Section 10

Question 1

Simple access

Answer 1

-A way to gain access to a patient that does not require tools or specialized equipment

Question 2

Complex access

Answer 2

-A way to gain access to a patient that requires the use of tools and specialized equipment

Question 3

Cold zone

Answer 3

-The area adjacent to the warm zone and a hazardous materials emergency normal triage treatment and stabilization are performed here also called support zone

Question 4

Hazardous material

Answer 4

-material that in any quantity poses a threat or unreasonable risk to life health or property if not properly controlled during manufacture processing packaging handling storage transportation use and disposal

Question 5

Hot zone

Answer 5

-The area in which contamination is actually present and generally the area that is immediately adjacent to the accident site and where contamination can still occur

Question 6

Safety zone

Answer 6

-areas surrounding an accident involving hazardous materials designated for specific rescue operations

Question 7

Warm zone

Answer 7

-The area that is established surrounding or immediately adjacent to the hot zone and the hazardous materials emergency the purpose of which is to prevent the spread of contamination life-saving emergency care is performed here

Question 8

Disaster

Answer 8

-I catastrophic event that overwhelms natural order and causes a great loss of property and or life

Question 9

Incident commander

Answer 9

-The person who is responsible for coordinating all aspects of a disaster or multiple casualty incident

Question 10

Incident command system

Answer 10

-The standardize incident management concept that has become the standard for on scene management of disasters and multiple casualty incident

Question 11

MCI

Answer 11

-an event that places excessive demands on EMS personnel and equipment

Question 12

National incident management system

Answer 12

-A system administered by the US secretary of Homeland security to provide a consistent approach to disaster management by all local state and federal employees who respond to such incidents

Question 13

Primary triage

Answer 13

-evaluation of patients that occurs immediately upon arrival of the first EMS crew at the actual side of the incident to quickly categorize the severity of a patient’s condition and priority for treatment and transport

Question 14

Secondary triage

Answer 14

-reevaluation that takes place in the triage unit of the severity of a patient’s condition and priority for treatment and transport

Question 15

Staging unit

Answer 15

-in a multiple casualty incident the unit that monitors inventories and ricks available ambulances to the treatment unit at the request of the transport officer

Question 16

Transport unit

Answer 16

-in a multiple casualty incident at the unit that coordinates patient transportation with the triage and staging units it’s officer communicates with the hospitals involved

Question 17

Treatment unit

Answer 17

-in a multiple casualty incident the unit that is responsible for collecting and treating patients in a centralized treatment area

Question 18

Triage

Answer 18

-The process of sorting patients to determine the order in which they receive care or transportation to definitive care

Question 19

Triage unit

Answer 19

-in a multiple casualty incident the unit that is responsible for prioritizing patients for emergency medical care and transport

Question 20

Acetylcholine

Answer 20

-A neurotransmitter that is distributed throughout the body and is necessary for normal function of the parasympathetic nervous system

Question 21

Acetlycholinesterase

Answer 21

-an enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine nerf agents in Hibbett the action of this enzyme allowing acetylcholine to accumulate

Question 22

Biological agents

Answer 22

-agents that are made up of living organisms or the toxins produced by the living organisms that are used as weapons of mass destruction to cause disease in a target population

Question 23

Cyanide

Answer 23

-A rapid acting agent that disturbs the capability of the cell to use oxygen leading to severe cellular hypoxia and eventual death

Question 24

Cyber terrorism

Answer 24

-do use of computer network tools to shut down critical national infrastructure or to coerce or intimidate a government or civilian population

Question 25

Fall out

Answer 25

-radioactive dust and particles that can be life-threatening to people far from the epicenter of a radioactive detonation

Question 26

Incendiary devices

Answer 26

-Devices using agents such as napalm thermite magnesium and white phosphorus to cause injury by burning at high temperatures

Question 27

Nerve Agents

Answer 27

-agents that block the action of AChE in the plasma of the blood red blood cells and nervous tissue the most severe effects are those to the nervous tissue

Question 28

Nuclear radiation

Answer 28

-Energy released when an unstable Atom breaks apart

Question 29

Persistence

Answer 29

-A characteristic of agents that do not evaporate quickly and tend to remain as a puddle for long periods of time

Question 30

Primary affect

Answer 30

-The blast of an explosion

Question 31

Primary exposure

Answer 31

-primary radiation injury occurs during or shortly after a radioactive detonation

Question 32

Pulmonary agents

Answer 32

-agents that act primarily to cause lung injury and are commonly referred to as choking agents including phosgene other halogen compounds and nitrogen oxygen compounds

Question 33

Quarternary effects

Answer 33

-in an explosion injuries produced by exposure to chemicals or toxins or by structural collapse

Question 34

Secondary effects

Answer 34

-affects from flying debris Sharpenhoe and other projectiles in an explosion the flying debris‘s can cause a significant penetrating injury or blunt trauma flames and hot gases present and explosions also result and secondary affect injuries

Question 35

Terrtairy effects

Answer 35

-in an explosion injuries produced by propulsion for example when a person is propelled by a blast or shockwave and strikes the ground or other objects resulting in blunt trauma

Question 36

vesicants

Answer 36

-Chemical agents that caused blistering burning and tissue damage on contact as well as causing generalized illness if a significant amount is absorbed

Question 37

Volatility

Answer 37

-The tendency of a chemical agent to evaporate a volatile liquid if I operates easily and creates a dangerous breathable vapor