Which is the priority action for the emergency department charge nurse in the event of a mass casualty situation?
a. Directing medical-surgical and case man-agement nurses to assist emergency de-partment (ED) staff with critically injured victims
b. Calling additional medical-surgical and critical care nursing staff to come to the hospital to assist when victims are brought in
c. Informing the incident commander at the mass casualty scene about how many vic-tims may be handled by the ED
d. Directing medical-surgical and critical care nurses to assist with clients who are already in the ED while the ED staff pre-pares to receive the mass casualty victims
D
The ED charge nurse should direct additional nursing staff to help care for current ED clients while the ED staff prepares to receive the mass casualty victims; however, they should not be assigned to the most critically ill or injured clients. The hospital incident commander is responsi-ble for mobilizing resources and would have the responsibility for calling in staff. The medical command physician would be the person best able to communicate with on-scene personnel re-garding the ability to take more clients.
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