WHATS THE GOLDEN HOUR?
TIMER STARTS WHEN?
the importance of getting critical trauma patients to surgery within one hour of the time: when the injury occurred
WHOS MOST LIKLEY TO BE BLOCKING TRAFFIC TO A HWY INCEDENT, FOR SAFETY?
A FIRE TRUCK
WHATS A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL?
INDECATORS OF THE PRESENCE OF RELEASED HAZ MATERIALS?
any material that poses an unreasonable risk to life, health, or property.
WHATS AN INCEDENT COMMANDER?
WHO HOLD THE MATLE?
the person responsible for leading and coordinating the response to a critical incident, making key decisions, organizing teams, and overseeing the entire incident response process.
–Incident Command assumed by most senior member of first service on scene, then to someone of higher rank
WHAT ARE ACTS OF TERRORISIM?
INDICATORS?
WHO/WHAT DO THEY TARGET
“The unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population or any segments thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives”-The U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation
INDICATORS: A nontraumatic mass-casualty incident
TARGETS: Symbolic and historic, Public buildings or assembly areas, Controversial businesses, Infrastructure systems
"PED TRAUMA PT"
TRAUMA OR PED CENTER?
•Children may benefit by transport to a pediatric specialty facility.
HOW DO YOU SAFELY EXIT YOU RIG?
100 FOR EACH
–Communicate.
–Look out for oncoming traffic.
–Monitor when it is safe to exit.
WHAT ARE THE ZONES ON AN INCEDENTS AND THEIR PURPOSE?
WHAT ARE USUALY PRESENT AT EACH ZONE?
▪Hot zone
–Area of contamination or danger
▪Warm zone
–Area immediately adjacent to hot zone
▪Cold zone
–Area immediately adjacent to warm zone
–Where equipment and emergency rescuers are staged
WHEN REQUESTING RESOURSES, YOU SHOULD ORDER ONLY WHAT YOU NEED SINCE RESOURSES ARE LIMITED?
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
"THINK BIG, ORDER BIG"
PRIMARY DEVICE VS SECONDARY DEVICES? 
a primary device is the initial explosive or destructive device used to initiate a terrorist attack, while a secondary device is a subsequent explosive placed to target emergency responders or others attracted to the scene of the primary device.
WHATS VEHICLE TELEMETRY? AND EXAMPLES
"collecting and transmitting real-time data related to vehicle diagnostics, driver behavior, and environmental conditions"
EX: SPEED, LOCATION OF IMPACT, IF IT ROLLED OVER
WHATS THE POINT OF FLARES?
AND WHERE/HOW ARE THEY PLACED?
move traffic into the correct lane before they reach the edge of the danger zone.
WHAT ARE THE LEVEL OF TRAINING IN HAMAT?
•First Responder Awareness
–No minimum
•First Responder Operations
–8 hours
•Hazardous Materials Technician
–24 hours
•Hazardous Materials Specialist
–24 additional hours
WHATS A MCI?
WHAT MAKES A SCENE A MCI?
multiple-casualty incident
An event that places a great demand on EMS equipment and personnel resources
HOW TO CALCULATE EXPOSURE?
DOSE X TIME = EXPOSURE
MULTISYSTEM TRAUMA PT VS MULTIPLE TRAUMA PT
MST: 2 OR MORE SYSTEM AFFECTED
MT: 2 OR MORE SEVERE INJURIES
WHAT ARE AIR BAGS AND THEIR PURPOSE?
CONIDERATIONS IN REGUARDS TO SCENE SAFETY?
•Airbags designed to inflate on impact, dissipate kinetic energy, and minimize trauma to body
•Creates “smoke” in vehicle
–Cornstarch and talcum powder (and sometimes sodium hydroxide)
•Watch for an airbag that remains undeployed after a crash.
WHATS CBRNE?
AND ITS AGENTS?
a category of weapons and threats that have the potential to cause mass casualties and disruption to society
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives OR weapons of mass destruction.
WHAT SYSTEM IS IN PLACE FOR MANAGEMENT APPROACH FOR INCIDENTS?
BRANCHES?
100 FOR EACH
The Incident Command System (ICS)
–Operations
–Planning
–Logistics
–Finance
–Single incident or unified
Three methods for minimizing exposure to harmful incidents are:
time, distance, and shielding.
REVISED TRUAMA SCORE PURPOSE?
CONSISTS OF?
a physiological scoring system used to assess the severity of trauma injuries and predict mortality, based on:
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
systolic blood pressure (SBP)
and respiratory rate (RR)
ARE HEAD LIGHTS LEFT ON A NIGHT TIME T.C?
WHY OR WHY NOT?
WHAT LIGHTS ARE ON?
100 FOR EACH
NO
Reflective safety vests become ineffective when bright lights blind oncoming drivers
AMBERS/CHERRYS
WHATS THE HAZMAT DIMOND NAMED?
WHAT ARE THE COLORS?
COLOR MEANING?
HOW ARE THEY RATED?
WHATS TRIAGE?
PURPOSE?
NUMONIC?
STAGES AND WHATS DONE IN EACH?
The sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors
START: "Simple triage and rapid treatment"
30/2/CAN DO
FIRST STAGE:
An initial determination of each patient's priority for treatment and transport
SECOND STAGE:
To reevaluate the treatment priorities designated during primary triage
BLAST INJURY S/S
100 FOR EACH
hearing loss, eye problems, and internal organ damage, such as blast lung, blast belly, and blast brain