hospitals), patient transportation, as well as efforts in disease control (i.e. vaccination centers).
VIC
DMORT
NVRT
DMAT
30s - Q4
__________ is a NDMS medical team, but consists of professionals who can perform operative procedures with many of their members being surgical staff and critical care physicians.
TCCT
DMORT
NVRT
DMAT
30s - Q5
_________________ is the NDMS team with professionals that can provide care (both basic and medical) to animals that are effected by the event at hand.
NVRT
TCCT
DMAT
DMORT
30s - Q6
All of the following are main goals of DMORT EXCEPT FOR:
Identifying decedents, which will always be a priority in all medicolegal situations.
If possible, determining cause of death, which can help families in their grieving process.
Assisting local authorities with financial costs of disaster efforts.
Safely recovering human remains including proper decontamination if needed.
30s - Q7
DMORT is divided into ____________ regions, which includes multiple states within each team.
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10
5
15
30s - Q8
When the identities of victims in a mass disaster are known, this is referred to as _____________________?
An open population.
A manifest.
An open & closed population.
A closed population.
30s - Q9
When the identities of victims in a mass disaster are unknown, this is referred to as _____________________?
An open population.
An open and closed population.
A manifest.
A closed population.
30s - Q10
A cemetery flood is an example of a mass disaster with what type of population?
An open population.
A closed population.
30s - Q11
In regards to DMORT, a DPMU refers to what?
disaster portable morgue unit
deployment package for major units
decontamination ploy for mass uniforms
30s - Q12
Radiology (x-rays) may be taken of a decedent from a disaster for what reasons?
All answers provided.
To locate personal items that are present.
To be aware of any potential explosives or weaponry.
To document injuries or trauma.
30s - Q13
All of the following are stations in a DPMU EXCEPT FOR:
Pathology, Odontology, DNA, and Triage
Toxicology, Entomology, and Botany
Anthropology, Funerary, and Decedent Management
Fingerprinting, Property, and Radiology
30s - Q14
A team member of VIC may help do which of the following?
Obtain antemortem records and information.
All answers provided.
Retrieve DNA samples given by families.
Be the point of contact for a decedent's family.
30s - Q15
COVID-19 resulted in the deployment of DMORT teams to NYC for what reason?
To provide vaccinations to New York City's residents.
To take over for the medicolegal authority from the NYC OCME.
To assist hospitals in the treatment of COVID-19 patients.
To assist in the processing of decedents due to a surge caused by the virus.
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