Tech Decon
Scraping, Brushing, and absorption are ___________ methods of physical decontamination.
what is Dry decon
Solidification, neutralization, and sterilization are examples of which types of decon methods?
Chemical
The purpose of mass decon is to remove the contaminant from skin and clothing, and also to
reduce further spread of contamination and exposure
DELAYED- Serious Non Life Threatening
What is Yellow
Who is responsible for designating the level of PPE to be worn by the decon team?
What is The Incident Commander (IC)
Which physical technical decontamination method uses the process of holding a contaminated liquid within another material?
Absorption
Which method of technical decontamination changes the pH of a corrosive, raising or lowering it towards 7 on the pH scale?
Neutralization
SALT includes what four concepts?
What is voice commands, interventation, seperation of expectant casualties, and simple application for patients?
MORGUE- Pulseless/ Non-Breathing
What is Black
Who is responsible for overseeing and providing decon for HERT members as they leave the ETA for rehab.
What is The Technical Decon Lead?
`Once a chemical or contaminant has been removed from a person, ideally it should be ?
contained for disposal.
The decontamination site needs to be _____ of the hot zone to protect response personnel from contamination.
upwind
Organophosphate poisoning results in signs and symptoms that can be remembered by use of the acronym DUMBLES. The "M: stands for ______?
What is miosis
MINOR- Walking Wounded
What is Green
Who is responsible for overseeing/assigning/approving all HERT Operations. Reports to the Hazmat Branch Director within the HIC?
What is The Task Force Leader (TFL)
Removing clothing removes approximately how much of the contaminate?
90%
What type of product control method is often used on shallow liquid spills?
Adsorption/Absorption
What is the first station to set up out of the seven?
What is Tech Decon?
IMMEDIATE- Life Threatening Injury
What is RED
First thing to check during individual assessment
What is life saving interventions i.e. rapid fix ABC's
What is an advantage of dry methods of technical decontamination?
Large amounts of contaminated liquid runoff are not created
What product is often used for controlling vapors of flammable and combustible liquid spills
Class B foams
The _______ of the HERT consists of a victim registration team, casualty care team, and victim decon group?
What is the emergency treatment area (ETA) group
Who is responsible for overseeing and providing triage to all incoming patients using SALT to prioritize patient decon in the triage area?
What is The Triage Lead?
After patient has been through Amb/Non-amb decon where do they go next?
What is survey and monitoring?