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| Any substance or material capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health safety and property |
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| This is the main cause of fire related deaths |
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| inhalation of toxic products and combustion |
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| What year did chernobyle nuclear accident happen |
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| What is the superfund amendment and reauthorization act also known as the superfund act? |
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| it established requirements for federal state and local established governments regardind emergency planning and the reporting of hazardous materials incidents |
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| What helped helped increase public knowledge about hazardous materials in communities and improve public access to information |
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| Do states have to follow superfund rules |
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| What are forms of formal product identification |
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| placards, shipping papers and other hazmat information |
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| What organization requires material safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals in the workplace |
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| U.S department of labor/ OSHA |
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| Where are most shipping papers are kept during transport |
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| To obtain hazmat information, if time permits, how many sources should be used? |
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| What is the universal poison control center number |
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| What public service provides immediate advice to on scene personnel about the management of known or unknown hazardous materials |
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| CHEMTREC- Chemical transportaion emergency center |
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| What agency should you contact as soon as possible during a hazmat incident |
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| Its a computer aided management of emergency operations |
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| This type of respiratory device requires constant monitoring for contaminants and oxygen levels |
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| Personal respirators or filtration devices |
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| What respiratory device provides the highest level of respiratory protection |
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| atmosphere supplying devices |
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| This provides the highest level of skin, respiratory, and eye protection |
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| This level of protection is typically worn by the decontamination team |
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| This level of protection is worn by paramedics during the transport of a contaminated patient |
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| What level of protection is turnout gear |
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| What is the dose response |
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| It is how the body responds depends on the concentration of the chemical to which the body is exposed |
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| How do chemical irritants harm the body |
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| they emit vapors that affect the mucous membranes of the body (Pepper spray) |
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| Chemical asphyxiants are also known as |
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| This is a term for a gas that not only displaces oxygen in the air but also interferes with tissue oxygenation |
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| blood poisons or chemical asphyxiates |
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| hydrogen cyanide, carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide are forms of what? |
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| Organophophates, parathion and malathion are forms of what |
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| The are substance that damage the liver |
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| Fluorocarbons and halogenated hydrocarbons are forms of what |
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| What type of toxin is lead, organic solvents and mercury |
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| they destroy red blood cells |
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| What carcinogen is wood smoke |
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| it is a dioxins called formaldehyde |
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| What are two categories of corrosives |
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| What is a worse type of corrosive burn- alkalis or acids |
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| This type of corrosive burn leaves a greasy or slick feeling to the skin |
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| This specific assessment type is important when dealing with a pt who has a chemical exposure to the eyes |
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| Immediately dangerous to life and health |
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| Lethal dose that kills 50% of people that it is exposed to |
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| Permissible exposure limit- defined as a time period for which no health effects will be experienced over a 40 hr work week |
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| Threshold limit value-ceiling level - the maximum concentration that should not be exceeded even instantaneously |
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| temp at which a liquid chages to a vapor or gas |
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| Flammable/exposure limits |
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| The range of gas or vapor concentration that will burn or explode if an ignition source is present |
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| The minimum tem at which a liquid gives off enough vapors to ignite and flash-over but needs additional heat to continue to burn |
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| the minimum temp required to ignite gas or vapor without a spark or flame present |
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| The weight of materials as compared with the weight of an equal volume of water |
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| in a hazmat incident, what is a hazard |
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| it is the chemical properties of the material that may cause danger or peril |
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| This is the area of the incident that includes the hazardous material and surrounding area that may be exposed to gasses |
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| hot zone aka red zone, exclusion zone or restriced area |
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| This is the zone where most ems activites such as decon and patient care are performed |
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| This safety zone contains the command post and other support agencies necessary to control the incident |
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| what is the primary goal of decontamination |
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| reduce the patients dosage of material, decrease the threat of secondary contamination and reduce the risk of rescuer injury |
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| What patient care activities should be done in the hot zone |
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| gross airway management, spinal immobilization and hemorrhage control |
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| What are the two steps in rapid decontamination |
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| remove the patient from danger, provide gross decontamination |
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| when first rinsing off contaminates, what temperature should the water be? |
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| what are forms of informal product identification |
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| visual, olfactory and verbal clues, |
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