CHEMICAL AGENTS Flashcards
SARIN (GB)
NERVE AGENT
ODOR: NO ODOR
SIGN/SYMPTOMS: RESPIRATORY DISTRESS/CONVULSIONS/SLUDGEMS
TABUN (GA)
NERVE AGENT
ODOR: FRUIT
SIGN/SYMPTOMS: RESPIRATORY DISTRESS/CONVULSIONS/SLUDGEMS
SOMAN (GX)
NERVE AGENT
ODOR: FRUIT
SIGN/SYMPTOMS: RESPIRATORY DISTRESS/CONVULSIONS/SLUDGEMS
VX
NERVE AGENT
ODOR: NO ODOR
SIGN/SYMPTOMS: RESPIRATORY DISTRESS/CONVULSIONS/SLUDGEMS
MUSTARD
BLISTER AGENT
ODOR: GARLIC
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO MUSTARD AGENTS DO NOT APPEAR FOR SEVERAL HOURS, SKIN BLISTERING
LEWISITE
BLISTER AGENT
ODOR: GARLIC
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO LEWISITE AGENTS APPEAR IMMEDIATELY, EYE IRRITATION, SKIN AND AIRWAYS, TISSUE NECROSIS
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
BLOOD AGENT
ODOR: BURNT ALMONDS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO BLOOD AGENTS: VICTIMS GASPING FOR AIR, CONVULSIONS
CYANOGEN CHLORIDE
BLOOD AGENT
ODOR: BURNT ALMONDS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO BLOOD AGENTS: VICTIMS GASPING FOR AIR, CONVULSIONS
CHLORINE
CHOKING AGENT
ODOR: CHLORINE OR GRASS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO BLOOD AGENTS: VICTIMS GASPING FOR AIR, EYE IRRITATION
AMMONIA
CHOKING AGENT
ODOR: CHLORINE OR GRASS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO BLOOD AGENTS: VICTIMS GASPING FOR AIR, EYE IRRITATION
PHOSGENE
CHOKING AGENT
ODOR: MUSKY HAY
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS TO CHOKING AGENTS: VICTIMS GASPING FOR AIR, EYE IRRITATION ++DELAYED++
CHEMICAL AGENTS ACRONYM
“Frank Never Gets Blisters Although Bob Can Choke”
FRANK NEVER GETS BLISTERS ALTHOUGH BOBBY CAN CHOKE
F – Fruity N –Nerve*(Sarin & VX no odor)
G – Garlic B – BlisterMustard
A –Almond B – BloodHydrogen Cyanide, Cyanogens Chloride
C – Chlorine C – ChokingAmmonia, Phosgen
ALL CHEMICAL AGENTS EXCEPT __________ ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR.
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
WHAT 2 CHEMICAL AGENTS WILL HAVE DELAYED SYMPTOMS?
MUSTARDS & PHOSGENE
WHAT DOES HYDROGEN SULFIDE SMELL LIKE?
ROTTEN EGGS