Course Overview
This workshop applies information from FSCT 0043 (Fire Investigation: Introduction to Personal Chemical Safety) to conducting safe and effective decontamination of one's self, small numbers of victims, other investigators or co-workers. Different decontamination techniques and equipment are discussed examining effectiveness, practicality and ease-of-use and students will practice techniques in a mock decontamination exercise wearing disposable chemical protective clothing. A course manual is included in the course fee. Casual dress recommended.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the student will be able to:
- Discuss contamination, secondary contamination and decontamination.
- Discuss the hazards of failing to perform proper decontamination.
- Discuss the composition of proper chemical protective clothing and respiratory protection.
- Discuss the intent of decontamination, list and briefly discuss several alternative methods of decontamination.
- Demonstrate donning and doffing of cpc and respiratory protection by oneself, and assisting another person.
- Describe the establishment and operation of a 3 stage decontamination corridor using water.
- Describe the establishment and operation of a one-person decontamination system using water.
- Describe the take-down and disposal of decontamination equipment and clothing to prevent accidental contamination of other people.
- Discuss the issue of cleaning and re-use of ppe and decontamination equipment versus disposal and limitationson each.
- Demonstrate decontamination in a two-person situation, and a one-person situation.
- Discuss emergency decontamination - when to use it, how and the hazards.
Effective as of Spring/Summer 2007
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