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37 Cards in this Set
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GAS
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Chemical
Yellow background with red lettering |
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BIO
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Biological
Blue background with red lettering |
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ATOM
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Radiological
While background with black lettering |
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GAS MINES
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Chemical mines (unexploded mines)
Red Background with yellow lettering and stripe |
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M40 field protectiove mask
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Designed to protect the wearer from field concentrations of chemical and biological agents.
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GAS GAS GAS
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Stop and hold your breath. the mask must be doned and cleared witin 9 secs.
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M8 color paper association
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yellow/gold: Nerve
Dark Green: Nerve Pink/Red: Blister |
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Mopp 1
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overgarment: open /closed
Booties: caried Mask: carried Gloves: carried |
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Mopp 2
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overgarment: open/closed
Booties: worn Mask: carried Gloves: carried |
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Mopp 3
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overgarment: open/closed
Booties: worn Mask: worn w/ hood open/closed Gloves: carried |
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Mopp 4
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overgarment: worn
Booties: worn Mask: worn Gloves: worn |
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Immediate Decon
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minimizies casualties, saves lives, and limits the spread of contamination.
3 imm types: skin decon, perconnel wipe down and operators spray down. |
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Nerve agents
deff: |
prodice there affect by interfering with normal transmission of nerve impulses in the parasympathetic autonomic nervous system.
odorless, colorless liguid |
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Nerve
S/S |
pin point pupils, local muscular twitching, rhinorrhea, dyspnea, diarrhea, vomiting, convulsion, hypersalivation, drowsiness, coma and unconsciousness.
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Nerve
treatment |
atropine 2mg, 2 PAMCL 600mg
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Blister agents
deff: |
produce large and painful blisters.
HD: mustard, HN: nitrogen mustard, oily, colorless, or pale liquids. L: Lewisite, arsenical light to dark brown liquid |
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Blister agents
S/S mustards |
eyes are the most vulnerable.
begins in 12-48 hours after exposure. Brochopneumonia is a frequent complication. primary cause of death: massive edema or mechanical pilmonary obstruction. |
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Blister agents
treatment mustards |
There is no specific treatment of mustard poisoning.
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Blister agents
S/S lewisite |
causes intense pain upon contact.
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Choking
deff |
the cause extensive damage to the alveolar tissue, resulting in severe pulmonary edema.
colorless gas, new mown hay/ freshly cut grass |
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Choking
S/S |
watering of the eyes, coughing, feeling of tightness in the cheast. no symptoms for 2-6 hours after exposure.
late: rapid, shallow, and labored breathing; painful cough; cyanosis, frothy sputum, clammy skin, rapid feeble pulse, and low b/p. |
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Choking
treatment |
complete bed rest is mandatory. treatment had to be symptomatic
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Incapactating Agents
deff |
High potency
Duration hour or days 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate (BZ) |
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Incapactating Agents
S/S |
appear in 30mins to several hours.
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Incapactating Agents
treatment |
Prevent victim from hurting themselves and others.
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Blood agents
deff |
interfere with enzyme functions in the body. ie block oxygen transfer.
Hydrocyanic acid (AC) Cyanogen chloride (CK) |
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Blood agents
S/S |
death or recovery take place rapidly.
violent convulsion after 20 to 30 secounds, respiratory failure with cessation of heart action within a few minutes. |
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Blood agents
treatment |
amyl nitite up to 8 ampules and sodium thosulfate solution 100 to 200mg/kg over a 9min period
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Lacrimators
deff |
local irritants that act primary on the eyes.
chloracetophenone(CN) orthochlorobenzilidine malanonitril (CS) |
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lacrimators
s/s |
intense pain in eyes.
sledom last over 2 hours |
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lacrimator
treatment |
exposure to fresh air.
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Vomiting agents
deff |
training and riot control.
DM, DA, DC |
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Vomiting Agent
S/S |
produce strong pepper like irritation in the upper resp tract.
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Vomiting Agent
treatment |
carry on duties as vigorously as possible.
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White Phosphorus
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pale, waxy solid that ignites spontaneously on contact with air.
skin: cover with 0.5 percent copper sulfate. |
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Alarms: Visual, Vocal, percussion
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Visual: arms ext. out to side, bend arms at elbow to ears. x3. fists.
Vocal: GAS GAS GAS Percussion: metal on metal. -SOP for unit |
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Uses of m8 and m9 paper
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M8: worn around ankles, wrists, biceps on the ext prot clothing.
M9: used on suspected liquid puddles. |