CBR WARFARE Flashcards

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What is Chemical Warfare?

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Chemical agents intended for use to kill or seriously injure, or incapacitate personnel.

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What is a Nerve Agent?

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Liquid, disrupts nerve impulses to body damaging functions. EX Sarin (GB) Tabun (GA) VX

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What is Blister Agent?

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Liquid or solid, cause inflammation, blisters, and destruction of tissues. EX Distilled Mustard (HD), Lewistie (L) Phosgene Oxime (CX)

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What is a Blood Agent?

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Gas attack the enzymes carrying oxygen in bloodstream. Rapid breahing or choking may occur. EX Hydrogen Cyanide (AC) Cyanagen Chloride (CK) and Arsine (SA)

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What is Choking Agent?

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Gas or liquid, initial symptoms tears, dry throat, nausea, vomiting. Lungs become filled with fluid. EX Phosgene (CG) and Diphosgene

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What is M9 paper?

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Chemical agent detector, detectes presence of liquid chemical agents, turns reddish,
NOT detect VAPORS

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What is Atropine/2-PAM-chloride auto injectors used for?

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For nerve agent casualties. For self aid or first aid.

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What is Biological Warfare?

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Use of agents to cause disease, sickness, or death. Either Pathogens or Toxins

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What is a Pathogen?

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Bacteria, rickesttsia, viruses, fungi, protozoa and prions.

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What is a Toxin?

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Based on the organisms that produce them. And physicological affects on humans.

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What is IPE?

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Individual Protective Equipment

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What are some IPE for chem./bio agents?

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Protective Mask MCU-2P with C-2 canister, Advanced chemical Protective garment(ACPG), Chemical protective gloves and liners, chemical overboots and laces, skin decon kits
Medical self-treatments are NOT IPE

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What is Radiological Warfare

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The deliberate use of radiological weapons to produce widespread injury and death of all life.

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What is High Altitude Air Burst?

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Excess of 100,000 feet, with ionosphere disruptions and EMP

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What is an Air Burst?

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Fireball does not reach the surface. Vacuum collects debris and resultes in radiation fallout.

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What is a Surface Burst?

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WORST FALLOUT, due to fireball touching the surfaces

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What is Shallow underwater

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Small fireball and blast wave, causes large waves and water contamination.

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What is Deep underwater?

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Less visual effect, and yields greater water contamination

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What is a Ready-shelter?

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Inside the weather envelope, access to deep shelter. Provide minimum shielding and close to battle stations.

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What is a Deep-shelter?

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Low in the ship and near the centerline. Maximum shielding, oftem people far from battle station

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What is the self reading dosimeter?

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DT-60 dosimeter. 0-600 roentgens

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What is MOPP?

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Mission Oriented Protective Posture

23
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What are the different MOPP levels?

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MOPP 0 – Issue IPE
MOPP 1 – mask gloves readily accessible
MOPP 2 – Mask Carried, decon supplies stage
MOPP 3 – GQ, intall filters, don overboots
MOPP 4 – Don mask/hood, gloves, set CW, countermeasure washdown