Emt-B Chapter 36

Front 1

Access

Back 1

The ability to gain entry to an enclosed area and reach the patient

Front 2

Command Post

Back 2

The location of the incident commander at the scene of an emergency and where command, coordination, control, and communication are centralized.

Front 3

Complex access

Back 3

Located entry that requires special tools and training and includes breaking windows or using other force

Front 4

Danger zone (hot zone)

Back 4

An area where individuals can be exposed sharp metal edges, broken glass, toxic substances, lethal rays, or an ignition or explosion of hazardous materials.

Front 5

Disentanglement

Back 5

The removal of a motor vehicle from around the patient

Front 6

Entrapment

Back 6

To be caught within a vehicle, room, or container with no way out or to have a limb or other body part trapped

Front 7

Extrication

Back 7

Removal of a patient from entrapment or dangerous situation or positions, such as removal from a wrecked vehicle, industrial accident, or building collapse.

Front 8

Hazardous material

Back 8

Any substance that is toxic, poisonous, radioactive, flammable, or explosives and causes injury or death with exposure

Front 9

Incident commander

Back 9

The individual who has overall command of the scene in the field

Front 10

Self-contained breathing apparatus (S C B A)

Back 10

Respirator with independent air supply used by firefighters to enter toxic and otherwise dangerous atmosphere

Front 11

Simple access

Back 11

Access is easily achieved without the use of tools of force

Front 12

Special weapons and tactics team (SWAT)

Back 12

A specialized law enforcement tactical unit

Front 13

Structure fire

Back 13

Define a house, apartment building, office, school, plant, warehouse or other building

Front 14

Tactical situation

Back 14

A hostage, robbery, or other situation in which armed conflict threatened or shots fired and the threat of violence remains

Front 15

Technical rescue group

Back 15

A team of individuals from one of more departments in the region who are trained and on-call for certain types of technical rescue

Front 16

Technical risky situation

Back 16

He rescued that require specialized technical skills and equipment in one of many specialist rescue areas, such as technical rope rescue, Cave rescue, and dive rescue.

Front 17

When can you leave the scene of the fire?

Back 17

Do not leave the scene even after the fire is out, in case a firefighter is injured during salvage an overhaul. The ambulance should leave the scene only if transporting a patient or if the incident commander has released it

Front 18

How far away should response vehicles the park at the scene of a cave in or trench collapse?

Back 18

At least 500 feet from the scene

Front 19

How deep can you trench be before you need proper shoring

Back 19

4 feet

Front 20

Where does the EMT stay during lost person search and rescue

Back 20

You will stay at the location to which the group will bring the patient; unless the patient cannot be moved, then the group will take you to the patient

Front 21

What should you do if you have a patient who is suffering from compartment syndrome?

Back 21

Do not move that patient or release them from their entrapment. Call and AL S unit

Front 22

How should you protect yourself and the patient if it car needs to be disentangled

Back 22

Both you and the patient should be covered by a thick, fire resistant canvas or blanket for protection from broken glass, fine particles, tools, or other hazards during any cutting or forceful extrication maneuvers

Front 23

With services does an EMT serve during disentanglement

Back 23

Your input is essential so that the patient's injuries are considered as the rescue team plans a move that protect the patient from further harm

Front 24

Law enforcement responsibilities during hazard control

Back 24

Traffic control and direction, maintaining order at the scene, investigating the crash of a crime scene, and establishing and maintaining lines of that bystanders are kept at a safe distance and out of the way of rescuers

Front 25

Firefighters responsibility at hazard control

Back 25

Extinguishing any fire, preventing additional ignition, and ensuring that the scene is safe, and removing any spilled fuel

Front 26

Rescue team responsibilities at a hazardous scene

Back 26

Securing and stabilizing the vehicle, providing safe interests and access to patients, extricating any patients, ensuring that patients are properly protected during excavation or other rescue activities, and providing adequate room so that patients can be removed promptly

Front 27

EMS personnel responsibility at a hazard scene

Back 27

Assessing and providing immediate medical care, triage and assigning priority to patients, packaging patients, providing additional assessment and care as needed once patients are removed, and providing transport to the emergency department

Front 28

10 phases of extrication

Back 28

preparation, en route to scene, arrival and scene size-up, hazard control, support ops, gaining access, emergency care, disentanglement, removal and transfer, termination