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The acronym for the triage system CERT used and developed by Hoag and NBFD that emphasizes doing the greatest good for the greatest number through rapid assessment and categorization of victims.
Correct Response: What is START (Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment)?
Extra 100 points - the saying we use to assess patients during triage
What is START (Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment)?
What is 30, 2, Can Do?
The critical ongoing first step in any CERT light search and rescue operation to identify hazards, assess the situation, and determine a safe plan of action.
What is scene size-up?
The four-step acronym taught in CERT for the safe and effective use of a portable fire extinguisher.
What is P.A.S.S. (Pull the pin, Aim at the base of the fire, Squeeze the handle, Sweep side to side)?
The recommended rate of chest compressions per minute when performing adult CPR.
What is 100 to 120 compressions per minute?
What the acronym CERT stands for.
What is the Community Emergency Response Team.
In START triage, after opening the airway, victims breathing at or above this rate are tagged “Immediate.”
What is 30 breaths per minute?
After assessing the damage a building has suffered this is type or degree of damage a building has suffered where it is considered safe for CERT members to enter the building to perform a search.
What is Light Damage?
These three elements must all be present for fire to ignite and continue burning.
What is the fire triangle (heat, fuel, and oxygen)?
The correct depth for chest compressions on an adult victim during CPR (with full chest recoil between compressions).
What is at least 2 inches (5 cm) but no more than 2.4 inches (6 cm)? 2-2.5 inches
The minimum time frame (hours or days) recommended that your emergency kit supplies and rations (food and water) should last you in the event of a disaster.
What is 72 hrs or 3 days?
The primary and most important initial action CERT members take to control severe external bleeding from a wound.
What is apply direct pressure (with a clean dressing or gloved hand)?
CERT uses this simple marking system on buildings to show other teams which ones have already been searched.
What is the X marking system?
Never do this when extinguishing a fire or walking away from an active or recently extinguished fire.
what is turn your back to the fire?
This portable device should be retrieved and attached to the victim as soon as it becomes available during a cardiac arrest.
What is an AED (Automated External Defibrillator)?
During an earthquake, what are the three actions you should take to stay safe?
What are Drop, Cover, and Hold On?
When splinting a suspected fracture or sprain, CERT members must immobilize the injury site plus these two specific areas, while checking circulation, sensation, and movement before and after.
What are the joints or bones immediately above and below the injury?
During a search inside a building, CERT members should perform this kind of search to ensure all rooms are checked, in conjunction with calling out, stopping and listening for trapped victims.
What is right or left handed search?
Name two things you should do right away if you discover a fire that is too big to fight safely.
What are get out and call 911 / activate the fire alarm?
The standard compression-to-ventilation ratio used in single-rescuer adult CPR when rescue breaths are being provided.
What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths?
Besides water and food, name three important items that should be in a family’s go-bag or emergency kit.
What are a flashlight (with extra batteries), first aid kit, phone charger or power bank, prescription medications, copies of important documents, whistle, dust mask or N95, cash in small bills, extra clothes or sturdy shoes, hand sanitizer and toilet paper, emergency blanket, and multi-tool? (Any 3 but not limited to the above listed
For a victim experiencing anaphylaxis who has their own prescribed auto-injector, CERT members may assist by helping administer the medication into this location on the body holding it firmly in place for at least 5 seconds. (Think specific body part)
What is the outer thigh?
CERT members should never do this while searching or rescuing, even if they really want to help someone.
What is work alone / enter an unsafe building by yourself?
Name the five classes of fire. *extra 100 points if you can name one common example for each.
What are Class A (ordinary combustibles like wood or paper), Class B (flammable liquids), Class C (energized electrical equipment), Class D (combustible metals), and Class K (cooking oils and fats)?
The first thing you should do when you first recognize a life threatening condition.
What is call 911 or request ALS.