FEMA Emergency Phases and Triage Color Codes: Key Concepts with accurate expert curated questions & answers (graded A+)

FEMA is what

federal government authority

Can fema activate ARC

yes

red is

emergent

yellow is

urgent

green

non urgent

life threatening and needs immediate attestation

emergent

is there a high chance of survival when stabilized for red/ emergent phase

yes

URGENT PHASE: pts who requires tx and whose injures have complication hat are not life threatening, provided they are they are treated within ______ to ______ hrs

30 min to 2 hrs

yellow- urgent phase requires continues eval every

30-60 min

NON URGENT: pts with local injuries who do not have immediate complication and who can wait at least ______ hrs for medical tx

2 hrs

for NON URGENT the eval is how often

1-2 hrs

phases of the disaster managment?

mitigation, preparedness, response, recovery

This can prevent the occurrence of a disaster or reduce the damage effects of the disaster

mitigation

Determination of the risk before the disaster occurs

mitigation

plans for rescue, evacuation, and caring for diester victims

preparedness

plans for training and gathering equipment

preparedness

putting disaster planning services into action and the action taken to save lives and prevent further damage

responses

action taken to return to a normal situation after a disaster

recovery

what does the level of disaster based off

FEMA levels

what level is massive disaster

1

what level is moderate

2

what level is minor diaster

3

what does level 1 disaster include

significant damage and result in presidential disaster declaration, major federal involvement, full engagement of federal, regional, national

what does level 2 disaster include

presidential declaration of an emergency, moderate federal assistance

what does level 3 involve

minimal damage, could result in presidential declaration of a emergency