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36 Cards in this Set
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What is CBR |
Chemical, biological, and radiological warfare |
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What is the term NBC ENVIRONMENT |
The deliberate or accidental employment or threat of NBC weapons attack with other CBR materials |
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What is chemical warfare used for |
Intended to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate personnel due to their PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS |
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Types of chemical agents |
Nerve Blister Blood And choking |
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What are nerve agents |
Liquid agents that disrupt nerve impulses to the body while damaging body functions rather than tissue |
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Types of nerve agents |
Sarin (GB) Tabun (GA) Soman (GD) VX |
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What are blister agents |
Liquid or solid agents that cause inflammation, blisters, and general destruction of tissues. Results in temporary blindness and/or death |
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Types of blister agents |
Dustilled mustard (HD) lewisite (L) phosgene oxime (CX) Levinstein mustard (HL) |
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What are blood agents |
Gaseous agents that attack enzymes carrying oxygen in the blood stream |
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Types of blood agents |
Hydrogen cyanide (AC) Cyanogen chloride (CK) Awesome (SA) |
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What is M9 chemical agent detector paper |
Detects the presence of liquid chemical agents by turning RED or REDDISH color. (DOES NOT DETECT VAPORS) |
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What is Atrophied/2-PAM-chloride auto injector |
Specific therapy for NERVE agent casualties (INTRAMUSCALUR INJECTOR, SELF AID OR FIRST AID) |
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What is biological warfare |
Agents that cause disease, sickness, or death to reduce effectiveness of opposing forces |
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What are the basic divisions of biological agents? |
Pathogens and toxins |
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What are pathogens |
Bacteria Rickettsia Viruses Fungi Protozoa Prions |
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What are toxins |
Categorization of toxins are based on the organisms (source) that produce them and the physiological effects the toxins cause in humans |
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What are the types of toxins |
Myotoxins (form fungi) Neuro toxins Neuro toxins Neuro toxins Neuro toxins |
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What are major groupings by source of toxins |
Mycotoxins (FORM FUNGI) Bacterial toxins Algal toxins Animal venom Plant toxins |
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Primary groupings of toxins based on physiological effects |
Neuro toxins Cytotoxins Enterotoxins Dermatoxins
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What is IPE |
Individual Protective Equipment for chemical/biological warfare |
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What is your IPE |
Protective mask MCU-2P w/ c-2 canister filter Advanced chemical protective garment Chemical protective gloves and liners Chemical protective overboots and laces Skin decontamination kit |
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What is radiological warfare |
The deliberate use of radiological weapons to produce widespread injury and death of all life |
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Types of nuclear explosions |
High altitude air burst Air burst Surface burst Shallow underwater burst Deep underwater burst |
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What is a high altitude burst |
Occurs at altitudes in excess of 100,000 ft with IONOSPHERE disruptions and emp |
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What is an air burst |
Where fireball does not reach the surface. The vacuum created collects debris by the severe blast damage resulting in radiation fallout |
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What is a surface burst |
Has the WORST fallout due to the fireball touching the surface which causes a massive radioactive fallout |
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What is a shallow underwater burst |
A small fireball and blast wave but causes large waves and water contamination |
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What is a deep underwater burst |
Similar to shallow underwater burst but with less visual effect and yields greater contaminated water |
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How are ship board shielding stations categorized |
Ready shelter Deep shelter |
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What is the DT-60 |
Its a non-self reading high range casualty dosimeter that placed in a special radical computer-indicator to determine the total amount gamma radiation (0-600 roentgens) |
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What is MOPP |
Mission oriented protective posture |
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MOPP level 0 |
Issue IPE accessible w/in 5 minutes |
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MOPP level 1 |
Afloat- JSLIST, MASK, gloves readily accessible Ashore- don protective equipmen, m9 tape |
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MOPP level 2 |
Afloat- mask carried, decon supplies stage. Ashore- additional to level 1 is don protective overboots |
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MOPP level 3 |
Afloat- GQ, install filters, don overboots Ashore- fill canteens, activate decon stations |
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MOPP level 4 |
Afloat- don mask/hood, gloves, circle william, countermeasure washdown Ashore- gloves with liners, untie bow in retention cord, loop between legs and secure to web belt |
