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1
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What is a pressure point?

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

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

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11

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What are the principle pressure points on the body?

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Superficial temporal artery (Temple)
Facial artery (Jaw)
Common carotid artery (Neck)
Subclavian artery (Collar bone)
Brachial artery (Inner/Upper arm)
Brachial artery (Inner Elbow)
Radial/Ulnar artery (Wrist)
Femoral artery (Upper Thigh)
Iliac artery (Groin)
Popliteal artery (Knee)
Anterior/Posterior Tibial artery (Ankle)
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4
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What are the 3 classifications of burns?

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First, Second, and Third Degree

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First Degree?

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Produces redness, warmth and mild pain

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Second Degree?

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Causes red, blistered skin and severe pain

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Third Degree?

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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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What are the 2 types of fractures?

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Closed/simple or open/compound

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9
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What is electrical shock?

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When a person comes into contact with an electric energy source

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10
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What is an obstructed airway?

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Obstruction of the upper airway; indications are inability to talk, grasping and pointing to the throat

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11
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What are the 2 types of heat related injuries?

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Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stroke

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Heat Exhaustion?

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A disturbance in blood flow to the brain, heart and lungs; skin is cool, moist and clammy and the pupils are dilated

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Heat Stroke?

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Breakdown of the body’s sweating mechanism of the body. Hot and/or dry skin, uneven pupil dilation, and a weak, rapid pulse

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14
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What are the 3 types of cold weather injuries?

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Hypothermia, superficial frostbite, deep frostbite

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Hypothermia?

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

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16
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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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17
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Deep Frostbite?

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

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18
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What are the 5 different types of shock?

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Anaphylactic
Cardiogenic
Hypovolemic
Neurogenic
Septic
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Anaphylactic Shock?

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A type of severe hypersensitivity or allergic reaction

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Cardiogenic Shock?

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

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21
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What are the 3 objectives of First Aid?

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Prevent further injury
Prevent infection
Prevent loss of life

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Hypovolemic Shock?

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Caused by severe blood and fluid loss

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23
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Neurogenic Shock?

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Caused by spinal cord injury

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24
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What does CPR stand for?

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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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25
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What does CAB mean?

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Circulation/Airway/Breathing

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26
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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 advance life support(EMT’s)
  • Integrated post-cardiac arrest care
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27
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What is the compression to breathe ratio?

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30 to 2

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28
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How deep should a compression be?

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2 inches

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29
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What is the head tilt chin lift?

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Used to introduce air into the lungs

30
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What is ORM?

A

Operational Risk Management

31
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What are the 5 steps of ORM?

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Identify Hazards
Assess Hazards
Make Risk Decisions
Implement Controls
Supervise and watch for change
32
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What are the different classes of mishaps?

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Class A, Class B, Class C

33
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Class A?

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Property damage $2M or more; or an injury resulting in a fatality or permanent total disability

34
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Class B?

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Property damage $500K or more, but less than $2M; or an injury resulting in permanent partial disability

35
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Class C?

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

36
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What is PPE?

A

Personal Protective Equipment

37
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What are some examples of PPE?

A 
Cranial's
Eye or Hearing protection
Impact protection
Gloves
Steel toe boots
38
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What does CBR stand for?

A

Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare

39
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What are the 4 types of chemical agents?

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Nerve, Blister, Blood, Choking Agents

40
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What does M9 chemical agent paper detect?

A

Liquid chemical agents

41
Q

What do we have to give ourselves or others for First Aid in case of a nerve agent attack?

A

Atropine/2PAM Chloride

42
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What are the 2 types of biological warfare?

A

Pathogens and Toxins

43
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What does IPE stand for?

A

Individual Protective Equipment

44
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What type of gas masks do we use?

45
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What does ACPG stand for?

A

Advance Chemical Protective Garment

46
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How many MOPP levels are there?

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5; 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

47
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MOPP Level 0

A

Issue PPE, accessible within 5 minutes

48
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MOPP Level 1

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JSLIST, MASK, Gloves readily accessable

49
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MOPP Level 2

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Mask carried, DECON supplies staged

50
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MOPP Level 3

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GQ called away, install filters, don over-boots

51
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MOPP Level 4

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Don mask/hood/gloves, set Circle William, commence countermeasure wash down

52
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What is Radiological Warfare?

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

53
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What is a High Altitude Air Blast?

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

54
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What is a Surface Blast?

A

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

55
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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

56
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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

57
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What is a Ready Shelter?

A

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

58
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What is Deep Shelter?

A

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

59
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What is the DT-60 Dosimeter?

A

Non-self reading high range casualty dosimeter. Determines the total amount of Gamma radiation to which the wearer is exposed in the 0-600 roentgens.

60
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What are the 3 parts of the Fire Triangle?

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Heat, oxygen, fuel

61
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What are the 4 types of fires?

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Alpha
Bravo
Charlie
Delta

62
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Alpha fire?

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

63
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Bravo fire?

A

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

64
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Charlie fire?

A

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

65
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Delta fire?

A

Combustible metals such as magnesium and titanium

66
Q

What does AFFF stand for?

A

Aqueous Film Forming Foam

67
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What is the mixture of AFFF to water?

68
Q

What is Halon 1211?

A

A Colorless, faintly sweet smelling, electrically non-conductive gas that leaves no residue to clean up. Primarily used for Bravo & Charlie fires

69
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What is PKP?

A

Potassium Bicarbonate (Purple-K-Powder) intended for class Bravo fires, breaks the combustion chain

70
Q

What are the 4 parts to the Firefighting Tetrahedron?

A

Heat
Oxygen
Fuel
Chemical Chain Reaction

71
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Septic Shock?

A

Results from bacteria multiplying in the blood and releasing toxins

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