Exam 27: Urban Search and Rescue

____ are engineers who evaluate both intact and damaged structures for active and potential collapse threats.

A ____ response deploys the full 70-person team, four canines, and a full equipment cache.

The canines used in USAR are usually larger animals.

____ signifies efforts to save living or presumed living patients.

All USAR team positions are rostered ____ deep, meaning there are ____ people to each station or post to guarantee availability and facilitate rapid deployment.

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) is the science of locating, reaching, medically treating, and safely extricating deeply entombed survivors of collapsed structures and confined spaces.

____ injury involves prolonged crushing force applied to a large muscle mass, causing tissue damage and release of intracellular toxins that then cause cardiovascular instability, kidney failure, and eventually death if left untreated.

The goal of the ____ is to create a safe ingress to and egress from the entrapped patient.

A(n) ____ is an enclosed area with limited access and\or egress that is not designed for human occupancy and has the potential for physical, chemical, or atmospheric injury.

USAR teams are distributed over the 25 U.S. FEMA response regions.