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13 Cards in this Set
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Lethal agents
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Choking
Blood Nerve |
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Choking
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chlorine gas
phosgene gas |
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blood
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hydrgogen cyanide
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nerve
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tabun
sarin soman VX |
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Vesicants
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Sulfur Mustard
Lewisite |
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Chlorine vs. Phosgene gas
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immediate vs. prolonged delay
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How do you treat choking agents?
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postive pressure ventilation
bronchial dilators antibiotics |
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Where is methemoglobin formed? Treatment with what aids in its rapid formation?
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RBCs
i.v. sodium nitrite |
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Treatment for sarin
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Atropine (muscarinic antagonist)
2-PAM-Cl (reactivate cholinesterase) diazepam (convulsions) |
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"aged" Soman
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can't be reactivated by 2-PAM-Cl
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Nerve agent pretreatment?
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Pyridostigmine
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mustard poisoning
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4-8 hr delay
humidity accelerates symptoms eyes get pain and photophobia Treat: antibiotic ointment, depress cough with codeine |
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Lewisite
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Looks like mustard except onset is soon after exposure
Treat with British Anti-Lewisite (dimercaprol) |
