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| show | A type of transport to a medical facility or between medical facilities by helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft.
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| show | Devices in an emergency vehicle to warn oncoming and side traffic of the vehicle’s approach; includes both sirens and air horns.
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| show | A telecommunicator who has received special training for triaging a request for medical service and allocating appropriate resources to the scene of an incident
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| Transferring | show 🗑
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| show | An assessment system used by EMS providers to rapidly identify those patients determined to have sustained severe injuries that warrant immediate evacuation for specialized medical treatment
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| show | Warning lights in an emergency vehicle that, used together with audible warning devices, alert other drivers of the vehicle’s approach.
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| show | In an extrication, the process of using specialized tools or equipment to gain access to the patient.
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| Cribbing | show 🗑
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| show | The safe and appropriate removal of a patient trapped in a motor vehicle or a dangerous situation.
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| show | A guideline for positioning oneself far enough away from a scene involving hazardous material (HAZMAT)
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| show | Also called the support zone, this area is the outer perimeter of the zones most directly affected by an emergency involving hazardous materials.
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| show | A resource available from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to help identify hazardous materials and appropriate care for those exposed to them.
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| show | The degree to which a substance may ignite.
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| show | Any situation that deals with the unplanned release of hazardous materials.
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| show | Also called the exclusion zone, this is the area in which the most danger exists from a HAZMAT incident.
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| Reactivity | show 🗑
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| show | Location established where resources can be placed while awaiting tactical assignment.
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| show | The degree to which a substance is poisonous or toxic.
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| show | Also called the contamination reduction zone; the area immediately outside the hot zone.
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| show | A standardized, on-scene, all-hazards incident management approach that allows for the integration of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures and communications operating within a common organizational structure
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| show | The guiding principles that enable all response partners to prepare for and provide a unified national response to disasters and emergencies— from the smallest incident to the largest catastrophe.
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| show | A method of sorting patients into categories based on the urgency of their need for care.
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| show | A system of identifying patients during an MCI; different colored tags signify different levels of urgency for care.
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| show | A situation in which a patient has no symptoms.
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| Bioterrorism | show 🗑
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| show | Sometimes referred to as lung blast; the most common fatal primary blast injury, describing damage to the lungs caused by the over-pressurization wave from high-order explosives.
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| show | An acronym for the five main types of terrorist weapons
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| show | The current acronym used by the Department of Homeland Security to describe the main types of weapons of mass destruction
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| show | Explosives such as TNT, nitroglycerin, etc., that produce a defining supersonic over-pressurization shockwave.
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| show | Devices designed to burn at extremely high temperatures, such as napalm and white phosphorus; mostly designed to be used against equipment, though some (e.g. napalm) are designed to be used against people.
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| show | Explosives such as pipe bombs, gunpowder, etc., that create a subsonic explosion.
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| show | Illness; effects of a condition or disease.
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| Secondary effects | show 🗑
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| show | The results of individuals being thrown by the blast wind caused by explosive and incendiary devices; can involve any body part.
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| show | Weapons of mass destruction.
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| show | Any space with limited access that is not intended for continuous human occupancy; has limited or restricted means of entry or exit.
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| Distressed swimmer | show 🗑
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| show | An event in which a victim experiences respiratory impairment due to submersion in water. Drowning may or may not result in death.
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| show | Someone who is not moving and is floating either face-up or face-down, on or near the surface of the water, or is submerged.
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| show | A portable stretcher used to carry a patient over rough terrain.
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| show | Rescues and assists that can be performed from a pool deck, pier or shoreline by reaching, using an extremity or object, by throwing a floating object or by standing in the water to provide either of these assists
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