| acronyms | Casualty Sorting | START | more acronyms/abbreviations | MISC. |
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What is hazardous waste operations and emergency response
HAZWOPER
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What is priority one (red tag)
a patient who is having severe chest trauma and is pale and sweaty
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no more than 60 seconds
How long the START system lets EMRs triage each patient
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breathing, circulation, mental status
what does BCM stand for
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what is terrorism?
a systematic use of violence to intimidate a population to achieve a goal
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What is gastric upset
the G in SLUDGE
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What is priority three (green tag)
a patient who have isolated upper extremity injuries, cuts, and bruises and are responsive to verbal commants
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tell all the people who can get up and walk to move to a specific area
the first step
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weapon of mass destruction
what does WMD stand for
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what are pulmonary agents?
these are gases that cause immediate distress and injury, causing intense coughing, gasping, and difficulty breathing
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What is emesis
the E in SLUDGE
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What is priority one (red tag)
a patient with a breathing rate higher than 30 breaths per minute
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begin where you stand: move in an orderly manner through the remaining patients
the second step
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national incident management system
what does NIMS stand for
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what are incendiary devices?
these are designed to start fires
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What is incendiary devices
the I in BNICE
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What is priority two (yellow tag)
a patient who is in pain from a deformity to the femur and is responsive to verbal commands.
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What is breathing, circulation, and mental status
the three primary observations during the START system
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Incident Command System
what does ICS stand for
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what are metabolic agents?
these affect the body's ability to use oxygen at the cellular level
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What is Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment
START
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What is priority one (red tag)
if you open the airway, and have to position the patient in order to maintain that airway (tag that patient as...)
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move on to the circulation and mental status observations
the patient is breathing at a rate of less than 30 breaths per minute (what do you do?)
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
what does FEMA stand for
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what is Command and Management?
the major components of this part of NIMS are the ICS, Multiagency Coordination Systems, and Public Information Systems
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