Question

The disaster medical assistance team works quickly to contain contaminants from a chemical plant explosion. afterward, personnel undergo a special process to remove harmful chemicals from equipment and supplies. this removal process is known as:

Answer 1

Out of the following given choices;

a. containment.

b. decontamination.

c. triage.

d. scene assessment

The answer is B. This is also necessary to be performed on workers after a nuclear disaster that resulted to leakage of radioactive materials from the facility and after visiting a site that is considered to have a highly infectious organism. Decontamination is used to remove the material from a person or object and avoid it spreading to unaffected areas. Decontamination is also practiced in some medical settings.