1. You are working when an amber alert is issued within the facility. You have read the procedures for your facility and

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1. You are working when an amber alert is issued within the
facility. You have read the procedures for your facility and know
to:
Notify your clinical site supervisor and go to the nearest exit
or assigned location.
Detain anyone who looks suspicious.
Report the location of suspicious persons to security.
Get a good description of suspicious person and note the
direction of travel.
2. Hospitals and healthcare organizations use a mixture of color
codes, code numbers and language in their programs. However, this
word is commonly used to designate that an emergency is over.
_________
3. Which responses would you use for a computer or electronic
medical record outage? (select all that apply)
Verify computers, printers, and WOWs are plugged into red
outlets.
Use red emergency phones.
Verify critical patient care equipment is functioning
properly.
Reset equipment, if needed, by turning on and off.
Refer to downtime computer and printer on unit.
Locate downtime forms and use if directed.
4. You are working on an orthopedic floor and, when making
rounds, you are confronted by a patient threatening others with a
knife. He is attempting to cut through this traction device. Select
the best response below:
Call the appropriate code and keep patients and visitors away
from the area.
Sit down and calmly discuss the situation with the patient.
Get the help from another nurse and attempt to take away the
knife.
Leave the room and pull the nearest fire alarm.
Call the hospital operator and ask to speak with security.
5. In the event of a fire, once your safety is assured, the
first priority is:
Activate the alarm
Call the fire department
Locate
the ABC fire
extinguisher on the unit
Rescue any individual threatened by fire
Remain calm
6. When there is an influx of patients from a mass casualty
event, a code triage _________ is called
7. There are two major categories of emergencies in healthcare
facilities. An internal emergency could
include which of the following: (select all that apply)
Fire
Hazardous spill
Flood
Security threat
Tornado
Phone outage
8.Select each of the steps used to demonstrate the PASS
technique when discharging a fire extinguisher. (select all that
apply)
Sweep spray from side to side
Pull the fire extinguisher off the wall.
Assume a position 5 to 10 feet from the fire.
Pull the pin.
Squeeze the handle.
Aim at the base of the fire.
Stand 5 to 10 feet from the fire.
Activate the ABC extinguisher.
9. A rapid response or emergency medical team is called when a
patient's condition is rapidly declining.
True
False
10. Match the code name (left column) to the emergency situation
(right column).
Code: Orange < ~~~~~~~> Threatening Individual
Code: Blue < ~~~~~~~~ > Missing Infant or Child
Code: Silver / Code 5 < ~~~~~~~~ > Weapon or Hostage
Situation
Code: Gray <~~~~~~~~ > Respiration or Heart Stopped
Code: Amber Alert < ~~~~~~~~~~> Hazardous Spill