The emergency department (ED) is expecting a large number of casualties after a bridge collapse. Which is a priority consideration for the ED leadership when activating the disaster plan?
a. Responding paramedics and rescue per-sonnel will notify the ED about exactly how many victims to expect.
b. Responding paramedics and rescue per-sonnel will triage all victims at the bridge collapse site before bringing them to the ED.
c. The ED may receive many unexpected victims with minor injuries from the bridge collapse.
d. Victims who have been contaminated with gasoline will be decontaminated by rescue personnel before arriving at the ED.
C
Paramedics may not note all the "walking wounded" to give the ED an accurate count of victims to expect because these people might evacuate themselves from the accident scene without being seen by paramedics or rescue personnel. They may then secure their own transportation to the hospital and could overwhelm an ED that is already handling many severely injured victims who have been brought in by emergency medical services (EMS).
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