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
IN CHEMICAL SUICIDES, FORMIC ACID (CARBON MONOXIDE) WILL GIVE OFF THIS SMELL?
ODORLESS
IN CHEMICAL SUICIDES, CYANIDE SALTS (HYDROGEN CYANIDE SALTS) WILL GIVE OFF THIS SMELL?
BITTER ALMOND LIKE
IN CHEMICAL SUICIDES, POLY SULFIDES (HYDROGEN SULFIDES) WILL GIVE OFF THIS SMELL?
ROTTEN EGGS
IN CHEMICAL SUICIDES, ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE (PHOSPHINE GASES) WILL GIVE OFF THIS SMELL?
FISH OR GARLIC LIKE ODOR
IN CHEMICAL SUICIDES, A CYLINDER OF INERT GASES WILL GIVE OFF THIS SMELL?
ODORLESS
NITROGEN MUSTARD
BLISTER AGENT (VESICANT)
SMELL - FISH OR MUSTY ODOR
ALL CHEMICAL AGENTS EXCEPT __________ ARE HEAVIER THAN AIR.
HYDROGEN CYANIDE
