CHEMICALS Flashcards

1
Q

WHAT CHEMICAL CAUSES COAGULATION NECROSIS?

A

ACIDS

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2
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HOW TO TX ACIDS?

A

NO NEUTRALIZATION; HUMIDIFIED O2

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3
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WHAT CHEMICAL CAUSES LIQUEFACTION NECROSIS (DEEP BURNS AND STRICTURES)?

A

ALKALI

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4
Q

DO YOU NEUTRALIZE ALKALI?

A

NO

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5
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WHAT CHEMICAL CAUSES SIGNIFICANT BURNS, GARLIC ODOR BREATH?

A

GUN BLUE (SELENIOUS ACID)

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6
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WHAT CHEMICAL CAUSES 1.5 PH?

A

GUN BLUE (SELENIOUS ACID)

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7
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NAME THE NERVE AGENTS? (5)

A

SARIN, SOMAN, TABUN, CYCLOSARN, ORGANOPHOSPHATE CHEMICALS

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8
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NERVE AGENT S&S?

A

DUMBBELLS/SLUDGE

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9
Q

NERVE AGENT TX?

A

ATROPINE (TO DRY UP AND INCREASE HR) AND PRALIDOXINE (2PAM). GIVE 2PAM UNTIL SECRETIONS DRY UP

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10
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NAME THE VESICANT AGENTS?

A

VESICANT=BLISTERING. LEWISITE, PHOSGENE, AND MUSTARD GAS

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WHAT VESICANT CONVERTS TO ARSENIC AND CAUSES RECURRENT KERATITIS?

A

LEWISITE

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12
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HOW TO TX LEWISITE VESICANT?

A

CHELATION

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13
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WHAT VESICANT SMELLS LIKE HAY AND CAUSES PAINFUL SKIN LESIONS?

A

PHOSGENE

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14
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WHAT VESICANT CAUSES BONE MARROW DAMAGE?

A

MUSTARD GAS

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15
Q

HOW TO TX MUSTARD GAS VESTICANT?

A

USE ABSORBENT POWDER

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16
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WHAT CHEMICAL WEAPON CAUSES CONVULSIONS, RESP DEP, BRADYCARDIA, BRIGHT RED BLOOD?

A

CYANIDE

17
Q

HOW TO TX CYANIDE?

A

CHELATION WITH HYDROXOCOBALAMIN/CYANOKIT

18
Q

THESE SYMPTOMS INDICATE WHAT MAY HAVE BEEN USED AT AN INDOOR SPORTING EVENT: VOMITING, RHINIORRHEA, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, AND FASCICULATIONS?

A

NERVE AGENTS = ORGANOPHOSPHATE = DUMBBELLS/SLUDGE