Paramedic Care Principles & Practice Volume 5 Special Considerations / Operations Second Edition...

Paramedic CarePrinciples & Practice

Volume 5Special

Considerations / OperationsSecond Edition

Chapter 11Hazardous MaterialsIncidents

Figure 11-1 A hazardous materials emergency can involve countless substances and occur in many situations. Warning placards on a truck should immediately alert you to the possible need of a “hazmat” team.

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Figure 11-2 Don’t take any chances. Use binoculars to make a visual inspection of a potentially hazardous situation—such as a suspicious storage tank—from a safe distance.

Figure 11-3 Transportation incidents involving hazardous materials.

Figure 11-4 Vehicles carrying hazardous materials are required to display placards indicating the nature of their contents. Even if you have studied these placards earlier in your EMS career, you should regularly review the symbols, color codes, and hazard class numbers so that you can identify dangerous materials.

Figure 11-5 Sample labels and warning placards required by the DOT for all packages, storage containers, and vehicles containing hazardous materials.

Figure 11-6a NFPA 704 hazardous materials classification.

Figure 11-6b NFPA 704 labeling on a tank.

Figure 11-7 Carry a copy of the Emergency Response Guidebook in your vehicle at all times.

Figure 11-8 An example of a material safety data sheet (MSDS).

Figure 11-9 The three zones typically established at a hazmat incident.

Figure 11-10 Alpha, beta, and gamma rays have different powers of penetration.

Figure 11-11a Assisting with an air tank.

Figure 11-11b Putting on a mask.

Figure 11-11c Assisting with a hood.

Figure 11-11d Hazmat team, fully suited.

Figure 11-12 Rescuers involved in the decontamination process.

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