Emergency Care 13th Edition Chapter 37 Flashcards

4501082623	cold zone	area where the Incident Command post and support functions are located.	0
4501082624	command	the first on the scene to establish order and initiate the Incident Command System.	1
4501082625	decontamination	the removal or cleansing of dangerous chemicals and other dangerous or infectious materials.	2
4501082626	disaster plan	a predefined set of instructions for a community's emergency responders.	3
4501082627	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
4501082628	hot zone	area immediately surrounding a hazmat incident; extends far enough to prevent adverse effects outside the zone.	5
4501082629	incident command	the person or persons who assume overall direction of a large-scale incident.	6
4501082630	incident command system	a subset of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) designed specifically for management of multiple-casualty incidents.	7
4501082631	multiple-casualty incident	any medical or trauma incident involving multiple patients.	8
4501082632	national incident management system	the management system used by federal, state, and local governments to manage emergencies in the United States.	9
4501082633	single incident command	command organization in which a single agency controls all resources and operations.	10
4501082634	staging area	the area where ambulances are parked and other resources are held until needed.	11
4501082635	staging supervisor	person responsible for overseeing ambulances and ambulance personnel at a multiple-casualty incident.	12
4501082636	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
4501082637	transportation supervisor	person responsible for communicating with sector officers and hospitals to manage transportation of patients to hospitals from a multiple-casualty incident.	14
4501082638	treatment area	the area in which patients are treated at a multiple-casualty incident.	15
4501082639	treatment supervisor	person responsible for overseeing treatment of patients who have been triaged at a multiple-casualty incident.	16
4501082640	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
4501082641	triage area	the area where secondary triage takes place at a multiple-casualty incident.	18
4501082642	triage supervisor	the person responsible for overseeing triage at a multiple-casualty incident.	19
4501082643	triage tag	color-coded tag indicating the priority group to which a patient has been assigned.	20
4501082644	unified command	command organization in which several agencies work independently but cooperatively.	21
4501082645	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