Chapter 15: Hazardous Materials

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Toxic substances being metabolized through the liver is a process called:

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Signs and symptoms that a patient exhibits shortly after an exposure to a hazardous material are best described as:

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An information sheet that is required by law to be kept on the premises of a fixed facility that contains detailed information about specific hazardous substances being kept on site is called:

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When a person or equipment comes in direct contact with a hazardous substance, this is known as:

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How many levels of hazmat training are available for emergency medical services (EMS) providers?

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The paramedic who has completed the "technician level" of hazmat training for emergency medical services (EMS) providers has completed education on all of these topics EXCEPT:

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The technician level of training in hazardous materials is equivalent to:

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You are a paramedic who maintains an EMS Level 1 in hazardous materials. The incident commander (IC) assigns you to immediately initiate lifesaving care for a patient who is in the warm zone who is being prepared for decontamination. You should:

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You and your partner have been dispatched by law enforcement to a report of several residents who have been exposed to the hazardous substances inside a confirmed meth lab. You should:

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At a hazmat incident, paramedics may:

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The single most important step for a paramedic to remember when functioning at any hazardous materials scene is to:

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You have arrived on the scene of an MVA involving an automobile and a tractor trailer carrying a hazardous substance that appears to be leaking from a valve. You are staging at a safe distance uphill and upwind of the incident. You should:

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You are responding to a report of numerous people sick with nausea and dyspnea. As you approach the facility, you observe the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704 placard located on the exterior of the building that identifies the blue left segment of the placard with the number 3. You should suspect:

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Structures of all types can contain hazardous substances. A visual recognition aid used to identify hazardous materials within a fixed facility is:

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Which National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard deals with the training standards for emergency medical services (EMS) personnel assigned to hazmat incidents?

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What is the designated area at a hazardous materials incident where only the highest trained and equipped hazardous materials personnel are allowed to function?

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In a hazardous materials incident, normal patient triage takes place in which zone?

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The hot zone, also referred to as the exclusionary zone, is best described as:

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Which statement regarding the cold zone is most correct?

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The term boiling point refers to:

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What type of radiation is most damaging to human tissue?

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While taking a paramedic refresher class, a local hazmat expert is discussing terms commonly used medical hazmat operations. To this end, what does ignition temperature refer to?

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What type of radiation, should an accident occur, does not require any decontamination of those exposed?

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Which answer best explains the role of emergency medical services (EMS providers in preventing secondary contamination at a hazardous materials incident?

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At the point of primary contamination, the contamination:

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What is a local effect of a chemical agent?

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Once substances enter the bronchial tree, they can be absorbed quickly, especially in:

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In any situation involving chemical exposure, what should you do after ensuring your own safety?

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A patient has been exposed to a pesticide through accidental ingestion. The primary treatment for this patient should be:

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A patient has ingested a corrosive, can swallow, and is not drooling. How should you treat this patient?

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A patient with which type of primary exposure typically does not require decontamination?

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What level of hazardous materials personal protective equipment provides chemically resistant splash protection, but not full encapsulation, and includes self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)?

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Which protective ensemble offers the highest level of respiratory and splash protection against unknown substances?

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In considering which type of personal protective equipment to use at a hazmat incident, you should base your decision on:

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What is the universal decon method?

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As a paramedic functioning on the scene of a hazardous materials incident at a fixed facility, you may be asked to:

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As the hazmat entry team completes the decontamination process, they doff their personal protective equipment and move to the cold zone for you to conduct their postentry evaluation. Because the hazmat incident is occurring on a hot and humid July day, your greatest concern for the team members is:

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For prehydration of entry team personnel, sports drinks:

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As the hazardous materials team prepares to make entry into the hot zone to mitigate an active leak, the process of the preentry physical should include documenting all of these bits of information except:

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At which hazmat level should a paramedic be trained to before being able to function in the warm zone of a hazardous materials incident?

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At a hazmat incident involving a chemical spill, paramedics are least likely to:

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You are responding to a scene involving an overturned railway tanker, and you want to identify the material the tanker was transporting. Which is a disadvantage of relying on shipping papers for information about a hazardous material?

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You are responding to a fire at a chemical factory involving an unknown substance. Your partner opens the copy of the Emergency Response Guidebook you have in the ambulance. In the Emergency Response Guidebook, what information is provided within this reference book?

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Which statement regarding operations within the hot zone is most inaccurate?

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During the postentry physical, you discover that an entry team member has an altered level of consciousness, hypotension, and tachycardia. You should:

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The single most important step for a paramedic to remember when functioning at any hazardous materials in which a hazardous material spill is causing vapors to be released into the air is to:

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While you are responding to a motor vehicle accident involving a tanker truck, the dispatcher notifies you that passing motorists are reporting that there are numerous bystanders experiencing acute respiratory distress. With this information, you should:

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An emergency responder who may perform patient care in the warm zone on patients who still present a significant risk of secondary contamination describes:

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A patient has accidentally ingested a hydrocarbon solvent and may have inhaled fumes from the solvent as well. Which statement about hydrocarbon solvents is most incorrect?

