Emergency Procedures

When preparing to use a fire extinguisher, what must you do FIRST?

• Use a side-to-side sweeping motion
• Pull the pin
• Aim at the bottom and edge of the fire
• Squeeze the handle

You are working alone in a medical laboratory when a large machine sparks and then starts to flame up and spreads to the cabinet and papers above. What should you do?

• Use a Class A extinguisher
• Use a Class C extinguisher
• Activate the fire alarm
• Evacuate the building

What is inside a Class A extinguisher?

• Halon
• Carbon dioxide
• Hydrogen
• Water

You are working in a dental laboratory on the 4th floor of an office building when you hear the fire alarm. What should you do?

• Wait until you receive some indication that this is a real fire and not a false alarm
• Call the fire department
• Evacuate the building using the stairs
• Go to the office and gather up as many records as possible and put them on a cart to remove from the building in the event there really is a fire.

Which of the following is considered a fire hazard?

• “No Smoking” sign on a room with oxygen in use
• The use of an electrical blow dryer in a hospital room
• Wheelchairs and stretchers blocking a stairwell
• Waste materials disposed of in metal containers

When using RACE acronym, what follows “Activate alarm.”

• Contain the fire
• Cut off oxygen supply
• Check for people in danger
• Call 911

You are the first to arrive at the scene of a home where a tornado touched down. You find one unconscious victim inside, and notice that the roof in the room with the victim looks unstable. What would you do?

• Leave the house immediately and wait for trained personnel to arrive
• Find something flat to place under the victim, and then stabilize the victim’s head, neck and spine before attempting to move the victim
• As quickly as possible, drag the victim to a safer location
• Immobilize the victim’s head, neck and back and stay with the victim until trained personnel arrive

You are driving down the road and come upon an overturned bus. When you call 911 on your cell phone, what should you be prepared to tell the 911 operator?

• The name of the bus company
• Your name, age and credentials
• The number of victims and a description of their injuries
• Your location and the approximate number of victims

A hospice nurse brings an oxygen tank to a patient. What would the nurse tell the patient not to use when the oxygen is in use?

• Hand lotion or sunscreen
• A battery operated radio
• Alcohol or nail polish
• The TV remote

What is bioterrorism?

• The threat of leaks or destruction to a nuclear plant
• The use of microbes for industrial waste disposal
• The threat of using harmful gasses during a war to paralyze the opposition
• The use of microorganisms as weapons to infect humans