PPE
The three zones set up for your protection on a hazardous scene.
What are hot, warm and cold zones?
The CBRNE acronym incudes these five agents of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
What are chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives?
This resource is for first responders for initial identification of a hazardous substance and appropriate emergency response.
What is Emergency Response Guidebook?
This is the sign that helps indicate what hazardous substance is being transported.
What is Placard?
99% of all decontamination can be done with this.
What is soap and water?
This is completed prior to donning your PPE equipment to perform decontamination
What is a physical exam?
These three types of Radiation that can contaminate humans.
What are Alpha, Beta, and Gamma radiation?
These items can be used for mass decontamination on scene for contaminated patients.
What are fire hoses, fire trucks, facility showers?
The hazardous chemical physically present on a person's skin, clothing, or hair.
What is Contamination?
You are not decontaminated unless you are this.
What is naked?
These are four routes of exposure.
What are inhalation, injection, ingestion, and absorption?
These are examples of Chemical agents in WMD.
What are nerve, blistering (vesicants), choking, irritants, and blood?
The individual that is responsible for decontaminating a K-9 unit.
What is the K-9 handler (officer)?
This is a detailed document prepared by the manufacturer that provides specific information about a product.
What is the Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
The direction in which you perform decontamination on a patient.
What is from top to bottom?
These are the four levels of PPE referencing clothing protection.
What are levels A, B, C, and D?
These are some examples of Biological agents used in WMD.
What are bacterial, viral, and toxic agents?
The regulatory agency that enforces Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response.
What is OSHA?
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
This is the most significant threat to an unprotected first responder during the initial hazmat victim contact or triage event
What is Secondary Contamination?
These are two different types of decontamination based on the contaminant.
What is wet and dry?
These are the three principles of PPE failure.
What are degradation, penetration, and permeation?
These are two examples of Explosive agents that are used in WMD.
What are incendiary devices, explosive devices, and firearms?
The identifying system NFPA has developed which is found on doorways to chemical storage areas, outside of buildings, and on fixed storage tanks.
What is NFPA 704 Marking System?
Contact with a hazardous material that is now internally absorbed, inhaled, injected or ingested the product.
What is an exposure?
These are the two levels of decontamination for decon workers in PPE.
What is gross and secondary decontamination?