Quantum Units Education®

Introduction

1. Capabilities to secure health care facilities against acts of terrorism and man-made or natural disasters falls under which of the following mission areas?

Challenges

2. Which of the following activities place health care facilities at greater vulnerability for and from an event?

Active Shooter Incidents

3. Law enforcement generally applies the “active shooter incident” definition to situations where the individual is armed with at least one gun and has come to the area with the intent to kill people or commit another crime.

4. During an active shooter incident, the natural human reaction, even for those who are highly trained, is to be startled, feel fear and anxiety, and even experience initial disbelief and denial.  Training provides the means to regain composure, recall at least some of what has been learned, and commit to action.

5. Which of the following is not one of the three-fold responsibilities that each person carries?

6. Planning for an active shooter incident should include the input from both internal and external stakeholders.  All of the following are considered external stakeholders, except for:

7. An effective plan for an active shooter includes which of the following?

8. Optimal shelter-in-place locations have ballistic protection known as “cover,” which includes thick walls made of steel, cinder block, or brick and mortar; solid doors with locks; and areas with minimal glass and interior windows.

9. Designated “shelter in place” locations are often designed for natural hazards such as earthquakes and/or tornadoes and therefore are ideal for active shooter incidents.

10. A designated safe room should be equipped with all of the following, except:

11. Coded language communications should be used in connection with coded light and sound systems to maximize message delivery.

12. Several key observations of the attacker related to pre-attack behaviors include:

13. It is not uncommon for people confronted with a threat to first deny the possible danger rather than respond, so staff should be trained to overcome denial and to respond immediately.

14. Shooters generally arrive with more ammunition than they could ever use, increasing the urgency for everyone in a health care facility to have a plan and act on it as quickly as possible.

15. If it is safe to do so, the first course of action that should be taken is to hide.

16. Staff should be trained to do all of the following during an active shooter incident, except:

17. Health care facility staff should be trained to understand and expect that law enforcement’s first priority must be to safely evacuate all persons from the facility; all other actions are secondary.

18. Emergency responders should have advance information on locations where they are likely to find patients unable to evacuate, such as the operating room, critical care units, nurseries, and pediatric units.

19. Law enforcement encourages all calls, and no one should assume that someone else has called.

20. Within an ongoing and/or evolving emergency, where the immediate reunification of loved ones is not possible, providing family members with timely, accurate, accessible, and relevant information is paramount, however, notification of any casualties must be done in coordination with law enforcement.