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14295B HM manual chapter 23 Medical Aspects of chemical biological and radiological warfare Flashcards

1
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During what conflict did the first large scale use of chemical agents happen

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WW1

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Lethal agents are those that result in what percent of greater death rate among casualties?

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10

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3
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what is the most widely used method of detecting liquid chemical warfare agents

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M9 paper

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4
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what chemical agent detector kit is a portable kit that detects nerve gas mustard gas and cyanide

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M256A1

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How many Mission oriented protective posture (MOPP) levels are there

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FIVE

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6
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A chemical agent on the skin can be removed effectively by using what skin decontamination kit

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M291

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What agents are of the greatest concern as compared to all chemical agents

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nerve

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Decontamination of chemical agents on the skin within 1 minute after contamination is perhaps how many times more effective than if decontamination is delayed 5 minutes

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10 times

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9
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what can be used to remove the nerve agent from the enzyme acetylcholinesterase within the synaptic cleft(the space between the nerve cells)

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2-PAM CL

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What is a single auto injector that has two chambers that deliver 2.1 mg of atropine and 600 mg of 2- Pam Cl in a single injection.

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ATNAA

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What agents exert their primary action on the skin, producing large and painful listers that are incapacitating

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vesicants

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12
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what is the most vulnerable part of the body to mustard gas

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eyes

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13
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what type of agents basic physical actions disrupt oxygen utilization at the cellular level causing cellular suuication?

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Blood

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14
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How many hours dose it usually take for cyanides to dissipate

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24 hrs

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15
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what agents damage the membranes in the lungs that separate the alveolar tissue resulting in fluid from the blood known as plasma to leak into the alveoli and fill them with fluid

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Pulmonary

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16
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what colorless gas has a distinctive odor similar to that of new mown hay or freshly cut grass

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phosgene

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17
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what are essentially local irritants that act primarily on the eyes

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lacrimators

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18
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the initial management of casualty contaminated by chemical agents will require removal of MOPP and decontamination with what percent hypochlorite before treatment

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0.5%

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19
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how many different types of biological agents used as weapons are there

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three

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20
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what are single celled organisms called that are capable of causing a variety of disease in animals,plants and humans

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bactiria

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21
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What is the name of AC and what type of agent is it

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Hydrogen Cyanide/Blood Agent

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What is the name of CK and what type of agent is it

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Cyanogen Chloride/Blood Agent

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What is the name of CG and what type of agent is it

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Phosgene/Pulmonary Agent

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What it the name of Ci and what type of agent is it

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Pulmonary agent/Chlorine

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What is the name of CN and what type of agent is it

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MACE/Riot control

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What is the name of CR and what type of agent is it

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Dibenoxazepine/Riot control

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27
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what is the name of CS and what type of agent is it

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2-chlorobenzalmalononitrile/Riot control

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what is the name of CX and what type of agent is it

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Phosgene Oxime/ Blister agent

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what is the name of DP and what type of agent is it

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Diphosgene/Pulmonary agent

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30
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what is the name of DM and what type of agent is it

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Adamsite/Riot control

31
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What is the name of GA and what type of agent is it

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Tabun/Nerve agent

32
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What is the name of GB and what type of agent is it

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Sarin/nerve agent

33
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What is the name of GD and what type of agent is it

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Soman/Nerve agent

34
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what is the name of GF and what type of agent is it

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Cyclosarin/Nerve agent

35
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What is the name of H and what type of agent is it

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Mustard/Blister agent

36
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what is the name of HD and what type of agent is it

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Distilled Mustard/Blister agent

37
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What is the name of HN and what type of agent is it

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Nitrogen Mustard/Blister agent

38
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What is the name of L and what type of agent is it

A

Lewisite/Blister agent

39
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What is the name of OC and what type of agent is it

A

Riot agent/oleoresin Capsicum

40
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What is the name of VX and what type of agent is it

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S-2-(diisoprropylamino)ethyl o-ethyl methylphosponothioate/ Nerve agent

41
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what are intracellular parasites that lack a system for their own metabolism called

A

Viruses

42
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with recent advances in diagnostic testing biological agents can be detected in the field. a first line presumptive test is the hand held assay panel that can make and indication of the presence of several biological agents within how many minutes

A

15

43
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what is the disease caused by the bacterium bacillus anthraxis

A

anthrax

44
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how many types of anthrax are in humans

A

three

45
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the average is from 1 to 7 days, although incubation periods of up to how many days can be possible for anthrax

A

60

46
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about what percent of untreated cases of cutaneous anthrax will result in death

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20%

47
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in what percent of cases will death result from intestinal anthrax in

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25-60%

48
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what are the primary treatment requirements for anthrax

A

antibiotics

49
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what is an infectious disease that affects animals and humans that is caused by the bacterium yersinia pestis

A

plage

50
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what is the most common from of plage

A

bubonic

51
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what is the most toxic substance known that is 10-15,000 times more toxic than VX nerve agent by weight?

A

botulinum

52
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what is derived from the beans of the castor plant and can be made from the waste material left over from processing castor beans and is a potent toxin that has potential to e used as an agent of biological warfare and as a weapon of mass destruction?

A

ricin

53
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what is a serious contagious and sometimes fatal infectious disease caused by the variola virus that emerged in human populations thousands of years ago

A

small pox

54
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What is the most common form of small pox

A

variola major

55
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how many days after exposure to the virus do symptoms of smallpox infection usually appear wintin

A

10-12 days

56
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it may lessen the severity of illness or even prevent illness it a person infected with smallpox gets the smallpox vaccine within how many days after exposure to the virus

A

4

57
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viral hemorrahagic fevers refer to a group of illnesses that are caused by how many distinct families of viruses

A

four

58
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what is the only approved VHF vaccination

A

yellow fever

59
Q

the first use of an atomic weapon during war took place during what conflict

A

WW2

60
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what is any device called that causes the purposeful dissemination of radioactive material across an area without a nuclear detonation

A

RDD Dirty bomb

61
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what may be defined as the spontaneous and instantaneous decomposition of the nucleus of an unstable atom with accompanying emission of a particle, a gamma ray or both

A

radioactivity

62
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when radiation interacts with atoms, energy is deposited,resolution in what

A

ionization

63
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what are heavy,very short-range particles that are not able to penetrate clothing or human skin

A

alpha

64
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what is a light ,short range particle that is actually an ejected electron

A

bata radiation

65
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compared to gamma rays, neutrons can cause how many times grater damage to tissue

A

20 times

66
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what is used to measure a quantity of absorbed dose of radiation

A

RAD

67
Q

the roentgen equivalent man (REM) along with what else are two other units that may be used to express radiation units

A

sievert

68
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what is used to perform ground radiological surveys in vehicles or in dismounted mode by individuals personnel as a handheld insterment

A

AN/VDR2

69
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what is a compact handheld or pocket carried tactical device that can measure prom gamma/neutron doses from a nuclear event

A

AN/UDR 13

70
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what is a multi range radical device that detects beta and gamma radiation

A

AN/PDQ-1

71
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what is an essential component in preventing reducing radiation exposure

A

shielding

72
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what is the most effective wielding material in preventing/reducing radiation exposure

A

lead

73
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what is an acute illness caused by irradiation of he body by high doses of penetration radiation in a very short period of time usually a matter of minutes

A

ARS

74
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what is a medical condition caused by long term exposure to low doses radiation

A

chronic radiation syndrome CRS

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