II. Indications
III. Protocol: Dirty Side (Liquid Contaminated area)
- Emergent Management (ABCD)
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Decontamination Areas
- Litter Decontamination (Requires person on each side)
- Decontaminate Mask and hood with Hypochlorite 5%
- Remove the hood (Leave mask in place)
- Remove field medical card
- Remove gross contamination from protective clothing
- Cut and remove protective garment jacket, trousers
- Remove outer gloves, over-boots, combat boots
- Remove inner clothing, underwear
- Ambulatory Decontamination
- Decontaminate and remove hood
- Decontaminate mask and surrounding skin
- Place field medical card into plastic bag
- Remove all gross contamination from outer clothing
- Remove the over-garment jacket
- Remove Rubber gloves, over-boots
- Remove over-garment trousers
- Remove cotton glove liners
- Check clothing and skin for contaminant
- Lift mask with eyes closed and breath holding
- Wipe face
- Replace, seal, and clear mask
- Litter Decontamination (Requires person on each side)
- Physical Decontamination with shower and Hypochlorite
- See Decontamination
IV. Protocol: Hot Line
- Well marked line dividing clean from dirty side
- Divides area free of liquid contamination
- Another line might also indicate vapor/mask line
- Mark with engineer tape
- May require concertina wire fence and armed guard
V. Protocol: Clean Side (Liquid contaminant free area)
- Arrival Point
- Entrance to casualty receiving area
- One road for incoming, one road for outgoing
- Triage Area (Senior Medic, Physician, NP, PA)
- Immediate
- Minimal
- Delayed
- Expectant
- Emergency Treatment Area
- Immediate Casualty Treatment
- Minimal Casualty Treatment
VI. Protocol: Evacuation
- Urgent: Transport in 2 hours
- Priority: Transport in 4 hours
- Routine: Transport in 24 hours