SOE Module 6.3 Quiz Questions and Correct Answers
1. A blue placard specifically indicates that a Health
chemical is which type of hazard?
2. According to the dose effect principle: the greater the length of time or the
greater the concentration of the ma-
terial, the greater the ettect will be on
the body.
3. An individual trained at the hazardous materi- perform patient care activities outside
als operations level is trained to: of the hot zone.
4. In contrast to the lethal concentration of a a single dose that causes death when
chemical, the lethal dose is: exposure occurs by any route other
than inhalation.
5. It is important to park your ambulance upwind the vapor density of many chemicals
and uphill from a hazardous materials incident is less than that of the air, causing the
scene because: vapor to rise and dissipate as it travels
with the wind.
6. Knowledge of the specific hazardous material you will have an understanding of
involved in an incident is most important be- how the material will attect a patient's
cause: health.
7. Level A personal protective equipment: fully encapsulates the hazardous ma-
terials technician, including their
self-contained breathing apparatus.
8. Medical monitoring and rehabilitation of res- a complete set of vital signs and ECG
cuers at the scene of a hazardous materials monitoring.
incident should routinely include:
9.
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, SOE Module 6.3 Quiz Questions and Correct Answers
Prior to accepting a patient who has been don the appropriate personal protec-
decontaminated by the hazardous materials tive equipment.
team, the paramedic must:
10. The direct exposure of a patient to a hazardous primary contamination
material is called:
11. The temperature at which a liquid fuel gives Flash Point
off sufficient vapors to cause a fire when an
ignition source is present is called the:
12. Upon arriving at the scene of an overturned multiple patients are unconscious or
tanker truck or train derailment, you should be are experiencing respiratory distress.
most suspicious that a hazardous material is
involved if:
13. When a base substance is placed on a burn heat is generated as a by-product of
caused by an acid: the reaction.
14. Which of the following actions can reduce the Removing the patient's clothing
level of contamination of a person by as much
as 90%?
15. Which of the following is an example of a local Blister formation
effect of a hazardous material?
16. Which of the following statements regarding It may be necessary to perform urgent
the warm zone at a hazardous materials inci- lifesaving care in the warm zone be-
dent is correct? fore a patient is fully decontaminated.
17. Which of the following would be of greatest Bill of Lading
value when trying to determine the type of haz-
ardous material a commercial tanker truck is
carrying?
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1. A blue placard specifically indicates that a Health
chemical is which type of hazard?
2. According to the dose effect principle: the greater the length of time or the
greater the concentration of the ma-
terial, the greater the ettect will be on
the body.
3. An individual trained at the hazardous materi- perform patient care activities outside
als operations level is trained to: of the hot zone.
4. In contrast to the lethal concentration of a a single dose that causes death when
chemical, the lethal dose is: exposure occurs by any route other
than inhalation.
5. It is important to park your ambulance upwind the vapor density of many chemicals
and uphill from a hazardous materials incident is less than that of the air, causing the
scene because: vapor to rise and dissipate as it travels
with the wind.
6. Knowledge of the specific hazardous material you will have an understanding of
involved in an incident is most important be- how the material will attect a patient's
cause: health.
7. Level A personal protective equipment: fully encapsulates the hazardous ma-
terials technician, including their
self-contained breathing apparatus.
8. Medical monitoring and rehabilitation of res- a complete set of vital signs and ECG
cuers at the scene of a hazardous materials monitoring.
incident should routinely include:
9.
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, SOE Module 6.3 Quiz Questions and Correct Answers
Prior to accepting a patient who has been don the appropriate personal protec-
decontaminated by the hazardous materials tive equipment.
team, the paramedic must:
10. The direct exposure of a patient to a hazardous primary contamination
material is called:
11. The temperature at which a liquid fuel gives Flash Point
off sufficient vapors to cause a fire when an
ignition source is present is called the:
12. Upon arriving at the scene of an overturned multiple patients are unconscious or
tanker truck or train derailment, you should be are experiencing respiratory distress.
most suspicious that a hazardous material is
involved if:
13. When a base substance is placed on a burn heat is generated as a by-product of
caused by an acid: the reaction.
14. Which of the following actions can reduce the Removing the patient's clothing
level of contamination of a person by as much
as 90%?
15. Which of the following is an example of a local Blister formation
effect of a hazardous material?
16. Which of the following statements regarding It may be necessary to perform urgent
the warm zone at a hazardous materials inci- lifesaving care in the warm zone be-
dent is correct? fore a patient is fully decontaminated.
17. Which of the following would be of greatest Bill of Lading
value when trying to determine the type of haz-
ardous material a commercial tanker truck is
carrying?
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