What Is NOT One of the Objectives of JumpSTART

question 28

Multiple Choice

What is NOT one of the objectives of JumpSTART?

• A) To optimize the primary triage of injured children in the MCI setting
• B) To reduce the emotional burden on triage personnel who may have to make rapid life-or-death decisions about the injured
• C) To allow responders to "think with their hearts" when treating the injured children
• D) To enhance the effectiveness of resource allocation of all MCI victims

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Definitions:

Adverse Selection

Adverse selection is a situation in economics where one party in a transaction has more information than the other, often leading to an imbalance and unfavorable outcomes for one side.

Screening

A solution to the problem of adverse selection that describes the efforts of a less informed party to gather information about the more informed party. A successful screen means that it is unprofitable for bad types to mimic the behavior of good types. Any successful screen can also be used as a signal.

Signaling

A solution to the problem of adverse selection that describes an informed party’s effort to communicate her type, risk, or value to less informed parties by her actions. A successful signal is one that bad types won’t mimic. Any successful signal can also be used as a screen.

Anticipate Adverse Selection

The practice of predicting and mitigating the likelihood of selecting undesirable risks due to information asymmetry.