ECare - Chapter 39 (Response to Terrorism)

Question 1

terrorism

Answer 1

unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political social objectives

Question 2

domestic terrorism

Answer 2

terrorism directed against one’s own government or population without foreign direction

Question 3

international terrorism

Answer 3

terrorism that is purely foreign-based or directed

Question 4

incidents of terrorism may involve…

Answer 4

CBRNE: chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive

Question 5

weapons of mass destruction

Answer 5

aka CBRNE. weapons, devices, or agents intended to cause widespread harm/fear among a population

Question 6

multiple devices

Answer 6

destructive devices (ex. bombs) including both those used in initial attack and those placed to be activated after an initial attack and timed to injure emergency responders + others

Question 7

secondary devices

Answer 7

destructive devices (ex. bombs) placed to be activated after an initial attack and timed to injure emergency responders + others

Question 8

OTTO signs

Answer 8

Occupancy, or location
Type of event
Timing of event
On-scene warning signs

Question 9

OTTO Signs: Occupancy

Answer 9

attacks to these locations are suspicious and can be linked to terrorism: symbolic/historical targets, public buildings/assembly areas, controversial businesses, and infrastructure systems

Question 10

OTTO Signs: Type of event

Answer 10

explosions, incidents involving firearms, and non-trauma mass-casualty incidents

Question 11

OTTO Signs: Timing of Event

Answer 11

anniversaries (ex. April 19), national holidays, specific days of the week (ex. rush hour)

Question 12

OTTO Signs: On-Scene Warning Signs

Answer 12

Unexplained patterns of illness, out of place containers, and unusual fire behavior

Question 13

TRACEM-P

Answer 13

types of harms: thermal harm, radiological harm, asphyxiation, chemical harm, etiological harm, mechanical harm, and psychological harm

Question 14

protection of the EMR

Answer 14

time (less time is better), distance (more distance), and shielding (use appropriate shielding)

Question 15

Harm from chemical incidents

Answer 15

Thermal (secondary), asphyxiation (secondary), chemical harms (primary), mechanism harms (secondary), and psychological harm (secondary)

Question 16

focused emergency (biological)

Answer 16

potential/actual point of origin of a disease is located

Question 17

biological agents

Answer 17

bacteria, viruses, and toxins

Question 18

exposure

Answer 18

dose/concentration of an agent multiplied by time or duration

Question 19

routes of entry

Answer 19

absorption, ingestion, injection, or inhalation

Question 20

contamination

Answer 20

contact with or presence of a material that is present where it does not belong; also harmful

Question 21

exposure vs contamination

Answer 21

exposure: substance is taken into body
contamination: substance clings to surface areas of body

Question 22

permeation

Answer 22

movement of a substance through a surface or through intact materials

Question 23

types of harm from biological incidents

Answer 23

chemical harm (secondary), etiological harm (primary), mechanical harm (secondary), and psychological harm (secondary)

Question 24

order of protection priorities for a biological incident

Answer 24

self-protection (respiratory protection is priority), buddy system, availability of rapid intervention teams, and civilian protection

Question 25

types of harm from radiological/nuclear incidents

Answer 25

thermal harm (primary), radiological harm (primary), chemical harm (secondary), mechanical harm (primary harm), psychological harm (secondary)

Question 26

high-order explosives

Answer 26

produce a defining supersonic over-pressurization shock wave

Question 27

low-order explosives

Answer 27

create subsonic explosion and lack over-pressurization wave

Question 28

types of harm from explosive incidents

Answer 28

thermal harm (primary), asphyxiation (secondary), chemical (primary), mechanism (primary), psychological (secondary),

Question 29

dissemination

Answer 29

spreading

Question 30

weaponization

Answer 30

packaging a material so it can be used as a weapon

Question 31

chemical agents: considerations

Answer 31

physical, volatility, chemical, toxicological

Question 32

classification of chemical agents

Answer 32

chocking, vesicating, cyanides, nerve agents, and riot control agents

Question 33

zoonotic

Answer 33

able to move through the animal-human barrier (ex. anthrax)

Question 34

radioactive/nuclear devices: potential scenarios

Answer 34

military nuclear weapon, use of improvised nuclear weapon, use of dirty bomb, or radiological dispersal device, and sabotage of a nuclear facility

Question 35

severe effects of radiation on body systems

Answer 35

blood forming system, GI system, and CNS

Question 36

rem

Answer 36

roentgen equivalent (in) man; measure of radiation dosage

Question 37

blast lung characteristics

Answer 37

apnea, bradycardia, and hypotension

Question 38

strategies

Answer 38

broad general plans designed to achieve desired outcomes

Question 39

tactics

Answer 39

specific operational actions to accomplish assigned tasks