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Deployed Disaster Relief Flashcards

1
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What disease caused 60,000 casualties in 1942 during the war campaign in Guadalcanal?

A

Malaria

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What two major diseases led to the disbanding of Merrill’s Marauders?

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Malaria and Dysentery

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What problem incapacitated the Allied and American units when they moved into an abandoned German war camp in the North African desert?

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Overpopulation of flies flying around that caused sickness (dysentery)

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What were the causes for losing over 13,000 people during the invasion of Sicily before and after the attack?

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Malaria and Sand Fly Fever

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5
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What are OOTWs?

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Operations Other Than War

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What are some of the conditions that lead to OOTWs?

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Peacekeeping, peacebuilding, peace enforcement, and humanitarian efforts

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What system is DOD-directed?

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Joint Operation Planning & Execution System (JOPES)

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When resources are planned to be sent to the theater of operations in a transportation-feasible flow, what is the collection of information called?

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Time-Phased Force & Deployment Data (TPFDD)

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What is the WMP?

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USAF War & Mobilization Plan: A classified document which provides commanders current policies, planning factors, and forces conducting and supporting wartime operations

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10
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Define medical intelligence.

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Provides info about location like climate, environment, people, medical capabilities

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In the absence of an officer in the public health office, who may be appointed as the MIO?

A

Experienced NCO

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At what times should an MIO either recommend measures or report findings when a unit is scheduled for deployment?

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Before, upon arrival, and all throughout the deployment.

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13
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What is the twofold purpose of the medical mission in wartime?

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Return sick and injured personnel back to duty.
Contingency to transport for further care.

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14
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What is UTC?

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Unit Type Codes

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15
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How can we effectively use the historical information from nuclear, biological, and chemical events?

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Give education and limit repeating history.

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16
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The nuclear accident at Three Mile Island caused no immediate danger to radiation, but what concerns do experts have about the accident?

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Longterm effects and effects on the food chain

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17
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In 1995, it was revealed that Iraq had sophisticated biological warfare agents. What were they?

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Botulinum toxin, anthrax, and aflatoxin

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When was the first recorded use of chemical weapons?

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423 BC, during the Peloponnesian War

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What accident occurred in Russia on 26 April 1986?

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The Chernobyl factory accident

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What NBC agents were used by Iraq in 1986?

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Chemical agents, specifically mustard and nerve agents

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What causes most of the destruction during a nuclear weapon detonation?

A

Blast

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22
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Which two blast components are caused by blast injuries?

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Wind and wave

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What type of fires would be caused by a nuclear weapon detonation?

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Fireball

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What are the biological hazards from “fallout”?

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Whole-body irradiation from the ground; beta particles on the skin; internal damage from inhaled alpha and beta particles

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What type of radiation presents the greatest inhalation hazard?

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Alpha and beta particles

26
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How much of an immediate radiological hazard would an air blast produce on the ground?

A

Little

27
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How does a nuclear burst result in radioactive contamination?

A

By attaching to rain droplets that fall to the ground and contaminate the food chain

28
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What type of nuclear detonation occurs where the fireball contacts the ground?

A

Surface blast

29
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Which type of burst is the most hazardous nuclear detonation?

A

Surface blast

30
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Why is the use of biological warfare agents advantageous?

A

Produces death, disease, or toxicity to all living things

31
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How many biological agents can be released into the environment?

A

Three; bacteria, virueses, and toxins

32
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What are the characteristics of biological warfare agents?

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Incubation period, difficult identification, and unlike any other

33
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What determines the effectiveness of biological agents?

A

The ability to overcome the resistance of the target host and the environment

34
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What chemical agent was developed from dye fixatives in the textile industry?

A

Pulmonary agents

35
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How do cyanogens affect the body?

A

They stop tissue respiration

36
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In what type of weather are vesicants most effective?

A

Hot weather

37
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What are the three examples of vesicants?

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Mustards, phosgene oxime, and lewisite

38
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What is probably the first effect you will notice in a person exposed to nerve agents?

A

Begins with pinpointing of the pupils

39
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What are the effects of incapacitating agents?

A

Visual, mental, and physical disability.

40
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What are high-yield explosives?

A

Any conventional weapon or devise that is capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to kill or injure a large number of people

41
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What are the two categories of high-yield explosives?

A

High explosive (HE)
Low-order explosive (LE)

42
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What are some examples of high explosives?

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Trinitritiluene (TNT), semtex, nitroglycerin, dynamite, and ammonium nitrate fuel oil (ANFO)

43
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What are some examples of low-order explosives?

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Pipe bombs, gunpowder, Molotov cocktails, and missiles

44
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Why did two Allied units withdraw from positions previously occupied by Germans in the North African Desert during WWII?

A

Flies spread disease from the exposed feces

45
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Operations other than war (OOTW) are defined as

A

military actions conducted which are not associated with large-scale combat operations

46
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Recent operations other than war (OOTW) have been seen in Bosnia,

A

Rwanda, Iraq, and Haiti.

47
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The allowance standard (AS) that lists equipment to support the FFPM4 (PAM) team mission is

A

AS 916E

48
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Medical intelligence (MI) is information about diseases,

A

climatic conditions and other health-related environmental factors.

49
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How is most medical intelligence (MI) obtained?

A

Directly from people

50
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When must medical intelligence (MI) be used as a preventative measure to be effective?

A

Prior to a unit’s deployment

51
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Who appoints the base medical intelligence officer?

A

MTF commander

52
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In the absence of the public health officer, who is normally appointed as the medical intelligence officer?

A

4E0X1 NCO with appropriate experience

53
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The first country to use a nuclear weapon in warfare was

A

the USA.

54
Q

According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which nuclear accident resulted in more radioactive material being released into the atmosphere than from all nuclear tests conducted throughout history?

A

Chernobyl, Union of Soviet Socialist Republican (USSR)

55
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What nerve agent was unleashed on a subway station in Tokyo by a Japanese cult?

A

Sarin

56
Q

If the wind velocity exceeds how many miles per hour (mph) in the vicinity of a nuclear blast, a person will be displaced.

A

100

57
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What is the most likely reason that many military members suffer or die as a result of a biological attack?

A

Too much time between agent identification and cure/treatment recommendations

58
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What is NOT a characteristic of a biological agent?

A

All agents are rapid in action from tie of exposure to symptoms

59
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What is NOT one of the three primary substances comprising chemical warfare agents?

A

Plasma

60
Q

Antidote kits, such as antidote treatment, nerve agent autoinjector (ATNAA), and convulsant antidote for ner agent (CANA), treat symptoms of which type of chemical warfare agent exposure?

A

Nerve agents

61
Q

Trinitrotoluene (TNT), C-4, and nitroglycerin are all examples of what category of explosives?

A

High explosives (HE)

62
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What does a low-order explosive lack compare to high explosives?

A

Over-pressurization shock wave

4E0X1 WAPS (7 decks)

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