Acronyms
CERT
What is
Community Emergency Response Team
Applying direct pressure, elevating, and using pressure points is used to treat what medical issue?
What is
Control Bleeding
These are the three essential components that make up the fire triangle.
What is
Fuel, Heat, and Oxygen
Light, Moderate, and Heavy are categories describing this.
What is
Building damage
This is CERT's primary goal
What is
Doing the Greatest Good for the Greatest Number of People
S&R
What is
Search and Rescue
CERT uses these four names/color categories in triage.
What is
Immediate (Red), Delayed (Yellow), Minor (Green), and Dead/Unsalvageable (Black)?
Water, Dry Chemical, Carbon dioxide, and specialized are all examples of this.
What are
Fire Extinguishers
Under the Incident Command System structure, these five major management functions make up the core organization.
What is
Command, Operations, Planning, Logistics, Finance/Administration
This is a CERT volunteer’s first responsibility after a disaster.
What is
Personal and Family Safety
EOC
What is
Emergency Operations Center
This condition occurs when the body is not getting enough blood flow and oxygen to vital organs.
What is
Shock?
The acronym for operating a fire extinguisher is this.
What is
P.A.S.S (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep)
Gathering facts, Assessing damage, Considering probabilities, Assessing your situation, Establishing priorities, Making decisions, Developing a plan of action, Taking action, and Evaluating progress are the 9 steps of this process.
What is
Scene Size-up
Optimum number of people one person can supervise during operations is called this.
What is
Span of Control
PIO
What is
Public Information Officer
The rapid assessment looking for color to return to a blanched nail bed within 2 seconds or less is called this.
What is
A normal capillary refill
When shutting off a gas meter, this type of tool should be used.
What is
Non-sparking
Useful for moderate distances, this emergency carry method for a single rescuer involves lifting a conscious or unconscious victim onto your back like a backpack.
What is
Pack-Strap Carry
The first person to arrive on the scene serves in this role until relinquishing it to someone else.
What is
Incident Commander/Team Lead
ICS
What is
Incident Command System
Cool, moist, pale or flushed skin, Heavy sweating, Headache, Nausea or vomiting, Dizziness, and/or Exhaustion are symptoms of this medical issue.
What is
Heat Exhaustion
This is the order in which breakers should be shut off in a breaker box.
What is
Small breakers first then the main switch or breaker.
This stabilization technique uses stacked wooden blocks to safely support or lift heavy debris and loads during rescue operations.
What is
Cribbing
To prevent chaos, the Incident Command ensures every team member answers to only one supervisor, a core concept known by this 3-word phrase
What is
Unity of Command