CHEMICALS Flashcards
WHAT CHEMICAL CAUSES COAGULATION NECROSIS?
ACIDS
HOW TO TX ACIDS?
NO NEUTRALIZATION; HUMIDIFIED O2
WHAT CHEMICAL CAUSES LIQUEFACTION NECROSIS (DEEP BURNS AND STRICTURES)?
ALKALI
DO YOU NEUTRALIZE ALKALI?
NO
WHAT CHEMICAL CAUSES SIGNIFICANT BURNS, GARLIC ODOR BREATH?
GUN BLUE (SELENIOUS ACID)
WHAT CHEMICAL CAUSES 1.5 PH?
GUN BLUE (SELENIOUS ACID)
NAME THE NERVE AGENTS? (5)
SARIN, SOMAN, TABUN, CYCLOSARN, ORGANOPHOSPHATE CHEMICALS
NERVE AGENT S&S?
DUMBBELLS/SLUDGE
NERVE AGENT TX?
ATROPINE (TO DRY UP AND INCREASE HR) AND PRALIDOXINE (2PAM). GIVE 2PAM UNTIL SECRETIONS DRY UP
NAME THE VESICANT AGENTS?
VESICANT=BLISTERING. LEWISITE, PHOSGENE, AND MUSTARD GAS
WHAT VESICANT CONVERTS TO ARSENIC AND CAUSES RECURRENT KERATITIS?
LEWISITE
HOW TO TX LEWISITE VESICANT?
CHELATION
WHAT VESICANT SMELLS LIKE HAY AND CAUSES PAINFUL SKIN LESIONS?
PHOSGENE
WHAT VESICANT CAUSES BONE MARROW DAMAGE?
MUSTARD GAS
HOW TO TX MUSTARD GAS VESTICANT?
USE ABSORBENT POWDER