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A patient who has undergone field decontamination prior to receiving medical treatment is best described as a:

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Where should an National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 704 placard be expected to be found at?

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When approaching the scene of a potential hazardous materials incident that has a light whitish haze coming from it, you should:

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As you are performing a preentry physical on the assigned entry team, you assess a team member who is exhibiting abnormal vital signs that are outside of the allowable parameters of the department's standard operating procedures (SOPs). You should immediately:

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The respirator designed for use in conjunction with Level C protective equipment that can be utilized during transport of patients with the potential of secondary contamination is:

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When hazardous materials are involved in or threatened by fire, the size of the danger zone is:

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In the case of topical absorption, a toxic substance has entered the body:

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What level of hazmat training for the emergency medical services (EMS) provider allows them to enter the "hot zone" at a hazmat incident?

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In terms of reducing your exposure to an alpha radioactive source, what is the best method?

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When decontaminating a patient exposed to solid corrosives, first:

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A patient inhales chlorine, which causes the patient to develop pulmonary edema. What is a specific means of treating this pulmonary edema (select the most correct answer)?

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As you arrive on scene of a motor vehicle incident involving a package delivery truck, you observe liquids dripping from the rear of the truck and forming a visible vapor as they hit the ground. With this information, you would suspect:

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Your ambulance has just arrived at a hazmat scene where incident command has established hot, warm, and cold zones. Both you and your partner are hazmat awareness level trained. Your most likely duty assignment will be:

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You and your partner respond to a scene at which multiple people are presenting with choking, coughing, and vomiting that seem to be related to the release of a chemical agent in the area. You should expect that:

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Which configuration of protective equipment offers the least amount of protection to hazardous materials exposure?

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You are called to care for a man who is having pain when gasoline got into his eyes. He stated he was refueling his lawn mower, and the gas had been sitting outside in the sun with the cap on tightly. When he removed the gas can lid, gas vapor rapidly expelled and got into his eyes and is now burning. The increase in the pressure inside the can was caused by?

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What is CHEMTREC?

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An incident involving which of the following types of vehicles may result in a hazardous materials incident?

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Each year in the United States, an estimated ________ of hazardous materials are shipped via road, rail, and pipelines.

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You have responded to a ranch where three adult male patients are complaining of abdominal cramping, vomiting, and diarrhea. They state they were applying chemicals to a field when they became ill. Based on this, which of the following should you suspect?

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A substance that may be an acid or an alkali and that can damage the skin and other tissues best describes a(n):

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Unless specially trained, EMS personnel operate in which of the following zones of a hazardous materials incident?

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On the scene of a hazardous materials emergency, which of the following individuals is best suited to serve as incident commander?

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You have just completed hazmat EMS level 2 training. This means that you are now trained to:

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Which one of the following statements shows that the paramedic has a proper understanding of basic operations at the scene of a hazardous materials emergency?

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As you approach the scene of a motor vehicle collision, you realize that there is a tanker truck involved and that it has tipped over. Which of the following actions is appropriate?

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During transport of a patient exposed to a hazardous material, which of the following types of glove provides the paramedic with the best protection during patient care?

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When providing medical monitoring of hazardous materials personnel, for which of the following should you keep a high index of suspicion?

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Which of the following would raise the most suspicion of a hazardous materials incident?

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The most accurate information about a transported substance can be found in which of the following?

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Which of the following regarding hazardous materials is provided by the Emergency Response Guide?

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Which of the following is used to identify hazardous materials in fixed facilities?

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You have entered a manufacturing setting on a call and note a large storage container with a diamond-shaped label. The left side of the label is blue and contains the number 4. The top portion of the label is red and contains the number 1. What does this mean?

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You have arrived on the scene of a chemical leak at laboratory. The placard has a "1" in the blue diamond and a "4" in the red diamond, which means the material is:

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On the National Fire Protection Association hazardous materials classification placard, the blue diamond represents:

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You are working the scene of a collision involving a tractor-trailer that is hauling an unknown chemical. Because no material is leaking from the truck and the scene is safe, the incident commander asks you to get the truck's shipping papers. Where would these most likely be located?

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It has been determined that the concentration of a substance is at IDLH. This means that patients exposed to the area:

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In a hazardous materials incident, decontamination begins in the ________ zone.

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At the scene of a hazardous materials emergency, you have been assigned to the cold zone. In this zone, which one of the following would you perform?

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When working in the warm zone, the paramedic should remember that:

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Which of the following is the most common route of exposure to hazardous materials?

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The highest level of respiratory and splash protection from hazardous materials exposure is provided by level ________ protective equipment.

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Firefighter "turnout" gear is considered what level of protective equipment

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Which of the following is the universal decontamination agent for hazardous materials exposure?

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Which of the following is NOT recommended in managing patients exposed to carbamate pesticides?

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The driver of a truck carrying a caustic substance in powder form has accidentally come into contact with the material. You are first on the scene, and a quick observation indicates that he has powder on his arms. Your immediate action would be to:

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You have been cleared by the incident commander at a hazmat incident to prepare to go off duty. After completing decontamination, which of the following should be your FIRST action?

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Which of these is required for those who may perform patient care in the cold zone on patients who do not present a significant risk of secondary contamination?

