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Chemical, Biological, And Radiological Warfare Flashcards

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What is Chemical Warfare?

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Is the employment of chemical agents that are intended for use to kill seriously injure or incapacitate personnel

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What does the term NBC environment?

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Includes a deliberate or accidental employment or threat of NBC weapons or other CBR materials

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What are the 4 chemical agents?

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Nerve
Blister
Blood
Choking

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What is a nerve agent?

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Liquid casualty agents that disrupt nerve impulses to the body while damaging body functions instead of tissue
Ex. Sarin (GB) or VX

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What is a blister agent?

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Liquid or solid casualty agents
Cause inflammation, blisters, and general destruction of tissues

Ex: distilled mustard (HD) and Lewisite (L)

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What is a blood agent?

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Gaseous casualty
Attack the enzymes carrying oxygen in the blood stream. Rapid breathing or chocking may occur due to lack of O in the blood

Ex: arsine ( SA)

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What is a choking agent?

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Gaseous or liquid
Tears dry throat nausea vomiting and headache
Lungs can fill up with fluid
Ex phosgene ( CG)

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What is M9 chemical agent detector paper?

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Detects the presence of liquid chemical agents by turning ref. does not detect vapors

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What is Atropine/ 2-PAM-chloride auto injector?

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Used as specific therapy for netve agent casualties.

Intramuscular injection

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What is Biological Warfare?

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The use of agents to cause disease sickness or death

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What are the 2 biological warfare?

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Pathogens and Toxins

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What are pathogens?

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Pathogens that could be used such as bacteria, rickettsia, viruses, fungi, protozoa and prions

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What are toxins?

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Mycotoxins are major such as bacterial toxins algal toxins animal venoms and plant toxins

Primary groups
Neurotoxins, cytotoxins, enterotoxins and dermatoxions.

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What is IPE for chemical/ biological warfare?

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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

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Is medical self treatment supplies considered IPE?

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No it is not

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What is Radiological Warfare?

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Is the deliberate use of radiological weapons to produce widespread injury and death to all life

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How many feet is the high altitude air burst?

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100,000 feet with ionosphere disruptions and EMP

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What radiological warfare agent creates a vacuum and collects debris caused by the severe blast damage resulting in radiation fallout.

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Air burst ( fireball does not reach surface)

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What has the worst fallout due to the fireball touching the surface?

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Surface Burst

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What has a small fireball and blast wave but causes huge water contamination and large waves?

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Shallow underwater burst

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What is a deep underwater burst?

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The burst is less visual and yields greater contaminated water

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How many types of shelters are on the ship?

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Only two they are the ready shelter and deep shelter

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Explain a ready shelter?

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Made inside the weather envelope with access yo a deep shelter.they provide mim shielding from nuclear radiation and allow crew to remain close to battle station

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Explain a deep shelter?

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They are low on the ship near centerline. Provide max shielding from nuclear radiation.

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Whats a DT-60 dosimeter?

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Its what can determine total amount of of gamma radiation

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What is MOPP and why do we enforce it?

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Mission oriented protective posture and its used to manage use of systems and equipment when in a chemical or biological envrionment.

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How many levels in MOPP?

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5 levels
MOPP 0
MOPP1
MOPP2
MOPP3
MOPP4
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What level are you suppose to don protective equipment and M9 tape while ashore?

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MOPP 1

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What action happens in MOPP level 0?

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Issue IPE and accessible in 5 mins

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Explain MOPP level 2afloat and ashore?

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Afloat Mask carried, decon supplies stage.

Ashore additional to level1 is don protective over-boots

30
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What level is this
Afloat GQ install filters don over boots

Ashore fill canteens activate decon stations

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MOPP level 3

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MOPP level 4 is?

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Afloat don mask/hood gloves circle william countermeasure wash down

Ashore gloves with liners untie bow in retention cord loop between legs and secure to web belt

Aviation Warfare Common Core (9 decks)

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