Biological Weapons - HM Manual Flashcards

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What are the three types of biological agents?

A

Bacteria
Viruses
Toxins

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What are the common bacterial agents that are weaponized?

A

Anthrax
Plague
Tularemia

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What bacteria causes Anthrax?

A

Bacillus Anthracis

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What bacteria causes Plague?

A

Yersina Pestis

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What bacteria causes Tularemia?

A

Francisella Tularensis

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What are the three types of anthrax?

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Cutaneous
Pulmonary
Gastrointestinal

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The average incubation period for anthrax is ___ to ___ days, although it can be incubated for ____ days

A

1-7 days

60 days

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What would you expect to see on chest x-ray in a patient suffering from inhalation anthrax?

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Mediastinal widening due to hemorrhagic lymphadenitis

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What is the first line of treatment for anthrax?

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Ciprofloxacin 500 mg PO BID or

Doxycycline 100mg PO BID

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What is the second line of treatment for anthrax?

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Amoxacillin 500mg TID or

PCN 2mU q4hrs IV

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What is the dose schedule for Anthrax vaccine?

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0,2,4 weeks and then 6,12,18 months followed by annual booster

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The bacterium Yersina Pestis is found on rodents and their fleas and is easily destroyed by?

A

sunlight and drying

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What are the three types of plague?

A

Pneumonic
Bubonic
Septicemic

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14
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What type of plague can spread from person to person?

A

Pneumonic

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15
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What type of plague is the most common form?

A

Bubonic

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16
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What type of plague is spread by infected flea bites?

17
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What type of plague is the result of the plague bacteria multiplying in the blood?

A

Septicemic (can be a complication of pneumonic and bubonic plague)

18
Q

What is the average incubation period for plague?

19
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What are some symptoms of pneumonic plague?

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Sudden onset of high fever, chills, malaise, tachycardia, intense headache, severe myalgias, rapidly developing pneumonia, cough with hemoptysis, dyspnea, and stridor, cyanosis and death

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What are some symptoms of bubonic plague?

A

Swollen painful lymph nodes called buboes, high fever, chills, headache, and malasie

21
Q

What are the primary abx when treating plague?

A

Streptomycin 1g q12hrs IV

Gentamicin

22
Q

What is the alternative abx treatment of plague?

A

Doxycycline, ciprofloxacin or chloramphenicol

23
Q

What disease is also known as rabbit fever?

24
Q

What are the two types of tularemia?

A

Ulcergladular and Pneumoinc/typhoidal

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What biological agent is a neuroparalytic disease that blocks actylcholine release from peripheral nerves?
Botulinum Toxin
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What is the most toxic substance known?
Botulinum
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Can botulism be transmitted person to person?
no
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What are the types of botulism?
Food-borneInfantWoundInhalational
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What is the incubation period of botulism?
12-36 hours
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What are the common Toxins?
Botulism and Ricin
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What are the common symptoms of the botulism casualty?
Cranial nerve palsies, dysphagia, dry mouth and throat, muscle weakness, sxs may progress to paralysis of arms and legs, trunk and respiratory muscles
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What is the treatment for botulism?
Early administration of Trivalent antitoxin
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Where is Ricin derived from?
the beans of the castor plant
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What ist eh mechanism of action of Ricin?
Blocks protein synthesis at the cellular level, leads to irreversible cell death
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What are the common weaponized viruses?
Smallpox and Hemorrhagic fevers
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What virus causes smallpox disease?
Variola Major and variola minor