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Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Handling Hazardous Materials
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Here are some tips for EMTs working with hazardous materials: Be aware of hazardous materials: Hazardous materials can include explosives, flammable substances, poisons, and radioactive materials. Use personal protective equipment: This includes gloves, masks, and eye protection. Pay attention to hazardous scenes: Make sure the scene is safe. Understand decontamination procedures: Emergency personnel should understand decontamination procedures to ensure patient care and worker protection.  You should also: Establish evacuation plans, Monitor media for emergency information, Stay away... Show more
Prehospital Emergency Care Practice Test: Handling Hazardous Materials
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25 Questions

1. A patient has received burns to his arm from a beta particle exposure. This type of damage would be classified as:
2. Which mnemonic can be used to help remember the types of damage that can be caused by hazardous materials?
3. A train carrying radioactive materials has derailed. The radiation safety officer informs you that you will be transporting a 31-year-old male who was exposed to the radioactive waves emitted by the material. As such, you should recognize that:
4. You have arrived on the scene of a chemical leak at an industrial park. The placard on the leaking container has a '1' in the blue diamond and a '4' in the red diamond, which means the material is:
5. What is the level of training for those who respond to the release of hazardous materials so as to protect people, property, and the environment?
6. What does the 'M' in the mnemonic TRACEM stand for?
7. What is one of the most common criminal uses of hazardous materials that the EMT is likely to encounter?
8. Where is at EMT at highest risk for exposure to phosphine gas?
9. How long can a person who has radiation sickness expect to have symptoms?
10. A worker has been exposed to beta rays given off by a radioactive material, but is not contaminated. He presents to you when the fire department carries him out from the industrial plant in which there was an explosion and partial building collapse. What should you do first?
11. You are at a scene where a radioactive material is emitting alpha rays. As a knowledgeable EMT, you recognize that the proper shielding from these rays can be achieved by:
12. If the red diamond on a National Fire Protection Association placard contains a '4,' the EMT should recognize that the material within this container is:
13. At the scene of a hazardous materials emergency, you have been assigned to the cold zone. In this zone, which type of activities will you be performing?
14. Which class of chemicals would a terrorist likely use in an attack?
15. While a factory employee is moving a container of a radioactive liquid, some of the liquid splashes onto his arm. This situation is best be described as:
16. On the National Fire Protection Association hazardous materials classification placard, the blue diamond represents:
17. When working in the 'warm' zone, the EMT must remember that:
18. When relying on your senses to determine whether a hazardous spill has occurred, you should:
19. What is the LEAST reliable way to determine the presence of hazardous materials?
20. A small truck has gone over an embankment. The driver has a head injury and is confused, but is able to tell you that he is hauling N-acetyl-para-aminophenol. Which resource would provide you with the best initial information about this chemical?
21. You recognize the need to call CHEMTREC to get information on what is contained within the tanker. Which piece of information is it critical to provide to this agency so it can respond with helpful information?
22. You have arrived at the scene where a tractor-trailer overturned into a small ravine adjacent to the freeway. As you exit the ambulance and are donning your gloves, the driver of the truck approaches and informs you that he was hauling radioactive medical wastes and warns you that there is a car underneath the overturned trailer. Given this situation, what should you do immediately?
23. You are working the scene of a collision involving a tractor-trailer that is hauling an unknown chemical. After it has been determined that no material has been spilled, the rescue chief asks you to get the truck's shipping papers. Where would these papers most likely be located?
24. The EMT would best describe a hazardous material as:
25. Which class of hazardous materials includes radioactive sources that may be exploited by terrorists in an attack?

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