Ch 39 Hazardous Materials, MCIs, and Incident Management

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Hazardous material (HAZMAT)

Question 2

Area immediately surrounding a HAZMAT incident; extends far enough to prevent adverse effects outside the zone

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Hot zone

Question 3

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

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Warm zone

Question 4

Area where the Incident Command post and support functions are located

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Cold zone

Question 5

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

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Decontamination

Question 6

Any medical or trauma incident involving multiple patients

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Multiple-casualty incident (MCI)

Question 7

A predefined set of instructions for a community’s emergency responders

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Disaster plan

Question 8

The management system used by federal, state, and local governments to manage emergencies in the United States

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National Incident Management System (NIMS)

Question 9

A subset of NIMS designed specifically for management of multiple-casualty incidents

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Incident Command System (ICS)

Question 10

The first on the scene to establish order and initiate the Incident Command System

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Command

Question 11

Command organization in which a single agency controls all resources and operations

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Single incident command

Question 12

Command organization in which several agencies work independently but cooperatively

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Unified Command

Question 13

The person or persons who assume overall direction of a large-scale incident

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Incident Command

Question 14

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”

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Triage

Question 15

The person responsible for overseeing triage at a multiple-casualty incident

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Triage supervisor

Question 16

Color-coded tag indicating the priority group to which a patient has been assigned

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Triage tag

Question 17

The area where secondary triage takes place at a multiple-casualty incident

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Triage area

Question 18

The area in which patients are treated at a multiple-casualty incident

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Treatment area

Question 19

Person responsible for overseeing treatment of patients who have been triaged at a multiple-casualty incident

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Treatment supervisor

Question 20

The area where ambulances are parked and other resources are held until needed

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Staging area

Question 21

Person responsible for overseeing ambulances and ambulance personnel at a multiple-casualty incident

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Staging supervisor

Question 22

Person responsible for communicating with sector officers and hospitals to manage transportation of patients to hospitals from a multiple-casualty incident

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Transportation supervisor

Question 23

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)

Answer 23

Surge capacity