Get me out of here
Best method to remove unresponsive patient from vehicle when fire is imminent.
Quickly as possible.
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A collection of signs and symptoms associated with a particular chemical exposure.
What is a toxidrome.
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What must you be on the lookout for when responding to a dirty bomb explosion
Secondary devices set off by "booby traps" or delayed timers.
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To keep yourself healthy during an extended MCI response, you should.....
Maintain fluid intake for hydration.
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Best method to preserve crime scene evidence
Inside a brown paper bag.
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1st Rule in extrication after assuring the scene is safe.
What is try before you pry.
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When equipment used in a hot zone to treat a patient is then brought to the ambulance.
What is secondary contamination.
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What priority follows life safety at an MCI?
Incident stabilization: Establish command and notify authorities
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What is your next action when you notice two patients collapsed near the entrance of a building?
Withdraw from the potentially hazardous scene and call hazmat.
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Your primary concern with an unstable patient during a chemical tank leak.
Safely treat the patient.
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One provider interacts with the patient while the other provider stands at a 90-degree angle and observes the scene.
What is Contact and Cover.
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This exposure classification is used for immediate life-threatening effects.
What is acute
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What would you expect to find with patients of a dirty bomb attack that does not cause traumatic injuries.
May have been exposed to radiation and those affects may not show up for months or years.
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If the scene survey indicates there is an extreme hazardous exposure (dead birds) you should....
Move your vehicle further away and communicate to dispatch what you have found.
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Two substances produce an effect that neither would do on its own.
What is Synergistic Effect.
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What is the best way to stabilize a vehicle on it's roof?
Cribbing - wooden blocks in different shapes and sizes that are used to fill gaps and spaces to keep a vehicle from moving or rocking while on it's roof.
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Best action to take when you are unable to read a placard on a hazmat container at 100 feet.
Use binoculars from a greater distance.
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Critical first part of treatment for a chemical agent victim
Getting the patient out of the contaminated area.
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What is a normal response for EMS responders a few days following exposure to a traumatic event
Experience nightmares, intrusive thoughts and easily startled.
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This should be used to decontaminate a patient after brushing away a dry sodium powder.
What is vegetable oil.
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An extrication that will require tools or special equipment to free the victim.
What is complex access
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Type of radiation where a partial-body exposure results in integumentary signs or symptoms days or weeks later.
What is Radiation Injury
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Your safest action at a domestic scene
Remain alert for potential violence from the abuser and the victim.
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Best place to direct the "green" patients during a MVC involving a chemical truck.
Walk upwind, upstream or uphill from the scene.
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What risk is Methane if found in a confined space.
It is combustable.
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