The National Disaster Medical System is designed to integrate medical response across which domains?

• A. Federal, state, local, and private sectors
• B. International agencies only
• C. Military bases only
• D. Rural clinics only

Answer: (A)

The main idea is cross‑sector, multi‑jurisdictional coordination of medical response. The National Disaster Medical System is built to bring together resources from federal, state, and local governments with the private sector—especially hospitals, clinicians, and related support services—to surge medical capacity after disasters. This unified network allows sharing staff, beds, equipment, and patient transport across jurisdictions and organizations, ensuring a coordinated national response rather than relying on any single sector or level of government.

That broader, inclusive scope is what makes it the best answer. It isn’t limited to international agencies, military bases, or rural clinics alone—each of those options misses the comprehensive collaboration across multiple levels of government and the private health sector that NDMS is designed to mobilize.