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40 Cards in this Set
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What 2 roles can HEMS teams take at an MI |
MERIT (Medical Emergency Response Incident Team) or MIO |
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How does LAA define an MI |
Any incident where the LOCATION, NUMBER, SEVERITY or TYPE of LIVE casualties requires extraordinary resources |
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Who is the first MERIT response for London |
HEMS |
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TorF Is it likley that current teams will have to manage a MI |
T - they are fairly frequent |
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What are the civil contingencies act 2004 requirements for preparedness that LAA has committed itself to upholding |
One live exercise every 3 years One table top exercise every year A test of the communication cascade every 6 months |
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Where will details of the exercises planned for LAA be kept |
The MI resource file in the operations room of helipad |
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Where will the reports of the exercises be stored |
Q drive |
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What MI training forms part of sign-off |
Major incident, chemical hazard, decontamination |
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How will HEMS get in touch with staff in the event of an MI being declared. What should staff therefore do? |
The fire-crew will log mobile numbers of current staff and send a message via PageOne if an MI is declared Staff should log the number of PageOne and ensure the ring tone is oud enough to wake you from sleep |
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How often is the PageOne text system tested |
Once a month during the day Every six months at night |
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What will you have been expected to read at sign off in terms of MI's |
LAS MI plan LESLP Barts MI Plan NHS guidance on MI |
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TorF the HEMS MI plan is the same regardles of the time of day |
F - the plan has night and day versions |
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What are three key roles in the LAA MI response at the helipad |
Helipad commander Equipment officer MI Loggist |
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Where are the action cards for the key roles kept |
In a folder next the the MI board (ops room) |
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Whatare the first priorities inn response to an MI |
Put out the PageOne text alert call RLH switchbord to put out HEMS group call Set up ops room and start log |
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Who should be helipad commander TorF this is a permanent role throughout the MI |
The most senior and enabled member of staff on the helipad F - as more senior staff arrive the initial HC will probably be relieved |
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What are the inital responsibilites of the Helipad commander |
The ensure text/phone alerts are sent and fully equipped teams are made ready and offered to LAS |
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TorF LAA does not decide where or how the teams offered to LAS arew deployed |
T - this is decided by LAS |
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How many teams and MI sites can be detiled on the MI board |
4 sites and 11 teams |
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What is in the black file cabinet in the ops room |
This is the MI filing cabinet. It contains:
Major incident folder Team allocation clipboards Log Dictaphone |
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TorF the maps on the table in ops room are not the only maps available for use |
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What channel should the crew room TV be set to and why |
A 24hour rolling news channel - the media will be able to give useful info on occurances at the scenes of incidents |
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What is in place to ensure LAAhave a good log of events that take place in response to an MI |
A log is started by the HC or delegate
Photos of the MI board, maps and clipboards are taken periodically
A dictaphone capable of recording 72hours can be used |
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What is te role of the equipmemt officer |
To set up sets of equipmement and hand out drugs packs |
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How many sets of drugs are kept in readiness for an MI in the drugs cupboards |
8 |
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How many MI pods are kept in readiness and where are they |
3 - 2 at the helipad, 1 at RAF northolt |
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If it is likely that the incident you are going to might be an MI what should be taken into the cabin ofthe aircraft and what does this contain |
The MI file from the boot of the aircraft Contains: Incident and log sheets Multi casualty record sheets Triage tags MI commander tabard Tabrad labels Back up radios Command board Pens dictaphone LAS action cards |
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What may prove invaluable once on the gfround that you can do in the air |
Take photos, draw diagrams of the scene - it might be useful to circle a few times |
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What question should you ask yourself when considering whether to declare an MI |
Will the ambulance service or hospitals have to make special arrangements to deal with this situation and will the incident impact on the normal running of services? |
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What is METHANE |
Major/significant incident declared Exact location Type of incident Hazards, real or potential Access and egress Numbers and categories of casualties Emergency services in scene and rerquired |
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What channel should methane reports be sent to |
Channel 220 |
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What roles do the first HEMS team on scene assume |
Broze Doctor - Medical Incident Commander Bronze Medic - Ambulance Incident Commander (paramedic) |
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What is the key function at the start of an MI for the MIC/AIC |
Setting up the infrastructure in conjunction with the other emergency service commanders |
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What areas need to be defined very soon after the incident is declared |
RVP Access in Egress out Amblance parking point Casualty clearing Ambulance loading Forward command point |
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Where should the RVP be |
This needs to be away from the scene, so you avoid cluttering the scene with ambulances while your trying to gain control
Designate early May be combined with ambulance parking point |
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What features should the access route have |
Free from obstructions including parked or waiting emergecy service vehicles |
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What features should the Egress route have? |
Free from obstruction and a quick and easy route out towards hospitals |
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What isd the ambulance parking point |
Where crews stop to be called forward or ambulances left unmanned IT NEEDS TO BE LOCATED ON THE ACCESS ROUTE |
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Describe the casualty clearing station |
Where casualties are brought from the scene for triage sort and treatment prior to transport Needs to be upwind and safe but not so far from scene that patients cant be removed effectively It should be very close to ambulance loading point |
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What is the Forward Command Point |
Where thwe three service command vehicles are set up so the commanders can easily communicate |
