Crisis management involves which of the following?

• A. Direct medical treatment for patients
• B. Administrative measures that identify, acquire, and plan the use of resources needed to anticipate, prevent, and resolve a threat to public safety
• C. Economic policy planning
• D. Community outreach campaigns

Answer: (B)

Crisis management is about coordinating and organizing the resources and actions needed to prepare for, prevent, and respond to threats to public safety. It focuses on administrative measures—identifying what resources are required, acquiring them, and planning how to deploy them efficiently as a threat unfolds. This involves setting up systems for command and control, logistics, interagency collaboration, staffing, supply management, and clear communication so that the right resources reach the right places at the right times. Medical treatment to individual patients is important, but it’s part of the clinical response rather than the overarching management and resource-planning function that crisis management emphasizes. Economic policy planning and community outreach campaigns address broader roles and specific aspects of public policy or communication, not the core resource coordination and preparedness focus of crisis management.