Emergency Preparedness Response Course (EPRC) CBRN for Medical Personnel and First Responders (4 hours)

Which of the following is NOT a physical requirement of those expected to wear PPE?

Ability to handle emergency conditions

You are certain that your patient, who is now convulsing from nerve agent exposure, has already received three MARK 1/ATNAA kits and their diazepam. What else should be done?

All of the above

What method is used to estimate a radiation dose by measuring the biological response to an absorbed dose of ionizing radiation?

Biodosimetry

How is the victim of a pulmonary agent exposure presenting with respiratory distress less than 4 hours after exposure classified?

Expectant

What phase is characterized by improvement of symptoms but becomes shorter with increasing doses.

Latent

What blood test is available that will give an accurate estimate of radiation dose?

Lymphocyte count

________ damage brings death very quickly so that the consequences of exposure to other systems do not have time to express themselves.

Neurovascular

Cyanide is historically found in the following EXCEPT:

Teflon

How do nerve agents produce effects in the body?

They inhibit the enzyme Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) allowing Acetylcholine (ACh) to accumulate

Type of decontamination that is carried out by a unit to reduce contamination equal to natural background or to the lowest level possible.

Thorough

Following a nuclear detonation, some of the casualties with survivable injuries are possibly contaminated with radiological material. Which of the below courses of action is most appropriate for the situation?

Treat all life-threatening injuries first

Which of the following bacterial diseases typically produce ulcers on the skin?

Tularemia

What types of CBRNE agents are man-made and act rapidly, burn and blister skin, mucous membranes, airways and gastrointestinal systems?

Vesicants

Patients with concurrent surgical injuries and radiation exposure should either be operated on expeditiously or _____________________________.

delayed until past the time of bone marrow suppression and delayed wound healing