Ch 39 Hazardous Materials, MCIs, and Incident Management Flashcards
Any substance or material in a form that poses an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce or kept in storage at a warehouse, port, depot, or railroad facility
Hazardous material (HAZMAT)
Area immediately surrounding a HAZMAT incident; extends far enough to prevent adverse effects outside the zone
Hot zone
Area where personnel and equipment decontamination and hot zone support take place; includes control points for the access corridor and, thus, assists in reducing the spread of contamination
Warm zone
Area where the Incident Command post and support functions are located
Cold zone
A chemical and/or physical process that reduces or prevents the spread of contamination; the removal of hazardous substances from employees and their equipment to the extent necessary to preclude foreseeable health effects
Decontamination
Any medical or trauma incident involving multiple patients
Multiple-casualty incident (MCI)
A predefined set of instructions for a community’s emergency responders
Disaster plan
The management system used by federal, state, and local governments to manage emergencies in the United States
National Incident Management System (NIMS)
A subset of NIMS designed specifically for management of multiple-casualty incidents
Incident Command System (ICS)
The first on the scene to establish order and initiate the Incident Command System
Command
Command organization in which a single agency controls all resources and operations
Single incident command
Command organization in which several agencies work independently but cooperatively
Unified Command
The person or persons who assume overall direction of a large-scale incident
Incident Command
The process of quickly assessing patients at a multiple-casualty incident and assigning each a priority for receiving treatment; from a French word meaning “to sort”
Triage
The person responsible for overseeing triage at a multiple-casualty incident
Triage supervisor
Color-coded tag indicating the priority group to which a patient has been assigned
Triage tag
The area where secondary triage takes place at a multiple-casualty incident
Triage area
The area in which patients are treated at a multiple-casualty incident
Treatment area
Person responsible for overseeing treatment of patients who have been triaged at a multiple-casualty incident
Treatment supervisor
The area where ambulances are parked and other resources are held until needed
Staging area
Person responsible for overseeing ambulances and ambulance personnel at a multiple-casualty incident
Staging supervisor
Person responsible for communicating with sector officers and hospitals to manage transportation of patients to hospitals from a multiple-casualty incident
Transportation supervisor
A measurable representation of ability of a medical facility to manage a sudden influx of patients; dependent on a variety of variables, including the number of open beds, physical space, supplies, staff, and any special considerations (such as contaminated or contagious patients)
Surge capacity
