PPE & Safety
This acronym stands for a type of respirator that purifies the air with a powered unit.
What is a PAPR?
These are the three zones in a decon setup.
What are Hot, Warm, and Cold?
This acronym stands for Sort, Assess, Lifesaving interventions, and Treatment/Transport.
What is SALT?
This color DOT placard is used for flammables.
What is red?
This acronym stands for the system used to structure incident command.
What is ICS?
Staff in full PAPR/Tyvek can usually work this long before fatigue becomes a concern.
What is about 2 hours?
This is the recommended solution for gross decontamination.
What is water (low pressure, high volume)?
This color tag is used for patients who are deceased or non-survivable.
What is black?
Magnesium, potassium nitrate, and sulfur are common chemicals in this celebratory hazard.
What are fireworks?
This person holds ultimate authority at an incident.
Who is the Incident Commander?
Removing PPE safely requires these 2 key steps to prevent contamination.
What is careful doffing and hand hygiene?
This is the location of the key to the decon supplies in the ambulance bay.
What is the ER provider cubicle?
A coughing, short-of-breath patient contaminated with pesticide belongs in this triage category.
What is Immediate/Red?
The blue quadrant of the NFPA diamond represents this.
What is health hazard?
This officer’s role is to ensure staff safety during decon.
Who is the Safety Officer?
This common household item can be used to secure PPE cuffs if it doesn’t interfere with safe removal.
What is duct tape?
Patients are decontaminated in this order: adult, pediatric, ambulatory, or non-ambulatory.
What is ambulatory first, then non-ambulatory, with pediatrics assisted?
This is the safest way to decon a pediatric patient.
What is gentle water spray, with parent assist if possible?
Chlorine exposure primarily affects this body system.
What is the respiratory system?
This ICS section oversees resources and staffing.
What is Logistics?
Dizziness, cramps, and confusion inside PPE may signal this condition.
What is heat stress?
This is the first choice to set up decon producers at Glendive Medical Center for most likely scenarios.
What is the ambulance bay?
Hyperventilation and dizziness during a contamination event may actually be caused by this.
What is anxiety or a panic attack?
The difference between a chemical irritant and a vesicant is this.
What is irritants cause temporary discomfort, vesicants cause blistering?
This ERT leader is in charge of Runners, scribes, registration, equipment, and donning/doffing aides.
Who is the Support Leader?