Chapter 4 Equipment Flashcards
(36 cards)
MCI bags are issued to all units and shall only be used when the __________ operating at a mass casualty incident determines that the number of patients requiring hemorrhage control exceeds the standard hemorrhage control equipment available on the responding units
highest ranking officer
Once an MCI bag has been opened, the officer shall notify the
Dispatcher to make immediate notification to the OMA On-Call Medical Director (Car 5M).
Notes: 1. Units do not require an MCI bag to be in service.
2. Hemostatic Agent Dressings shall only be used by ???
trained members.
A visual inspection of MCI Bags shall be conducted daily.
agree / disagree
Disagree
During roll call.
If an MCI bag seal has been broken, the contents of the MCI bag shall be inventoried.
• If the contents are complete, the bag shall be resealed and placed back into service.
• If the contents are incomplete the officer shall ??
Unless the MCI bag was used on an approved assignment, the Officer shall prepare a Lost Property Report for the missing items and contact the Medical Supply Unit for resupply.
Replacement MCI bags and their contents will be issued by the Medical Supply Unit.
Hemostatic Agent Dressings are distributed as follows:
Engine Companies - ??
5 Dressings
Hemostatic Agent Dressings
Restock is one for one exchange.
5.2 Company officers shall restock as necessary. To restock, the officer shall require both
the ???
CAD number and PCR Booklet number listing its use
This information shall be
logged in the Hemostatic Agent Dressing Log.
When Depot restock is necessary, company officers shall request restock through the ??
pharmacy. All requests must provide the CAD number(s) and PCR Booklet number(s)
for each replacement requested.
All CFR-D Companies shall carry the following fully stocked response kits at all times:
STOPED
- 1.1 One Oxygen response bag
- 1.2 One Adult trauma response bag
- 1.3 One Pediatric response bag
- 1.4 One portable suction unit
- 1.5 One Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
- 1.6 One Extrication Bag
All equipment shall be inspected during
Roll Call
Any CFR-D equipment that is grossly contaminated by bodily fluids is to be double sealed
in clear bags and exchanged for clean equipment at the designated
CFR-D Depot
Contaminated bunker gear or
firefighting tools shall be exchanged with
the Special Operations Command (SOC)
Any supplies that
come in contact with a patient’s bodily fluid are to be disposed of in a red bag. Redbagged
material should be given to EMS at the scene for disposal. If EMS is not
available or unable to accept red-bagged material, the bags are to be brought back to
quarters for temporary storage in a designated red-bag canister. Each Company is
responsible for??
double bagging and depositing all red-bag material at the CFR-D Depot.
A Defibrillator that displays a flashing BLACK hourglass in the upper right hand corner means what
is operational and ready for use.
The defibrillator is NOT ready for use and should be
exchanged at the CFR-D Depot when ?
A Defibrillator that displays a flashing or solid RED X and/or emits a chirping sound indicates not ready for use.
All members of CFR-D Companies will also carry a pocket mask with a one-way valve
and a Safety Shield kit containing disposable gloves and a face shield.
True or False
True
One-way valves should be red bagged after each use
True or False
True
(if valves are used for
training purposes they are to be cleaned and repackaged).
Upon return to quarters after a Company applies the AED to a patient and turns
the unit on, they will do what with the data card ?
remove the defibrillator’s data card and put it in an envelope with a COPY of the Pre-Hospital Care Report (PCR).
The Company will bring the data card to the CFR-D Depot and it will be exchanged for a blank one
Depot will ensure the identity of the CFR-D Depot is indicated on the envelope and immediately forward the data card and a copy of the Pre-Hospital
Care Report (PCR) directly to the Office of Medical Affairs
Agree or Disagree
Agree
Expired pads are not to be used. Expiration date is found
where ?
on the lower left of
packet
Any time a defibrillator fails to operate properly, the defibrillator will
immediately be put out-of-service, the Company will bring the broken defibrillator to the
CFR-D Depot and exchange it for the spare
What is done with the data card
The unused data card is to be
removed and installed in the replacement defibrillator.
Defibrillators have
preventative maintenance dates indicated by a sticker on the front of the defibrillator. If the date is current the unit may remain in service.
If a defibrillator needs to be decontaminated, what steps are taken ?
placed in a double sealed
clear plastic bag and labeled with the Company #
(use WHITE label with RED boarder) AND a
BIO-HAZARD label
TWO Labels used
To have a defibrillator decontaminated, it has to
be
grossly contaminated.
If the
defibrillator is just soiled, it is to be cleaned by the Company. It is the responsibility of the Company
officer to inspect the equipment and determine the condition.
If a defibrillator MALFUNCTIONS what is done ?
All equipment shall remain together. This includes:
defibrillator, cables, data card, battery and pads
