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Which of the following BEST describes the patients who are assigned to the green category in triage?
"Minor" walking wounded
Which of the following defines the term "hazardous material"?
A hazardous material is defined as any material that poses a threat to life, health, or property.
Which of the following defines a multiple-casualty incident?
A situation that places excessive demands on personnel and equipment
Which of the following statements BEST describes primary triage?
An initial determination of each patient's priority for treatment and transport
Your training has prepared you to recognize a potential hazardous material and request additional resources. This describes what level of training?
Awareness-level training
Which of the following must be assessed on a hazmat team member before he or she enters the hot zone?
Baseline vitals
Which of the following findings would result in a patient at an MCI being categorized as yellow?
Breathing less than<30 times per minute, radial pulse present, able to follow commands
Which of the following is a 24-hour resource operated by the American Chemistry Council?
CHEMTREC
Which of the following is considered to be a valuable informational resource in dealing with hazardous materials incidents?
CHEMTREC
Which of the following BEST describes secondary triage?
Checking the same criteria as in primary triage after the patient reaches the triage area to determine whether a patient's priority should be upgraded or downgraded
Which of the following serves as an important resource to the EMT who is responding to a hazardous materials incident?
Chemical Transportation Emergency Center
Flammable solids, substances that are dangerous when wet, and spontaneously combustible materials are:
Class 4 materials.
Which of the following should be established FIRST at a hazardous materials incident?
Control zones
While other patients are waiting for triage, what are appropriate treatment measures that can still be performed during the ongoing triage process?
Controlling severe bleeding
Which of the following tasks must be accomplished before a patient can leave the warm zone?
Decontamination
Which of the following pieces of information can be referenced in the Emergency Response Guidebook?
Description of actions to be taken
Which of the following statements is CORRECT about MCI triage?
During primary triage, you should open a patient's airway and control severe bleeding.
Which of the following is a reference that provides complete emergency instructions for more than a thousand hazardous materials based on their UN identification number?
Emergency Response Guidebook
No minimum training hours are required for:
First Responder Awareness.
Which level of training is required for hazardous materials responders who are first on the scene to protect people, property, and the environment?
First Responder Operations
Which of the following is an essential feature of a disaster preparedness plan?
Flexibility: is required since the nature, exact location, and scope of an event cannot be predicted.
Which of the following actions is appropriate to take during an MCI to reduce the stress of the event?
Getting rest periods and food
Which of the following is an example of a rescue worker's abnormal reaction to a stressful MCI situation?
Having recurrent nightmares of the MCI months later
Where is the safest zone to provide medical care of a patient who has been covered with a hazardous material?
In the cold zone after the patient has been decontaminated
If an EMS unit is the first to respond to a multiple-casualty incident, which role does the most senior EMT assume?
Incident commander
What should responders do with any clothing that is worn in the warm or hot zones of a hazardous incident?
Leave it at the scene.
Which of the following should make the EMT consider the likelihood of a hazardous materials incident?
Multiple patients with similar complaints
Which of the following would MOST increase your suspicion of a hazardous materials incident?
Multiple victims at a warehouse
Which of the following is the CORRECT terminology for a situation in which the number of patients exceeds the capabilities and resources of the EMS system?
Multiple-casualty incident
Which warning placard is diamond-shaped and divided into four smaller diamonds?
NFPA 704 system
Which of the following statements BEST explains the use of your senses to detect hazardous materials?
Not all hazardous materials give sensory clues to their presence.
Which of the following agencies has developed regulations for how emergency workers deal with hazmat incidents?
OSHA and the EPA both have regulations regarding hazmat incidents.
Which of the following is essential to the functioning of NIMS?
Only individuals who are directly subordinate to Command should talk to Command
During triage, you encounter an adult patient who is not breathing. Which of the following actions is the NEXT step you should take?
Open the airway and reassess breathing.
You are assigned to the triage unit at an MCI, and you are going from patient to patient, assigning triage categories. Which of the following interventions is acceptable in this phase of the process?
Opening the airway
Which of the following is the BEST description of a safety data sheet (SDS)?
Papers kept on-site with hazardous chemicals
Which statement BEST describes the use of the "black" category in triage?
Patients who are deceased or who are expected to die because they cannot maintain their airway or breathing
Which of the following is a basic principle of disaster preparedness planning?
Prepare a plan that focuses on doing the most good for the greatest number of people.
Which of the following should immediately increase your suspicion of a hazardous materials incident?
