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MODULE 2UNIT 3

Self Protection,

Rescue, Decontamination & Medical

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Unit 3 Learning Objective

At the completion of this unit, the student will be able to identify self protection

measures and how to conduct a scene assessment for evaluation and rescue.

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Student Performance Objectives

• Know and follow self-protection measures and rescue and evacuation procedures for WMD events.

• Know how to rescue victims of a potential WMD or hazardous materials event. Follow procedures for moving victims to a safe area for triage and treatment.

• Know how to select and use personal protective equipment (PPE) needed to work safely within the hot zone and warm zone on the scene of a potential WMD event. Fully understand the limitations of the PPE. Follow department policy on the use, inspection, and maintenance of PPE.

• Know how and when to use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) issued by the department to work in the hot and warm zones on the scene of a potential WMD event. Be able to select appropriate PPE for the hazards present. Use reference manuals to assist in selecting appropriate PPE. Fully understand the limitations of the PPE. Follow departmental policy for use, inspection, and maintenance of PPE.

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Student Performance Objectives (cont.)

• Understand the hazards and risks associated with wearing chemical protective clothing and other protective clothing at a potential WMD event. Understand and follow the rehabilitation steps to help responders reduce the level of heat stress.

• Follow department’s safety procedures and practices for retrieving, handling, transporting, and disposing unknown or suspicious packages.

• Know and follow state environmental department safety procedures and practices for retrieving, handling, transporting, and disposing of a hazardous material or WMD agent.

• Know and follow safety procedures for HazMat responders or hazardous waste contractors in retrieving, handling, packaging, and transporting hazardous materials or WMD agents to a predetermined waste disposal site. Coordinate these activities with law enforcement personnel and the on-scene Incident Commander.

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Student Performance Objectives (cont.)

• Understand the hazards and risks in using chemical protective clothing. Follow department precautions and safe practices to safeguard the wearer of the clothing as he/she performs assigned tasks. Understand and implement rehabilitation steps to help responders reduce the level of heat stress. Take other precautions to protect on-the-scene responders.

• Know how to plan for and implement, in coordination with the emergency medical group, medical monitoring protocols for those persons entering the hot zone or warm zone as needed.

• Know how to plan for and implement, in coordination with HazMat and fire personnel, medical monitoring protocols for those persons entering the hot zone or warm zone as needed. These plans will include recording vital signs of personnel before entry and upon leaving the hot or warm zones, as well as monitoring vital signs of rescue personnel at other designated times.

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Student Performance Objectives (cont.)

• Know how to coordinate with EMS protocols for medical monitoring of emergency responders and other persons entering and leaving the hot and warm zones.

• Be able to help mitigate on-scene hazards and risks to responders and the public. Assist the on-scene incident commander in developing and implementing strategies and tactics to reduce on-scene risks for responders and the public. Be able to recognize special threats, such as terrorists using exploding secondary devices to harm emergency responders. Follow procedures and practices for safely searching for these devices and, if found, controlling or removing these types of threats from the scene.

• Know and follow measures for protecting victims and other individuals from hazardous materials or WMD agents, including secondary devices. Coordinate implementation of on scene precautions with law enforcement personnel and the incident commander.

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Student Performance Objectives (cont.)

• Have experience in emergency medical basic life support treatment, rescue of victims and responders, triage, decontamination of persons and equipment, and transport of victims exposed to WMD agents.

• Follow appropriate decontamination procedures to protect victims, emergency responders, the public, and equipment, including vehicles that will be reused. Coordinate decontamination procedures with the incident commander.

• Understand the importance of and know how to implement appropriate decontamination procedures for victims, responders, mass casualties, and equipment that will be reused. Use reference manuals as needed.

• Be able to determine (or assist in determining) critical factors for site clean up by a hazardous waste contractor after resolution of the emergency. Follow State environmental procedures for site clean up and waste disposal.

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Self Protection Measures

Self protection measures are very important to the overall response effort. If

you are not able to help in the effort because of an exposure, you have

essentially become part of the problem instead of the solution

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Personal Protective Equipment

Choosing PPE is one of the most difficult decisions a HazMat technician can make.

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Protection

• Chemical ResistancePermeationDegradationPenetration

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NOTICE

It is important to note that no material protects against all chemicals or combinations of chemicals, and that no currently available material is an effective barrier to any prolonged chemical exposure.

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Levels of Protection

OSHA and the EPA established guidelines and terminology to address a PPE ensemble. The combination of gear worn (respiratory protection device and type of clothing) establishes the level of protection.

•Level D•Level C•Level B•Level A

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Personal Protective Hazards

Heat stress can cause:

•heat rash

•heat cramps

•heat exhaustion

•heat stroke

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Medical Monitoring

The Incident Commander along with the Safety Officer should make certain that

there are sufficient resources at the scene of the WMD incident for medical

monitoring before entry into the hot zone as well as after exiting the hot zone for

post medical monitoring.

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Rescue Operations

• NOTE: The decision to rescue a person that may place the rescuer at an increased risk of harm is at the rescuer’s sole discretion. You MUST make a decision based on “risk vs. benefit”.

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Rescue Triage

• First Priority

• Second

• Third

• Fourth

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Medical Triage

• Deceased

• Immediate

• Delayed

• Minor

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Medical Support

• Basic Life SupportA, B, Cs

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Decontamination

• Emergency Decon

• Mass Casualty DeconHose LinesEngine CorridorsLadder CorridorsTents and Trailers

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Decontamination (cont.)

• Hospital Decon

• Technical Decon

• Equipment Decon

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Decontamination (cont.)

• Collection of clothing as Evidence

• Unruly people

• Handling Evidence

• Transporting

• Clean-up

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Unit 3 Quiz

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Questions