A Hospital Emergency Department Received a Call That Multiple Casualties

question 21

Multiple Choice

A hospital emergency department received a call that multiple casualties were on their way, primarily burns from a large factory fire. Which of the following actions should the hospital take immediately?

• A) Ask the governor of the state to declare the area a disaster area so state help can be obtained
• B) Call surrounding hospitals to set up burn units, because there will be too many patients for one hospital to manage
• C) Call in physicians and nursing staff who are experts in burn care
• D) Get in touch with the American Red Cross to assist families of the victims

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Definitions:

Event A

A specified occurrence or result in a probabilistic framework that is subject to study or analysis.

Event B

A term used in probability theory to denote a specific outcome or set of outcomes from a stochastic experiment.

0 ≤ P ≤ 1

A mathematical expression indicating that the value of P (probability) ranges from 0 to 1, inclusive.

Outcome

An outcome is the result or consequence of an action, experiment, or event, often used in the context of probabilities and statistical experiments.