CHEMICAL MUNITIONS (WPNS-2003B)

Question 1

IDENTIFY THE PURPOSE OF CHEMICAL AGENTS

Answer 1

-DISTRACT
-DISORIENT
-DISRUPT ACTIVITIES
-DISPERSE
-DISABLE

Question 2

IDENTIFY A)

Answer 2

Question 3

IDENTIFY B)

Answer 3

Question 4

IDENTIFY C)

Answer 4

Question 5

IDENTIFY D)

Answer 5

Question 6

IDENTIFY E)

Answer 6

Question 7

IDENTIFY F)

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Question 8

IDENTIFY G)

Answer 8

Question 9

IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OLEORESIN CAPSICUM (OC)

Answer 9

IN PURE FORM, OC IS AN OILY RESIN EXTRACTED FROM THE REFINED OILS AND WAXES OF THE GENUS CAPSICUM PLANT. IT IS CLASSIFIED AS AN INFLAMMATORY. OC CAUSES AN ACUTE BURNING SENSATION AND INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCUS MEMBRANES IN THE EYES, NOSE, MOUTH, AND THROAT.

Question 10

IDENTIFY THE PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF OC

Answer 10

-PERFUSE LACRIMATION (TEARING) OF THE EYES THEREBY PRODUCING INVOLUNTARY CLOSURE OF THE EYES.
-THE UPPER RESPIRATORY INFLAMMATION CAUSING FEELINGS OF THE CONSTRICTION OF THROAT AND ESOPHAGUS
-TEMPORARY PARALYSIS OF THE LARYNX AND GASPING FOR BREATH
-ACUTE BURNING SENSATION AND REDNESS OF ALL EXPOSED SKIN

Question 11

IDENTIFY THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF OC

Answer 11

ANXIETY, FEAR, AND PANIC AFTER EXPOSURE

Question 12

IDENTIFY THE CONSIDERATIONS OF OC

Answer 12

-OC IS NOT 100% EFFECTIVE (4% FAILURE RATE)
-1-2 SECOND REACTION TIME
-EFFECTS LAST BETWEEN 30-45 MINUTES
-LOW CROSS-CONTAMINATION RATE
-NO DEATHS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO OC

Question 13

IDENTIFY A)

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Question 14

IDENTIFY B)

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Question 15

IDENTIFY C)

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Question 16

IDENTIFY D)

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Question 17

IDENTIFY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF CS GAS

Answer 17

CS IS A WHITE CRYSTALLINE SOLID RESEMBLING TALCUM POWDER. IT IS CLASSIFIED AS AN IRRITANT. CS CAUSES A BURNING SENSATION IN THE EYES, NOSE, MOUTH, THROAT, AND EXPOSED SKIN, ESPECIALLY MOIST SKIN AROUND NECK, ARMPITS, AND GROIN, EXCESSIVE NASAL DISCHARGE, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, COUGHING AND SNEEZING. PROLONGED EXPOSURE MAY CAUSE TIGHTNESS OR PAIN IN THE CHEST, PANIC, NAUSEA, AND VOMITING.

Question 18

IDENTIFY THE CONSIDERATIONS OF CS GAS

Answer 18

-CS IS NOT 100% EFFECTIVE (40% FAILURE RATE)
-3-7 SECOND REACTION TIME
-EFFECTS LAST 30 MINUTES
-HIGH CROSS-CONTAMINATION RATE
-NO DEATHS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED TO CS

Question 19

IDENTIFY THE THREE EMPLOYMENT TECHNIQUES FOR THE MPG-120

Answer 19

HAND-HELD:
-CLOSE RIOTERS & SHORT RANGES
-FUSE SELECTOR ON 2 SECOND DELAY

HAND-THROWN:
-SHORT RANGES/SURROUNDING AREAS PREVENT SHOTGUN LAUNCHED METHOD
-FUSE SELECTOR ON 2 SECOND DELAY

SHOTGUN-LAUNCHED (870M SHOTGUN):
-ACCURATE TO AREA TARGETS UP TO 120 YDS
-FUSE SELECTOR ON 5 SECOND DELAY
-C200 CARTRIDGE IN SHOTGUN
-AIM BETWEEN 15-45 DEGREES TO TRAVEL 60-120 YDS. HIGHER THE ANGLE, THE SHORTER THE DISTANCE

Question 20

IDENTIFY THE FIRST AID PROCEDURES FOR SOMEONE EXPOSED TO CHEMICAL MUNITIONS

Answer 20

1. REMOVE THE SUBJECT FROM THE CONTAMINATED AREA
2. KEEP THE SUBJECT CALM/RESTRICT ACTIVITY INCLUDING RUBBING EYES
3. APPLY COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF COOL WATER
4. BLINK EYES AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE (STROBING THE EYES)
5. BLOT THE CONTAMINATED AREA, NO OILS/LOTIONS/CREAMS
6. BREATHE IN THROUGH MOUTH AND OUT THROUGH NOSE