Presence of a Class 1 placard
At an MCI, which of the following is performed when the EMT FIRST encounters an injured patient?
Primary triage
Which of the following has the HIGHEST priority at a hazardous materials incident?
Protecting the safety of all rescuers and patients
In addition to toxicity and flammability, which of the following is among the harmful properties of hazardous materials?
Reactivity
Which of the following hazards is represented by the yellow area on an NFPA placard?
Reactivity
What is the FIRST action an EMT should take on arriving at an MCI after incident command has been established?
Report to incident command
Which of the following is needed for effective response to an MCI?
Requesting necessary resources
Which of the following would place a patient as a priority 1 or red during triage?
Respirationsgreater than>30 per minute
What are the three criteria for assessing patients during triage?
Respiratory status, perfusion status, and mental status
Which of the following must be done before leaving the warm zone and entering the cold zone at a hazmat incident?
Shed all contaminated clothing
Which of the following will identify the substance and quantity of hazardous materials being transported?
Shipping manifests
In which of the following areas are ambulances, transport personnel, and equipment held until needed at an MCI?
Staging
You have been assigned to the transport unit at an MCI. In what area will you wait while awaiting your assigned patient?
Staging
Which of the following do rescuers MOST commonly experience as a result of an MCI?
Stress
You are triaging a child who is not breathing. When you have opened the airway, the child does not begin breathing. Which of the following is the CORRECT next step?
Tag the child as "black" and move on.
Where is the preferred site for performing primary triage?
The location where the patients are found
Which of the following must be identified in hazardous materials shipping papers?
The origin of the shipment
Who is responsible for overseeing ambulances and ambulance personnel at an MCI?
The staging supervisor
When you call CHEMTREC, which information is essential?
The type and size of container involved
Which of the following describes the roles of hazardous materials specialists?
They provide command and support activities at the site of a hazardous materials incident..
Which of the following is a principal purpose of NIMS?
To decrease responder confusion
Which of the following BEST describes the use of secondary triage?
To reevaluate the treatment priorities that were made during primary triage
What medical term is used to describe a process for prioritizing patients for treatment and transport on the basis of the severity of their conditions?
Triage
You are on the scene of a large fire with casualties. Which sector is responsible for sorting patients and assigning priorities for treatment and transportation?
Triage
Which of the following is TRUE about the treatment unit in an MCI?
Triage continues in the treatment area, and patients may be moved from one area to another if their condition changes.
Which of the following are typical EMT assignments at an MCI?
Triage, treatment, transport, or staging
Which of the following is the MOST likely assignment for an EMT team at an MCI?
Triage,treatment, staging, and transport.
During triage of a six-year-old patient, you discover that the patient is awake, breathing 28 times per minute, has a palpable pulse, and responds to verbal stimuli. The patient is NOT ambulatory. What is the CORRECT triage category for this patient?
Yellow
Adequately managing a patient during an MCI may require the EMT to:
administer psychological first aid.
At a hazmat incident, all EMS personnel must be staged in the:
cold zone
In which of the following areas at a hazmat incident are normal triage, stabilization, and treatment performed?
cold zone
Which of the following is the BEST choice for triage supervisor?
most knowledgeable
Which of the following statements BEST describes the treatment that is acceptable during triage in MCIs?
opening the airway and controlling severe bleeding.
A patient at an MCI is unresponsive but breathing 24 times per minutes with a strong radial pulse. To what triage category should the patient be assigned?
red
The highest priority for treatment and transport at an MCI are patients who are triaged to which of the following categories?
red: Patients who are categorized as red are those with the most immediately life-threatening injuries. They are the highest priority for treatment and transport. Next Question
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
EMS providers who become emotionally incapacitated during an MCI should be:
treated as patients.
Priority 3 patients are also known as:
walking wounded.
To which of the following sectors is an EMT LEAST likely to be assigned at the scene of an MCI?
Finance/administration
Which of the following is TRUE about decisions made by the transportation unit at an MCI?
High-priority patients should be transported first, immediately after treatment.
Which of the following statements BEST describes the rationale of performing both primary and secondary triage?
Patients' conditions may stabilize or deteriorate after primary triage, requiring reassignment of priority for treatment and transport.
Which of the following statements BEST explains the difference between primary triage and secondary triage?
Patients' conditions may stabilize or deteriorate after primary triage, requiring reassignment of priority for treatment and transport.
What is a normally anticipated psychological reaction of disaster survivors?
Sadness, anxiety, and fear
