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PREPAREDNESS: THE NATIONAL RESPONSE PLAN
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Objectives and CE questions were prepared by Ellen Olsen, MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA), laboratory manager for the Clinical Laboratory Sciences Program,
School of Allied Health& Communicative Disorders, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.
1. Which accreditation agencies require laboratories to have
emergency operations, plans, and procedures for internal and
external disasters?
a. CAP
b. The Joint Commission
c. AABB
d. All of the above.
2. The “DOTMLPF” domain analysis is
a. done by the DOD.
b. done by the laboratory leaders.
c. done by HHS.
8. “DOTMLPF” stands for
a. Doctors, Operating Room, Trauma, Medical Supplies,
Laboratory, Patients, Financial Needs.
b. Drugs, Operating Room, Team, Medical Personnel, Lab
Equipment, Patients, Financial Needs.
c. Doctrine, Organization, Training, Material, Leadership,
Personnel, Facilities.
3. The military is an active participant in the National Blood
Exchange and the LRN.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
9. After 9/11, the president issued a series of 20 Homeland
Security Presidential Directives (HSPD). Which of the
following have direct relevance to any laboratory?
a. HSPD #5 and HSPD #8
b.
HSPD #1 and HSPD #2
c. HSPD #3 and HSPD #5
d.
HSPD #4 and HSPD #6
4. Laboratories are categorized under which of the Emergency
Support Functions (ESF)?
a. #6
b. #8
c. #7
d. #5
10. The laboratories are an important part of their communities
because they have to respond to major surges of testing, if a
disaster were to occur within that community.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
5. Which of the following is true about the Universal Tasks List?
a. provides the vision of being prepared for a disaster.
b. discusses the scenarios that highlight various emergency
situations.
c. provides guidance on specific capabilities in the event of a
disaster.
d. provides a menu of tasks from all sources in prevention,
protection response, or recovery of an event.
11. How many critical elements comprise the National
Preparedness Guidelines?
a. One
b. Three
c. Two
d. Four
6. Within the National Response Plan (NRP), how many
Emergency Support Functions are there?
a. 8
b. 10
c. 12
d. 15
7. The NRP is only just an update of the old Cold War era Civil
Defense plan.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
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12. The cycle of preparedness, as recommended by the National
Incident Management System (NIMS) can be summarized as
a. plan and organize.
b. equip and train.
c. exercise, evaluate, and improve. d. All of the above.
13. If the infrastructure that usually exists for collecting and
processing blood products is damaged or no longer exists
after a disaster, then the military deploys field laboratories
to affected areas and blood detachment units will have the
capability to collect and process blood products on short
notice.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
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14. Emergency Support Function #8 will use resources primarily
from all the following except for
a. AABB.
b. HHS.
c. VA.
d. DOD.
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15. All of the following are true except for
a. The DOD does not provide available blood products in
coordination with HHS.
b. DOD may provide medical supplies for mass-care centers
and medical-care locations being operated for victims of a
disaster.
c. DOD may assist in managing human remains after a disaster.
d. DOD may provide available emergency medical support in a
disaster.
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16. The NRP is built upon the premise that incidents are typically
handled at the
a. lowest jurisdictional level. b. highest jurisdictional level.
17. The Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disaster
determines
a. the need for blood and blood products only.
b. the supplies needed to manufacture, test, and store blood
products only.
c. the ability of the supply-chain resources to meet the needs
for blood and blood products, as well as the needs to
manufacture, test, and store blood products.
18. NIMS places responsibility of establishing a preparedness
cycle in advance of any incident only on individual local
government agencies.
a. TRUE
b. FALSE
19. The AABB has addressed the availability of blood products in
an event of a disaster through the development of which of the
following?
a. The College of American Pathologists
b. The Interorganizational Task Force on Domestic Disaster and
Acts of Terrorism
c. The Joint Commission
20. Which of the following are critical elements of the National
Preparedness Guidelines?
a. Target Capabilities Lists
b. Universal Tasks List
c. National Preparedness Vision
d. National Planning Scenarios
e. All of the above.
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