Emergency Care 13th Edition Chapter 37 Flashcards

2750007680	cold zone	area where the Incident Command post and support functions are located.	0
2750007681	command	the first on the scene to establish order and initiate the Incident Command System.	1
2750007682	decontamination	the removal or cleansing of dangerous chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials.	2
2750007900	disaster plan	a predefined set of instructions for a community's emergency responders.	3
2750007901	hazardous material	any substance or material in a form that poses an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property when transported in commerce or kept in storage at a warehouse, port, depot, or railroad facility.	4
2750008232	hot zone	area immediately surrounding a hazmat incident; extends far enough to prevent adverse effects outside the zone.	5
2750008233	incident command	the person or persons who assume overall direction of a large-scale incident.	6
2750008467	incident command system	a subset of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) designed specifically for management of multiple-casualty incidents.	7
2750008661	multiple-casualty incident	any medical or trauma incident involving multiple patients.	8
2750008962	national incident management system	the management system used by federal, state, and local governments to manage emergencies in the United States.	9
2750009215	single incident command	command organization in which a single agency controls all resources and operations.	10
2750009216	staging area	the area where ambulances are parked and other resources are held until needed.	11
2750009533	staging supervisor	person responsible for overseeing ambulances and ambulance personnel at a multiple-casualty incident.	12
2750009534	surge capacity	a measurable representation of ability to manage a sudden influx of patients. It is dependent on a well functioning incident management system and the variables of space, supplies, staff, and any special considerations (contaminated or contagious patients, for example). (Source: ACEP, 2011).	13
2750012157	transportation supervisor	person responsible for communicating with sector officers and hospitals to manage transportation of patients to hospitals from a multiple-casualty incident.	14
2750009718	treatment area	the area in which patients are treated at a multiple-casualty incident.	15
2750009719	treatment supervisor	person responsible for overseeing treatment of patients who have been triaged at a multiple-casualty incident.	16
2750009720	triage	the process of quickly assessing patients at a multiple-casualty incident and assigning each a priority for receiving treatment; from a French word meaning "to sort."	17
2750009953	triage area	the area where secondary triage takes place at a multiple-casualty incident.	18
2750009954	triage supervisor	the person responsible for overseeing triage at a multiple-casualty incident.	19
2750010247	triage tag	color-coded tag indicating the priority group to which a patient has been assigned.	20
2750010248	unified command	command organization in which several agencies work independently but cooperatively.	21
2750010249	warm zone	area where personnel and equipment decontamination and hot zone support take place; it includes control points for the access corridor and thus assists in reducing the spread of contamination.	22