Where there's smoke...
Carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, and water vapor.
What are gases commonly found in smoke from structure fires?
Components of the fire tetrahedron.
What is fuel, oxygen, heat and self-sustaining chemical reaction?
This injury is often treated by splinting, icing, elevation and administration of pain medication.
What is a fracture, sprain or strain?
Firefighters working on a roof in winter should stay on this "hooked" device to reduce the risk of slipping on snow and ice.
What is a roof ladder?
After working a structure fire, you feel tired, dizzy, have a headache and a racing heart. You are most likely suffering from this condition.
What is dehydration?
Gas that binds to hemoglobin irreversibly with greater affinity than oxygen.
What is carbon monoxide?
A rapid oxidation of a material in an exothermic process with release of heat, light and various reaction products.
What is fire?
You could use one of these hydraulic tools to push the dashboard off the legs of person pinned in the driver's seat due to an MVA.
What are hydraulic ram or the spreaders?
This thermal injury is typically describe as having several phases including a second and third degree. It is characterized by skin progressing from pale, cold, numb and stiff to white, blue and mottled or worse. Underlying tissues suffer as well.
What is frostbite?
This rhinovirus illness is characterized by minor soreness, occasional low grade fever, sneezing and a hacking cough.
What is the common cold?
Improved visibility, reduced flashover risk, decreased interior temperature, decrease in toxic gases.
What are benefits of ventilation when fighting a fire?
An thermal injury involving the dermis and epidermis. Characterized by red, hot skin that is blistered and may be swollen.
What is a second-degree burn?
This type of injury is characterized by a bone bending and cracking but not separating into separate pieces. It is more common in children.
What is a greenstick fracture?
Firefighting gear does not allow for effective heat dissipation and firefighters often sweat heavily in their gear. In winter conditions they may begin to shiver and then develop slurred speech, confusion, poor decision making, clumsiness, etc. What condition should be suspected?
What is hypothermia?
This condition exhibits pinpoint pupils, decreased level of consciousness, decreased respiration/respiratory arrest.
What is an opioid overdose?
This is indicated by heavy dense smoke that that escapes the building in "puffs" being sometimes drawn back in giving the impression the building is breathing.
What is backdraft?
A fog nozzle delivers a stream of water with this characteristic. It's an example of a ____ stream that starts with "b."
What is a broken stream (i.e. droplets)?
You respond for a person with an impaled object into themselves. What do you do with the impaled object?
What is securing it in place and not removing the object?
This nautically named metal device is dropped into a chimney to break up clumps of burning material when fighting a chimney fire.
What is a torpedo?
After heroically removing someone from a house fire, you notice they have soot-stained nares, difficulty breathing, hoarseness and are coughing black sputum. What injuries do you suspect?
What are inhalation injuries including burns and edema?
This element, atomic number 6, is heavily present as a solid particle in smoke and is the main component in soot.
What is carbon?
This physical property of dihydrogen monoxide (H20) allows it to absorb and store heat makes it a great choice for fighting fires.
What is heat capacity of water?
This condition isn't uncommon in the elderly and women. It makes bones brittle and prone to breaking especially with "minor accidents" like falls in the home.
What is osteoporosis?
While preparing to go out on the ice for a rescue, you want to be sure you are wearing this and have these safety items on and with you.
What is a gumbi suit (survival suit), ice picks, rope tether. (helmet, banana boat)?
You respond for a call for a sick child. You arrive to find a sweat soaked, fussy two-year-old who is acting like a normal two-year-old. Parents say child has had a cold, suddenly started shaking uncontrollably and wasn't responding to their voice. What do you suspect occurred?
What is a febrile seizure?