BLOCK V: CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND RADIOLOGICAL WARFARE Flashcards
CHEMICAL WARFARE
NERVE AGENTS, BLISTER AGENTS, BLOOD AGENTS, CHOKING AGENTS,
NERVE AGENTS
LIQUID CASUALTY AGENTS THAT DISRUPT NERVE IMPULSES TO THE BODY WHILE DAMAGING BODY FUNCTIONS RATHER THAN TISSUE.
BLISTER AGENTS
LIQUID OR SOLID CASUALTY AGENTS. CAUSE INFLAMATION, BLISTERS, AND DESTRUCTION OF TISSUES. OFTEN RESULTS IN TEMPORARY BLINDNESS/DEATH.
EXAMPLES OF NERVE AGENTS
SARIN(GB), TABUN (GA), SOMAN (GD), AND VX.
EXAMPLES OF BLISTER AGENTS
DISTILLED MUSTARD (HD), LEWISITE (L), PHOSGENE OXIME (CX), LEVENSTEIN MUSTARD (HL)
BLOOD AGENTS
GASEOUS CASUALTY AGENTS THAT ATTACK THE ENZYMES CARRYING OXYGEN IN THE BLOOD. RAPID BREATHING AND CHOKING MAY OCCUR DUE TO LACK OF OXYGEN.
EXAMPLES OF BLOOD AGENTS
HYDROGEN CYANIDE(AC), CYANOGEN CHLORIDE (CK), ARSINE(SA)
CHOKING AGENTS
GASEOUS OR LIQUID CASUALTY AGENTS WITH INITIAL SYMPTOMS THAT INCLUDE; TEARS, DRY THROAT, NAUSEA, VOMINTING, HEADACHE. THE LUNGS CAN BECOME FILLED WITH FLUID, MAKING THE VICTIM FEEL AS IF THEY ARE DROWNING,CAUSING BREATHE TO BECOME RAPID AND SHALLOW.
EXAMPLES OF CHOKING AGENTS
PHOSGENE (CG), DIPHOSGENE
M9 CHEMICAL AGENT DETECTOR PAPER
DETECTS PRESENCE OF LIQUID CHEMICAL AGENTS BY TURNING A RED OR REDDISH COLOR, IT DOES NOT DETECT VAPORS
ATROPINE/2-PAM-CHLORIDE AUTO INJECTOR
USED AS A THERAPY FOR NERVE AGENT CASUALTIES, IM, FIRST-AID/SELF-AID
BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
PATHOGENS, TOXINS
PATHOGENS
BACTERIA, RICKETTSIA, VIRUSES, FUNGI, PROTOZOA AND PRIONS.
TOXINS
CATEGORIZATION OF TOXINS IS BASED ON THE ORGANISMS (SOURCE) THAT PRODUCE THEM AND THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AFFECTS THE TOXINS CAUSE IN HUMANS.
TOXINS; BY SOURCE
MYCOTOXINS (FUNGI), BACTERIAL, ALGAL, ANIMAL VENOMS, PLANT TOXINS
TOXINS; BY PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
NEUROTOXINS, CYTOTOXINS, ENTEROTOXINS AND DERMATOXINS
INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (IPE) FOR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
PROTECTIVE MASK MCU-2P WITH COMPONENTS (C-2 CANISTER FILTER), ADVANCED CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE GARMENT (ACPG), CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE GLOVES AND LINERS, CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE OVERBOOTS AND LACES, SKIN DECONTAMINATION KIT.
RADIOLOGICAL WARFARE
DELIBERATE USE OF RADIOLOGICAL WEAPONS TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD INJURY AND DEATH OF ALL LIFE.
HIGH ALTITUDE AIR BURST
OCCURS AT ALTITUDES IN EXCESS OF 100,000 FEET, WITH IONSPHERE DISRUPTIONS AND EMP.
AIR BURST FIREBALL DOE SNOT REACH SURFACE
THE VACUUM CREATED COLLECTS DEBRIS CAUSED BY THE SEVERE BLAST DAMAGE RESULTING IN RADIATION FALLOUT.
SURFACE BURST
WORST FALLOUT DUE TO THE FIREBALL TOUCHING THE SURFACE WHICH RESULTS IN MASSIVE RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT.
SHALLOW UNDERWATER BURST
SMALL FIREBALL AND BLAST WAVE. CAUSES LARGE WAVES AND WATER CONTAMINATION.
DEEP UNDERWATER BURSTS
SIMILAR TO SHALLOW, LESS VISUAL EFFECT AND YEILDS GREATER CONTAMINATED WATER.
READY-SHELTER STATIONS
JUST INSIDE THE WEATHER ENVELOPE, WITH ACCESS TO DEEP-SHELTER. PROVIDES MINIMUM SHEILDING FROM NUCLEAR RADIATION AND ALLOW THE CREW TO STAY CLOSE TO BATTLE STATIONS.
DEEP-SHELTER STATIONS
LOW IN THE SHIP AND NEAR THE CENTERLINE. PROVIDE MAXIMUM SHEILDING FROM NUCLEAR RADIATION, OFTEN REQUIRING PERSONNEL TO BE FAR REMOVED FROM BATTLE STATIONS.
DT-60 DOSIMETER
NON-SELF READING HIGH RANGE CASUALTY DOSIMETER, WHICH HAS TO BE PLACED IN A SPECIAL RADIAC COMPUTER-INDICATOR TO DETERMINE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GAMMA RADIATION TO WHICH THE WEARER IS EXPOSED IN THE 0-600 ROENTGENS.
MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE POSTURE (MOPP)
MANAGE TOOL USED TO COORDINATE THE USE OF SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT IN CHEMICAL OR RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT.
MOPP LEVEL 0
ISSUE IPE, ACCESSIBLE WITHIN FIVE MINUTES
MOPP LEVEL 1
AFLOAT:JSLIST, MASK, GLOVES READILY ACCESSIBLE.
ASHORE: DON PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, M9 TAPE
MOPP LEVEL 2
AFLOAT: MASK CARRIED, DECON SUPPLIES STAGE.
ASHORE: ADDITIONAL TO LEVEL 1 IS DON PROTECTIVE OVERBOOTS.
MOPP LEVEL 3
AFLOAT: GQ, INSTALL FILTERS, DON OVER-BOOTS
ASHORE: FILL CANTEENS, ACTIVATE DECON STATIONS.
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.
