You are covering as a responder in your local area. Control calls you to attend a local office building where there is a patient complaining of difficulty in breathing. Ambulance back up is 20 minutes away.
You arrive at the office building and are directed into the reception room. An employee explains that in the office across the hall, a package has exploded, releasing a white powder substance into the area. No one was injured but the 4 staff are all complaining of respiratory difficulty.
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The employee goes to guide you into the room, what are your actions
You stop the employee and explain that no one else should enter the room and be exposed to the substance. You call control and inform them of the new information. They note your findings and advise that specialised support is being sent, along with an operational manager. They ask if you can start ‘remove protocols’ with the 4 affected staff
What is the first element
You note an empty office next door to the affected one and ask if the staff can be moved into the clean area. You have the go ahead, and standing from a distance, instruct the patients to move into the new office. They continue to cough and complain of respiratory difficulty. What is the next element of remove
You instruct the patients to remove their outer clothing. When dealing with contaminated materials, it doesn’t matter where you place them, True or False
The patients place their contaminated clothing into a corner of the office. What is the last element of the modified remove process
You get paper towels from the office supply cupboard and throw them to the patients, instructing them to start removing the substance from their skin as best they can, but limiting the dispersal in the air. In the context of this scenario, what could this event be described as
Fire Service staff arrive and enter the office with protective equipment and monitoring devices. Following some monitoring, they conclude the substance is not dangerous, and is believed to be baby powder. The 4 patients are removed from the office, and after being told what the substance is, most of their symptoms quickly dissipate.
On patient explains he suffers from asthma and feels he may be starting to have an asthma attack. What actions can you do to help the situation
You talk to the patient and encourage them to take their asthma inhaler as they normally would. After 5 minutes, the patient calms and their symptoms ease. You call control and update them to the situation. An Ambulance has arrived and you hand over the events to the crew. Safety within these types of scenarios is paramount. Although the scene is now managed by the Fire Service, you must always be aware of scene safety, True or False