A community health nurse working as a part of a disaster response team is told that the disaster is classified as a multiple-casualty incident. The nurse would interpret this to mean which of the following?
A) There is more than 1 but less than 10 casualties.
B) The number of casualties is between 2 and 100.
C) Casualties number over 100.
D) There are too many casualties to count.
Ans: B
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What will be an ideal response?
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