Block 5 - CBRNE Warfare Flashcards
What is the employment of chemical agents that are intended for use in military operations to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate personnel due to the physiological effect?
Chemical warfare
What are the types of chemical agents?
Nerve, blister, blood and choking agents
What are the liquid casualty agents that disrupt nerve impulses to the body while damaging body functions rather than tissue?
Nerve agents
What are examples of nerve agents?
Sarin (GB)
Tabun (GA)
Soman (GD)
VX
what are liquid or solid casualty agents that can use inflammation, blisters, and general destruction of tissue which often result in temporary blindness and or death?
blister agents
what are examples of blister agents?
distilled mustard (HD)
lewisite (L)
phosgene oxime (CX)
levinstein mustard gas (HL)
what are gaseous casualty agents that attack the enzymes carry oxygen in the bloodstream, with rapid breathing or choking that may occur due to lack of oxygen in the blood?
blood agents
what are examples of blood agents?
hydrogen cyanide (AC) synagen chloride (CK) arsine (SA)
what are gaseous or liquid casualty agents with initial symptoms include tears, dry throat, nausea, vomiting and headache and the lungs can become filled with fluid, making the victim feel as if they are drowning, causing breathing to become rapid and shallow?
choking agents
what are examples of choking agents?
phosgene (CG)
diphosgene
what detects the presence of liquid chemical agents by turning a red or reddish color, it does not detect chemical agent Vapors?
M9 chemical agent detector paper
what is used at specific therapy for nerve agent casualties and they are issued for intramuscular injection, Self Aid or first-aid?
atropine / 2 Pam chloride auto injector
what is the use of agents to cause disease, sickness, or death to reduce the effectiveness of opposing combat enforces?
biological warfare
what is used as biological agents to include bacteria, rickettsia, viruses, fungi, protozoa and prions?
pathogens
what is the primary way to limit the chemical and biological warfare impact?
training and awareness of personnel
to accomplish this all Personnel shall have access to ______ while in the workstations and be aware of ventilation controls, fittings, and closures that must be set immediately prior to an attack
individual protective equipment (IPE)