Paramedic Care Principles and Practice; 6th Edition.

Chapter 15: Hazardous Materials

Toxic substances being metabolized through the liver is a process​ called:

Signs and symptoms that a patient exhibits shortly after an exposure to a hazardous material are best described​ as:

An information sheet that is required by law to be kept on the premises of a fixed facility that contains detailed information about specific hazardous substances being kept on site is​ called:

When a person or equipment comes in direct contact with a hazardous​ substance, this is known​ as:

How many levels of hazmat training are available for emergency medical services​ (EMS) providers?

The paramedic who has completed the​ "technician level" of hazmat training for emergency medical services​ (EMS) providers has completed education on all of these topics​ EXCEPT:

The technician level of training in hazardous materials is equivalent​ to:

You are a paramedic who maintains an EMS Level 1 in hazardous materials. The incident commander​ (IC) assigns you to immediately initiate lifesaving care for a patient who is in the warm zone who is being prepared for decontamination. You​ should:

You and your partner have been dispatched by law enforcement to a report of several residents who have been exposed to the hazardous substances inside a confirmed meth lab. You​ should:

At a hazmat​ incident, paramedics​ may:

The single most important step for a paramedic to remember when functioning at any hazardous materials scene is​ to:

You have arrived on the scene of an MVA involving an automobile and a tractor trailer carrying a hazardous substance that appears to be leaking from a valve. You are staging at a safe distance uphill and upwind of the incident. You​ should:

Structures of all types can contain hazardous substances. A visual recognition aid used to identify hazardous materials within a fixed facility​ is:

Which National Fire Protection Association​ (NFPA) standard deals with the training standards for emergency medical services​ (EMS) personnel assigned to hazmat​ incidents?

What is the designated area at a hazardous materials incident where only the highest trained and equipped hazardous materials personnel are allowed to​ function?

In a hazardous materials​ incident, normal patient triage takes place in which​ zone?

The hot​ zone, also referred to as the exclusionary​ zone, is best described​ as:

Which statement regarding the cold zone is most​ correct?

The term boiling point refers​ to:

Toxic substances being metabolized through the liver is a process called:

Signs and symptoms that a patient exhibits shortly after an exposure to a hazardous material are best described as:

An information sheet that is required by law to be kept on the premises of a fixed facility that contains detailed information about specific hazardous substances being kept on site is called:

When a person or equipment comes in direct contact with a hazardous substance, this is known as:

How many levels of hazmat training are available for emergency medical services (EMS) providers?

The paramedic who has completed the "technician level" of hazmat training for emergency medical services (EMS) providers has completed education on all of these topics EXCEPT:

The technician level of training in hazardous materials is equivalent to:

You are a paramedic who maintains an EMS Level 1 in hazardous materials. The incident commander (IC) assigns you to immediately initiate lifesaving care for a patient who is in the warm zone who is being prepared for decontamination. You should:

You and your partner have been dispatched by law enforcement to a report of several residents who have been exposed to the hazardous substances inside a confirmed meth lab. You should:

At a hazmat incident, paramedics may:

The single most important step for a paramedic to remember when functioning at any hazardous materials scene is to:

You have arrived on the scene of an MVA involving an automobile and a tractor trailer carrying a hazardous substance that appears to be leaking from a valve. You are staging at a safe distance uphill and upwind of the incident. You should:

Structures of all types can contain hazardous substances. A visual recognition aid used to identify hazardous materials within a fixed facility is:

Which National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standard deals with the training standards for emergency medical services (EMS) personnel assigned to hazmat incidents?

What is the designated area at a hazardous materials incident where only the highest trained and equipped hazardous materials personnel are allowed to function?

In a hazardous materials incident, normal patient triage takes place in which zone?

The hot zone, also referred to as the exclusionary zone, is best described as:

Which statement regarding the cold zone is most correct?

The term boiling point refers to:

What type of radiation is most damaging to human tissue?

While taking a paramedic refresher class, a local hazmat expert is discussing terms commonly used medical hazmat operations. To this end, what does ignition temperature refer to?

What type of radiation, should an accident occur, does not require any decontamination of those exposed?

Which answer best explains the role of emergency medical services (EMS providers in preventing secondary contamination at a hazardous materials incident?

At the point of primary contamination, the contamination:

What is a local effect of a chemical agent?

Once substances enter the bronchial tree, they can be absorbed quickly, especially in:

In any situation involving chemical exposure, what should you do after ensuring your own safety?

A patient has been exposed to a pesticide through accidental ingestion. The primary treatment for this patient should be:

A patient has ingested a corrosive, can swallow, and is not drooling. How should you treat this patient?

A patient with which type of primary exposure typically does not require decontamination?

What level of hazardous materials personal protective equipment provides chemically resistant splash protection, but not full encapsulation, and includes self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA)?

Which protective ensemble offers the highest level of respiratory and splash protection against unknown substances?

In considering which type of personal protective equipment to use at a hazmat incident, you should base your decision on:

What is the universal decon method?

As a paramedic functioning on the scene of a hazardous materials incident at a fixed facility, you may be asked to: