Five or more patients needing transport from an incident are found in which section and require which action?

Five or more patients needing transport from an incident are found in which section and require which action?

• A. Section B; MAC notification
• B. Section A; EMS dispatch
• C. Section C; Medical alert
• D. Section D; Department notification

Answer: (A)

Coordinating care for a mass-transport situation requires escalating to centralized medical coordination. In this policy, Section A is the on-scene area designated to initiate MAC notification when five or more patients need transport. Notifying the MAC brings in medical oversight to guide patient disposition, determine hospital destinations, and allocate transport resources so that patient flow is balanced and hospitals aren’t overwhelmed. This is the best fit because the situation moves beyond individual unit decisions and needs coordinated medical direction to manage multiple transports. Other options would involve actions or locations that don’t provide the necessary level of centralized medical coordination for a mass-transport incident, such as handling dispatching, issuing a general alert, or notifying the department rather than engaging medical leadership for disposition decisions.

Coordinating care for a mass-transport situation requires escalating to centralized medical coordination. In this policy, Section A is the on-scene area designated to initiate MAC notification when five or more patients need transport. Notifying the MAC brings in medical oversight to guide patient disposition, determine hospital destinations, and allocate transport resources so that patient flow is balanced and hospitals aren’t overwhelmed.

This is the best fit because the situation moves beyond individual unit decisions and needs coordinated medical direction to manage multiple transports. Other options would involve actions or locations that don’t provide the necessary level of centralized medical coordination for a mass-transport incident, such as handling dispatching, issuing a general alert, or notifying the department rather than engaging medical leadership for disposition decisions.