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First Aid/Medical/CPR/DC/ORM Flashcards

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Pressure point?

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A point on the body where a mail artery lies near the skin surface and over a bone

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Three objectives of first aid?

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Prevent further injury, infection, loss of life

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How many pressure points are on each side of the body?

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11

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3
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Superficial temporal artery

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Temple

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Facial artery

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Jaw

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Common carotid artery

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Neck

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Subclavian artery

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Collar bone

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Brachial artery

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Inner/upper arm

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Brachial artery

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Inner elbow

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Radial/ulnar artery

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Wrist

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Femoral artery

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Upper thigh

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Iliac artery

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Groin

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12
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Popliteal artery

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Knee

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13
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Anterior/posterior tibial artery

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Ancle

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14
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First degree burn

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Produces redness, warmth and mild pain

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Second degree burn?

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Causes red, blistered skin and severe pain

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Third degree burn?

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Destroys tissue, skin and bone in severe cases, pain may be absent due to nerve endings being destroyed

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17
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What are two types of fractures?

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Closed/simple or open/compound

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18
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What is electrical shock?

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When a person comes into contact with an electrical energy source

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19
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What is an obstructed airway?

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Obstruction of the upper airway

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20
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What are two types of heat related injuries?

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Heat exhaustion and heat stroke

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Heat exhaustion?

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Disturbance in blood flow to the brain, heart and lungs. Skin is cool, moist, and clammy and the pupils are dial acted.

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Heat stroke?

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Break down of the sweating mechanism of the body. Hot and/or dry skin, uneven pupil dial action, and a weak rapid pulse.

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23
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Three types of cold weather injuries?

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Hypothermia, superficial frostbite, deep frostbite

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What is hypothermia?

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General cooling of the body. Pale,slow and shallow breathing, faint pulse or unpredictable, tissue feels semi-rigid, arms and legs stiff

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What is superficial frostbite?

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When ice crystals are forming in the upper skin layers after exposure to a temperature of 32 degrees or lower

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What is deep frostbite?

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Develops when ice crystals are forming in the deeper tissues a after exposure to a temperature of 32 degrees or lower

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27
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Septic shock

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Resulted from bacteria multiplying in the blood and releasing toxins

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Anaphylactic shock

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A type of severe hypersensivity or allergic reaction.

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29
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Carcinogenic shock

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Occurs when the heart is damaged and unable to supply sufficient blood to the body

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30
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Hypovolemic shock

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Caused by severe blood and fluid loss

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31
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Neurogenic shock?

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Caused by spinal chord injury

32
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What does CPR stand for?

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

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What does CAB mean?

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Circulation / airway / breathing

34
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What are the steps of the survival chain?

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Recognition/Activation of CPR,chest compressions, AEd/defibrillator, rapid defibrillation, effective advanced life support (EMTs), integrated post-cardiac arrest care

35
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Breath to compression ratio?

36
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How deep should the compressions be?

37
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What is the head tilt chin lift?

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Used to introduce air into the lungs

38
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What is ORM?

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Operational risk management

39
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What are the five steps to ORM?

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Identify hazards, assess hazards, make risk decisions, implement controls, supervise

40
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Name the different classes of mishaps?

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Class A, B, C

41
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Class A

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Property damage 2,000,000 or more; or an injury resulting in a fatality or permanent total disability

42
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Class B

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Property damage 500,000 or more, but less than 2,000,000; or an injury resulting in a partial disibility

43
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Class C

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Property damage is 50,000 or more but less than 500,000; a non-fatal injury that causes any loss of time beyond the day or shift.

44
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What is PPE?

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Personal protective equipment

45
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Give examples of PPE?

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Cranial, eye protection, hearing protection, impact protection, gloves, foot protection

46
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What does CBR stand for?

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Chemical, biological and radiological warfare

47
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What are some types of chemical agents?

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Nerve, blister, blood, choaking agents

48
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What is M9 chemical agent paper detect?

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Liquid chemical agents- turns red

49
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What is atropine/2pam chloride?

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Used as a specific therapy for nerve agents

50
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What are two types of biological warfare?

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Pathogens and toxins

51
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What is IPE?

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Individual protective equipment

52
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What type of gas mask do we use?

53
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What does ACPG stand for?

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Advanced chemical protective garment

54
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How many MOPP levels are there?

55
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MOPP 0

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Issue PPE, accessible within 5 minutes

56
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MOPP 1

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JSLIST, mask, gloves readily accessible

57
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MOPP 2

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Mask carried, decon supplies staged

58
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MOPP 3

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GQ, install filters, don over-boots

59
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MOPP 4

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Don mask/hood, gloves, circle William, countermeasure wash down

60
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What is radiological warfare?

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Deliberate use of radiological weapons to produce widespread injury and death of all life

61
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What is a high altitude burst?

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Occurs at altitudes in excess of 100,000 ft, with ionosphere disruption and EMP

62
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What is an air burst?

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Where the fireball does not reach the surface. Vacuum created collects debris caused by the severe blast damage resulting in radiation fallout.

63
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What is a surface burst?

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Has the worst fallout due to the fireball touching the surface which results in massive radioactive fallout.

64
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What is a shallow underwater burst?

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Has a small fireball and blast wave, causes large waves and water contamination

65
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What is a deep underwater burst?

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Similar to the shallow underwater burst but with less visual effect and yields greater contaminated water

66
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What is a ready shelter?

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Stations are just inside the weather envelope, with access to deep shelter

67
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What is a deep shelter?

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Low in the ship and near the centerline. Provide maximum shielding from nuclear radiation

68
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What is the DT-60 dosimeter?

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Non-self reading high range causality dosimeter. Determines the total amount of gamma radiation to which the wearer is exposed in the 0-600 roetgens

69
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What is the three parts of the firefighting triangle?

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Heat,oxygen, fuel

70
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What is an alpha fire?

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Occur in combustible materials that produce an ash such as burning wood.

71
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What is a bravo fire?

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Occur with flammable liquid substances such as gasoline, jet fuels, oil, and other petroleum based products.

72
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What is a Charlie fire?

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Energized electrical fires that are attacked by using non-conductive agents

73
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What is a delta fire?

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Combustible metals such as magnesium and titanium.

74
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What is AFFF?

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Aqueous film forming foam

75
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What’s the mixture of AFFF to sea water?

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94% water, 6% AFFF

76
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What is halon 1211?

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Colorless, faintly sweet smelling, electrically no conductive gas that leaves no residue to clean up. Primarily used for class B and C fires.

77
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What is PKP?

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Potassium bicarbonate (purple K powder) intended for class B fires, breaks the combustion chain

78
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Methods to control bleeding

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Direct pressure, elevation, pressure points, tourniquet

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