To make an object or area safe for unprotected personnel by removing, neutralizing, or destroying harmful substances, as radioactive materials or chemicals.

The process of moving air or oxygen into the patient's lungs who is not breathing or is breathing inadequately.

The body system that removes liquid waste from the body and helps maintain the body's water balance.

Barriers such as gloves and resuscitation masks, that prevent being exposed to blood and other body fluids when caring for a patient in an emergency or working around potentially infectious materials.

Rope constructed with an interior core protected by a woven exterior designed to optimize strength, durability, and flexibility.

A chemical here on site known for its physical properties of crystal consistency, corrosive, placard number of 1416 and chemical formula of CuSO4?

The triage system for evaluating and treating multiple patients when resources and personnel are limited.

The body system that extracts energy and nutrients from food to meet the body's needs.

Laws in most states that protect persons from legal liability who voluntarily render care, in good faith, at the scene of an emergency.

The process of securing and safeguarding a rope for a climber. A second rope used during a technical rescue to protect the rescuer from a fall.

A chemical which has the physical properties of a greenish-yellow gas or clear amber liquid, pungent suffocating odor, causes severe irritation, and placard identification number of 1017?

Areas between the bones of the thorax and neck that move inward with the work of breathing in a patient with severe respiratory distress.

The body system that controls all body functions and movement and allows for sensory perception and consciousness.

A set of safety guidelines for treating all blood and other potentially infectious materials as if they are contaminated.

A device for belaying rescue loads that also functions as a general descent control device and progress capture in hauling systems.

A chemical with the following properties: burns with invisible flame, simple Asphyxiant, tasteless gas, and placard identification number of 1049?

A life threatening condition that occurs when vital body organs are not receiving enough oxygen; hypoperfusion.

An organ that develops during pregnancy to supply the embryo and fetus with oxygen and nutrients from the mother by means of the umbilical cord.

The act of terminating patient care without first ensuring the care you started is continued by someone of equal or greater training?

Simple knot, commonly used by climbers and rescuers as part of a life-lining or belay system. A set of wraps using a rope or cord around an object, generally a caribeener. Used as a friction device for controlling the rate of descent in belay systems.

Boiling Liquid Expansion Vapor Explosion

A serious dysrhythmia common after a heart attack, in which the heart muscle quivers rather than pumping blood.

Soft spots of an infants skull between the cranial bones that have not yet developed and fused.

Federal Legislation concerning how all providers of health care must handle patient records and confidentiality.

A transfer technique in which a patient litter is passed over an obstacle by team members rather than having all the team members climb over it.