Nerve Agents - A1

Question 1

What antidote does the military use for nerve agent exposure?

Answer 1

ATNAA

Question 2

What two medications are found in the ATNAA?

Answer 2

2PAM chloride/Pralidoxime chloride and Atropine sulfate

Question 3

Describe mechanical asphyxiation

Answer 3

Your breathing gets impaired, resulting in the decreased delivery of oxygen to the body’s tissues and cells. Muscles contract, and it can be fatal.

Question 4

What is miosis?

Answer 4

Pin-pointing/contracting of pupils

Question 5

Where is the ATNAA primarily injected, and for how long?

Answer 5

Meaty part of the thigh, for ten seconds each

Question 6

What does ATNAA stand for?

Answer 6

Antidote Treatment - Nerve Agent Autoinjector

Question 7

Along with insecticides, nerve agents belong to a class of chemicals known as:

Answer 7

Organophosphates

Question 8

What enzyme do nerve agents primarily disrupt?

Answer 8

Acetylcholinesterase

Question 9

What is the CANA?

Answer 9

Convulsant Antidote - Nerve Agents, a class IV narcotic which is administered in severe nerve agent exposures

Question 10

What is typically the least persistent nerve agent?

Answer 10

Sarin (GB)

Question 11

What was the first nerve agent developed?

Answer 11

Tabun (GA)

Question 12

How was pyridostigmine bromide used?

Answer 12

Prophylaxis against nerve agents, especially soman (GD)