You Are on an Ambulance Responding to a Mass-Casualty Incident

question 24

Multiple Choice

You are on an ambulance responding to a mass-casualty incident at a shopping mall on a warm Saturday afternoon.En route,you listen to the incident commander broadcast information to dispatch and all inbound units about 20 patients complaining of respiratory difficulty and a burning sensation in their eyes.Your suspicions of a potential terrorist incident are the result of:

• A) the location of the call.
• B) the type of event.
• C) the timing of the event.
• D) on-scene warning signs.

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