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DMAN TEST 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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DMAN TEST 2 QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS
Triage - ANSWER Grouping to do the greatest good for the greatest
amount of potential survivors
SALT triage system - ANSWER Sort, Assess, Life-saving interventions
and Treatment
I.DM.E.D - ANSWER Immediately: Worst wounded, still savable
Delayed: Wounded but expected to live
Minimal: Completely fine, smallest group
Expectant: Probably dead, comfort care
Dead: Dead
Mass casualty vs Mass fatality - ANSWER Casualty: People are still
breathing
Fatality: People are dead
When is it considered a mass fatality? - ANSWER When your needs
exceed your resources
Body Dumping - ANSWER When criminals use a mass fatality event to
dispose of a body
Two types of identification - ANSWER Presumptive and Positive
presumptive identification - ANSWER Drivers ID, Visual ID from loved
one
Positive Identification - ANSWER Tats, scars, birthmarks, DNA
WMD - ANSWER weapons of mass destruction (Bomb)
WME - ANSWER weapons of mass effect
, Nuclear event vs Radiologic event - ANSWER nuclear : detonation and
mass explosion
radiologic event : Finite amount of radiologic activity
What are most dirty bombs made of? - ANSWER stolen nuclear
medical waste from hospitals
dirty bomb - ANSWER Name given to a bomb that is used as a
radiologic dispersal device.
Types of radiation - ANSWER alpha, beta, gamma
alpha radiation - ANSWER positive charge : cant penetrate paper : can
inhale it
beta radiation - ANSWER negative charge : cant penetrate aluminum :
Goes thru skin
Gama Radiation - ANSWER No charge : Cant penetrate lead :
Dangerous
Nuclear and Radiologic Even Injuries - ANSWER blast, burn, radiation
toxicity, electromagnetic pulse
fission bomb - ANSWER uses atomic fission to release energy
Fusion Bomb - ANSWER the worst type of bomb...hydrogen
bomb...Edward Teller who was captured after WWII created it...used for
the intercontinental missile.. equivalent to 20 million tons of TNT
Be an Information hub not repository - ANSWER Information hub :
shared info
repository : kept info
Commonly attacked by radiation - ANSWER white blood cells
getting rid of radiation (3 ways) - ANSWER 1. Lavage - using water to
pump it out
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