This module covers the last three chapters, ambulance operations, gaining access, and hazardous materials. Some of the things you should be familiar with are:
- The role of the safety officer, incident commander,
- role of EMT at haz-mat incident
- levels of protection at haz mat incidents
- parking the ambulance at a haz-mat scene
- colors and their meaning on triage tags
- toxicity levels
- shipping papers, identifying numbers, and placards
- NFPA 704 Hazardous Materials Classifications
- triage, and how to make triage decisions
- ambulance driving, escorts, intersections, school buses, state regulations, routes, and speed
- what makes a mass-casualty incident and what is different for the EMT
- extrication, staging and support
- types of ambulances
- rapid extrication, simple and complex extrication