Decon Disco
This zone is considered contaminated and requires full PPE.
What is the Hot Zone?
This piece of PPE should generally be removed first during doffing if grossly contaminated.
What are outer gloves?
This process determines patient treatment priority.
What is triage?
This system is commonly used in Pennsylvania for patient tracking during MCIs.
What is EMTrack?
This HICS position has overall responsibility for the incident.
Who is the Incident Commander?
The minimum first action for most contaminated ambulatory patients.
What is removal of clothing?
This is the biggest contamination risk during PPE removal.
What is self-contamination?
This area should remain clear for incoming ambulances.
What is the ambulance corridor?
This information should never be omitted from patient tracking.
What is patient destination/location and ETA?
This section tracks resources and develops Incident Action Plans.
What is Planning?
This is the most common problem during mass decon operations in cold weather.
What is hypothermia?
This PPE level is commonly used by hospital decon teams.
What is Level C PPE?
This operational challenge occurs when contaminated patients bypass decon.
What is secondary contamination?
This triage category represents delayed treatment.
What is Yellow?
This section manages supplies, staffing, and operational support.
What is Logistics?
This type of patient requires litter-based decontamination.
What is a non-ambulatory patient?
This role is responsible for watching staff during PPE donning and doffing.
What is a Safety Officer or trained observer?
This type of patient is most likely to self-present after a chlorine exposure.
What is an ambulatory patient?
This common issue causes patient tracking failures during incidents.
What is duplicate patient identifiers?
This HICS role monitors responder safety and hazards.
Who is the Safety Officer?
This operational issue can force decon operations to shut down rapidly.
What is loss of water supply?
This piece of PPE protects against splash exposure to the face.
What is a face shield?
This operational failure can cause total ambulance gridlock.
What is poor traffic control/perimeter management?
This process reunites patients with families after an incident.
What is reunification?
This document outlines incident objectives and operational priorities.
What is the Incident Action Plan (IAP)?