nt should receive a a 2 to 5 min water rinse.
-Solids or particulate contaminants should brushed off lightly.
-Rinsing should start at head to reduce spreading to eyes nose or mouth.
Multiple casualty incident
-Any medical or trauma incident involving multiple patients
-Most common is an automobile crash involving 3 or more patients.
-A predefined set of instructions that tells a community's various emergency responders what to do in specific emergencies.
List of what the disaster plan should be
-Written to address the events that are conceivable for a particular location
National incident management system
-The management system used by federal, state, and local governments to manage emergencies in the U.S.
Incident command system
-A subset of the NIMS designed specifically for management of multiple casualty incidents
-The first on scene to establish order and initiate the incident command system
Single incident command
-Command organization in which a single agency controls all resources and operations
-Often used at fire and rescue incidents
-Command organization in which several agencies work independently but cooperatively
-The person or persons who assume overall direction of a large scale incident
-Best way to manage resources in most communities