Body Basics
Closer to the head or a great lake.
What is superior?
Type of rope used to support the weight of a firefighter or victim during a rescue.
What is a life safety rope?
Dyspnea means
What is shortness of breath?
The general location where a fire began
What is area of origin?
A hydrant that receives water from only one direction
What is a dead-end hydrant?
This keeps food from entering the larynx.
What is the epiglottis?
Any rope that double backs on itself without crossing over
What is a bight?
When you auscultate, you are...
What is listening?
What is contamination?
Rivers, streams, lakes, ponds or pools are examples of what type of water source.
What is a static water source?
Protects vital organs and supports the body, without it you'd be a blob.
What is the skeletal system?
Bight, loop and round turn are three parts of this.
What is a knot?
This word is actually French and means to sort.
What is triage?
This type of fire occurs when humans are not involved in the ignition source
What is a natural fire?
Designed to carry large volumes of water, usually 1,000-3,500 gallons.
What is a tender?
The pump, pipes and fluid of the body.
What is the circulatory system?
End of the rope used to secure a tool
What is the working end?
Cyanosis is this color.
What is blue?
Preserving evidence at the scene of a fire is the responsibility of these people
Surge in pressure cause by a sudden stop in water flow, can cause damage to hose, couplings, or pump
What is a water hammer?
33 bones make me up, I also house the nerve highway.
What is the spinal column?
No knot is complete without this
When you use your cranium, your using your...
What is your head?
Start looking for area of origin on a structure fire here
What is outside the structure?
These connect fire hoses together
What are couplings?