4263878869 | ________ is the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives | Terrorism | 0 | |
4263878870 | _______ _______ is terrorism directed against one's own government or population without foreign direction | Domestic Terrorism | 1 | |
4263878871 | _______ _______ is terrorism that is purely foreign-based or directed | International Terrorism | 2 | |
4263878872 | CBRNE | Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive | 3 | |
4263878873 | ________ _____ ______ _______ (WMD) are weapons, devices, or agents intended to cause widespread harm and/or fear among a population | Weapons of Mass Destruction | 4 | |
4263878874 | ______ ______ are destructive devices, such as bombs, including those used in the initial attack and those placed to be activated after an initial attack and timed to injure emergency responders and others who rush in to help care for those targeted by an initial attack | Multiple Devices | 5 | |
4263878875 | ______ ______ are those placed to be activated after the initial attack | Secondary Devices | 6 | |
4263878876 | Terrorism incidents are also considered ______ ______ | Crime Scenes | 7 | |
4263878877 | OTTO | Occupancy, Type of Event, Timing, On-Scene Warnings | 8 | |
4263878878 | TRACEM-P | Thermal, Radiological, Asphyxiation, Chemical, Etiological, Mechanical, Psychological | 9 | |
4263878879 | Protection of the EMT is based on avoiding or minimizing exposure through the principles of ______, ______, and ________ | Time, distance, and shielding | 10 | |
4263878880 | A ________ emergency is a situation in which the potential or actual point of origin or source of a disease is located | Focused | 11 | |
4263878881 | A ______ ______ ______ manifests itself as a sudden demand in the public health infrastructure with no apparent explanation for the occurence | Public health emergency | 12 | |
4263878882 | ________ are single-celled organisms | Bacterias | 13 | |
4263878883 | ________ are the smallest known entities capable of reproduction | Viruses | 14 | |
4263878884 | _______ are poisons produced by living organisms | Toxins | 15 | |
4263878885 | ________ is the dose or concentration of an agent multiplied by the time or duration | Exposure | 16 | |
4263878886 | ______ _____ ______ are pathways into the body, generally by absorption, ingestion, injection, or inhalation | Routes of entry (Exposures) | 17 | |
4263878887 | _______ (mosquitoes or fleas) can carry biological agents from one host to another | Vectors | 18 | |
4263878888 | _________ is contact with or presence of a material that is present where it does not belong and that is somehow harmful to persons, animals, or the environment | Contamination (Clings to body or clothing) | 19 | |
4263878889 | _________ is the movement of a substance through a surface, or, on a molecular level, through intact materials, penetration, or spreading | Permeation | 20 | |
4263878890 | All ________ incidents should be treated as potential disseminations of radiological materials | Explosive | 21 | |
4263878891 | ______ is defined as the portion of operations that occurs after a written or verbal warning is received but before an explosion takes place | Preblast | 22 | |
4263878892 | ______ refers to operations occurring after at least one detonation has occured | Postblast | 23 | |
4263878893 | ________ means spreading | Dissemination | 24 | |
4263878894 | The most effective means of dissemination is to enable the material to enter the _______ _______ | Respiratory Tract | 25 | |
4263878895 | __________ is packaging or producing a material, such as chemical, biological, or radiological agent, so it can be used as a weapon | Weaponization | 26 | |
4263878896 | The more ________ (easily evaporable) a material, the greater airborne concentration that will be released | Volatile | 27 | |
4263878897 | ________ agents are primarily respiratory irritants | Choking | 28 | |
4263878898 | ________ agents (Blister) cause chemical changes in cells | Vesicating | 29 | |
4263878899 | _______ were referred to as blood agents, preventing the use of oxygen in the body's cells | Cyanides | 30 | |
4263878900 | _______ agents produce the symptoms SLUDGEM | Nerve | 31 | |
4263878901 | SLUDGEM | Salivation, Lacrimation, Urination, Defecation, GI Upset, Emesis, Miosis (pupils) | 32 | |
4263878902 | ________ reflects the relative ease with which the microorganisms involved establish themselves in a host species | Infectivity | 33 | |
4263878903 | ______ relates to the severity of the disease produced | Virulence | 34 | |
4263878904 | ______ reflects the severity of the illness or incapacitation produced by a toxin | Toxicity | 35 | |
4263878905 | ________ means able to move the animal-human barrier, transmissible from animals to humans | Zoonotic (Anthrax) | 36 | |
4263878906 | _________ can affect the blood-forming system, the GI system, and the CNS | Radiation | 37 | |
4263878907 | ______ is a measure of radiation dosage | Rem | 38 | |
4263878908 | ______ ______ is a direct consequence of the HE overpressurization wave and the most common cause of death in a blast injury | Blast lung | 39 | |
4263878909 | _______ are broad general plans designed to achieve desired outcomes | Strategies | 40 | |
4263878910 | _______ are specific operational actions to accomplish assigned tasks | Tactics | 41 | |
4263878911 | The ______ _______ is the most distant control point or boundary of an incident, used to restrict all public access to the incident | Outer perimeter | 42 | |
4263878912 | The ______ _______ isolates known hazards within the outer perimeter | Inner perimeter (Hot Zone) | 43 |
Emergency Care 13th Ed. Chapter 39 - EMS Response to Terrorism Flashcards
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