Chapter 39 Pre Test
A decontamination corridor would be established in the:
warm zone
Which of the following is the best description of a safety data sheet (SDS)?
Papers kept on site with hazardous chemicals
Which of the following should immediately increase your suspicion of a hazardous materials incident?
Emergency site at a factory
It is characteristic of a disaster plan to be all of the following except which one?
Impractical
Which warning placard is diamond-shaped and divided into four smaller diamonds?
NFPA 704 System
Which of the following statements regarding a disaster plan is false?
A disaster plan should be written to address any conceivable incident
Which of the following settings should most make the EMT consider the likelihood of a hazardous materials incident?
A warehouse
Which of the following must be assessed on a HAZMAT team member before that member enters the hot zone?
Baseline vitals
Flammable solids, substances that are dangerous when wet, and spontaneously combustible materials are:
Class 4 materials
In which of the following areas at a HAZMAT incident are normal triage, stabilization, and treatment performed?
Cold Zone
If an EMS unit is the first to respond to a multiple-casualty incident, which role does the most senior EMT assume?
Incident commander
The characteristics of a rehab area include all of the following except which one?
Large enough to accommodate a single crew
If your crew is the first to arrive on the scene of a major MCI, what will be a major aspect of your scene size-up?
Make a sweep to determine what needs must be met
To command activities at a hazardous materials incident site, the minimum level of training necessary is:
On-Scene Incident Commander.
What does the triage mnemonic START stand for?
Simple triage and rapid treatment
If arriving units are not needed right away, they should wait in the:
Staging area
Which of the following statements about primary triage when resources are limited is true?
You should open a patient's airway and control severe bleeding
Psychological first aid involves:
caring, honest engagement with patients in emotional distress
To be classified as "walking wounded" in primary triage, a patient:
must have only minor musculoskeletal or soft-tissue injuries
Which of the following is a 24-hour resource operated by the Chemical Manufacturers Association?
CHEMTREC
Which of the following statements best describes primary triage?
An initial determination of each patient's priority for treatment and transport
Which of the following statements about decisions made by the transportation unit at an MCI is true?
Priority 1 patients should be transported first, immediately after treatment
Which of the following has the highest priority at a hazardous materials incident?
Protecting the safety of all rescuers and patients
Which of the following best describes the use of secondary triage?
To reevaluate the treatment priorities designated during primary triage
Hazardous material is:
any material that poses an unreasonable risk to life, health, or property
A multiple-casualty incident is:
any medical or trauma incident involving multiple patients
Identification of chemical hazards starts with:
awareness and knowledge of what exists in the community
While other patients are waiting for triage, what is an appropriate treatment measure that can be performed during the ongoing triage process?
controlling severe bleeding
Emotionally incapacitated EMTs:
may not return to duty even after they have rested
Priority 3 patients are also known as:
walking wounded
The plan for a large-scale MCI:
should be a logical extension of the plan for a small-scale MCI