EMT: Ch. 36 - Gaining Access
structure fire
a fire in a house, apartment building, office, school, plant, warehouse, or other building
tactical situation
a hostage, robbery, or other situation in which armed conflict is threatened or shots have been fired and the threat of violence remains
technical rescue situation
a rescue that requires special technical skills and equipment in one of many specialized rescue areas, such as technical rope rescue, cave rescue, and dive rescue
special weapons and tactics team (SWAT)
a specialized law enforcement tactical unit
technical rescue group
a team of individuals from one or more departments in a region who are trained and on call for certain types of technical rescue
simple access
access that is easily achieved without the use of tools or force
danger zone (hot zone)
an area where individuals can be exposed to sharp metal edges, broken glass, toxic substances, lethal rays. or ignition or explosion of hazardous material
hazardous material
any substance that is toxic, poisonous, radioactive, flammable, or explosive and causes injury or death with exposure
complex access
complicated entry that requires special tools and training and includes breaking windows or using other force
extrication
removal of a patient from entrapment or a dangerous situation or position, such as a removal from a wrecked vehicle industrial accident, or building collapse
self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)
respirator with independent air supply by fire fighters to enter toxic and otherwise dangerous atmosphere
access
the ability to gain entry to an enclosed area and reach a patient
incident commander
the individual who has overall command of the scene in the field
command post
the location of the incident commander at the scene of an emergency and where command, coordination, control, and communication are centralized
disentanglement
the removal of a motor vehicle from around the patient
entrapment
to be caught (trapped) within a vehicle, room, or container with no way out or to have a limb or other body part trapped