HAZMAT Awareness and Operations Ch 7 questions & answers with complete solution

In fire fatalities what generally kills people? - ANSWER-smoke PAHs - ANSWER-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons what are believed to be immunosuppressants possibly contributing to reasons they cause cancer? - ANSWER-PHAs HCN - ANSWER-hydrogen cyanide what are responsible for converting nutrients into energy yielding molecules of adenosine triphosphate to fuel the cell's activities? - ANSWER-mitochondria ATP - ANSWER-adenosine triphosphate what is the creation of energy through the breakdown of nutrients in the presence of oxygen? - ANSWER-aerobic metabolism what is the creation of energy through the breakdown of glucose? - ANSWER-anaerobic metabolism without oxygen, what does the metabolic process result in the production of? - ANSWER-lactic acid what are the byproducts of aerobic metabolism? - ANSWER-carbon dioxide and water how does cyanide toxicity kill people? - ANSWER-the inability of the body to use oxygen for aerobic metabolism