Here is the first question on the Discussion page. Be sure to select the Discussions page to the left under Week 5 and respond to the following question:
(5a) A mass “casualty” event is one that will typically overwhelm and exceed the medical and mortuary capabilities of a single community.
Read the Case Study on pages 338-339 of your text and answer the following questions: ◦What would you expect to see at a scene like this? ◦What actions and steps would you take and why? ◦Please discuss what types of assistance you would call in for help and why? ◦How would triage and the initial assessment of the victims be handled? ◦How would you handle stress debriefing? ◦Please write your answer to these questions as if you were the Incident Manager.
Doesn’t have to be too long just enough to answer the question..
Book: CCI Custom Publication (2005). Catastrophic event response planning. Boston: Pearson. ISBN:9780536954169