4.2 Employ protective behaviors according to changing conditions, personal limitations, and threats.

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1.        Discuss the need to protect worker health and safety in emergencies and disasters.

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2.        Categorize potential threats and emergencies. 

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3.        Promote taking protective actions in response to current and changing threats.

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4.       Describe the relationship between protective measures, behaviors, and reduction of worker risk of injury or illness.

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5.        Describe the hierarchy of control measures.

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6.        Describe how the selection of control measures may evolve as conditions change.

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7.        Summarize organizational roles and responsibilities related to worker health and safety.

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8.        Discuss public health worker’s role and responsibilities in designing, implementing and evaluating engineering, administrative, work practice and PPE control measures.

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9.        Organize a system for reporting injuries, illnesses, and potential emergency harmful exposures to protect workers.

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10.     Apply decontaminate procedures if necessary during the emergency or disaster response

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11.     Employ practices to minimize exposures to agents and hazards during an emergency.

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12.     Construct a plan for monitoring personal physical and psychological responses to emergency situations.

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13.    Exhibit personal hygiene practices that minimize exposure to chemical, biological, or radiological agents that may be present during emergencies and disasters.

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14.     Demonstrate proper use and maintenance of assigned personal protective equipment (PPE) in an emergency.

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15.     Demonstrate correct donning of chemical protective clothing, respiratory protection, protective eyewear, protective footwear, hearing protection, gloves, and any other assigned PPE.

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16.     Apply the proper methods to maintain, store, decontaminate and dispose of different types of PPE.

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