ODORS Flashcards
Hydrogen Fluoride
Rotten eggs
AUC 338-Hydrogen Fluoride (HF) – This gas has a strong irritating odor similar to rotten eggs. Prolonged exposure to HF gas will desensitize your sense of smell making it undetectable. Inhaling HF gas can result in immediate or delayed onset pulmonary edema.
Hydrogen Cyanide
Burnt almonds
Tabun
Fruit
Chlorine
Bleach
Acetaldehyde
Fruit
Hydrogen Chloride
Pungent odor
Phosphine Gas
Fish or garlic
Mustard
Garlic
Lewisite
Geraniums
Cyanogen Chloride
Burnt almonds
Phosgene
Musty hay
Hydrogen sulfide
Rotten eggs
Soman
Camphor or fruit odor
TABUN (GA) A NERVE AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE?
TABUN (NERVE AGENT) SMELLS LIKE FRUIT
VISIBLE SIGNS:SLUDGEMS
TREATMENT: ATROPINE/2 PAM
SARIN (GB) A NERVE AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE?
SARIN (GB) HAS NO ODOR
VISIBLE SIGNS:SLUDGEMS
TREATMENT: ATROPINE/2 PAM
SOMAN (GD) A NERVE AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE?
SOMAN (GD) A NERVE AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE CAMPHOR OR FRUIT ODOR
VISIBLE SIGNS:SLUDGEMS
TREATMENT: ATROPINE/2 PAM
VX A NERVE AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE?
VX A NERVE AGENT WILL HAVE NO ODOR
VISIBLE SIGNS:SLUDGEMS
TREATMENT: ATROPINE/2 PAM
MUSTARD, A BLISTER AGENT CAN BE DIVIDED INTO 2 SEPARATE CATEGORIES, NITROGEN MUSTARD - WHICH WILL SMELL LIKE __________ & SULFUR MUSTARD WHICH WILL SMELL LIKE __________?
NITROGEN MUSTARD (NERVE AGENT) - FISHY OR MSTY ODOR
SULFUR MUSTARD (NERVE AGENT) - GARLIC OR MUSTARD ODOR
LEWISITE, A NERVE AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE?
LEWISITE SMELLS LIKE GERANIUMS
HYDROGEN CYANIDE, A BLOOD AGENT WILL HAVE THIS TYPE OF ODOR?
HYDROGEN CYANIDE A BLOOD AGENT SMELLS LIKE BURNT ALMONDS
CYANOGEN CHLORIDE, A BLOOD AGENT SMELLS LIKE?
CYANOGEN CHLORIDE, A BLOOD AGENT SMELLS LIKE BURNT ALMONDS
PHOSGENE A CHOCKING AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE?
PHOSGENE A CHOCKING AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE MUSKY HAY
CHLORINE, A CHOKING AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE?
CHLORINE, A CHOKING AGENT WILL SMELL LIKE ODOR OF BLEACH
ACRONYM FOR CHEMICAL ODORS
‘Frank Never Gets Blisters Although Bob Can Choke”
ACRONYM FOR CHEMICAL ODORS
‘Frank Never Gets Blisters Although Bob Can Choke”
F-FRUIT N-NERVE AGENT G-GARLIC B-BLISTER AGENT ALMONDS B-BLOOD AGENT C-CHLORINE C-CHOKING AGENT
Wood and paint odor, where may this odor indicate location of fire?.
•APT
Wood and paint odor - apartment.
Food on the stove might indicate the location of the fire as?
•APT
Food on the stove - apartment.
Fuel oil odor may indicate the location of the fire?
- BASEMENT
- BOILER ROOM
Fuel oil odor - boiler room or basement.
Rubbish odor may indicate that the fire is where?
- PUBLIC HALL/STAIRWAY
- COMPACTOR ROOM
- SHAFT
Rubbish odor - public hallway/stairway, compactor room, shafts.
Electrical odor may indicate the fire location to?
•OVERHEAD LIGHTS IN HALLWAY
Electrical odor - overhead lights in hallways.
THERE ARE 4 TYPES OF NERVE AGENTS (ORGANOPHOSPHATES), WHAT ARE THERE ASSOCIATED ODORS?
TABUN (GA) -
SARIN (GB) -
SOMAN (GD) -
VX -
TABUN (GA) - FRUITY ODOR
SARIN (GB) - NO ODOR
SOMAN (GD) - CAMPHOR, FRUIT ODOR
VX - NO ODOR
++NERVE AGENTS ARE ORGANOPHOSPHATES++
THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF BLISTER AGENTS (VESICANT), MUSTARD & LEWISITE-MUSTARD IS FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO TYPES. WHAT ARE THEIR ASSOCIATED ODORS?
MUSTARD
•NITROGEN MUSTARD
•SULFUR MUSTARD
LEWISITE
MUSTARD
•NITROGEN MUSTARD - FISH OR MUSTY ODOR
•SULFUR MUSTARD - GARLIC, MUSTARD ODOR
LEWISITE - ODOR OF GERANIUMS
THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF BLOOD AGENTS (PULMONARY) HYDROGEN CYANIDE & CYANOGEN CHLORIDE. BOTH AGENTS WILL HAVE THIS TYPE OF SMELL?
•BURNT ALMONDS
HYDROGEN CYANIDE - BURNT ALMONDS (LIGHTER THAN AIR)
CYANOGEN CHLORIDE - BURNT ALMONDS
THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF CHOKING AGENTS, WHAT ARE RHEIR ASSOCIATED ODORS?
PHOSGENE
CHLORINE
AMMONIA
PHOSGENE-ODOR OF MUSKY HAY (CLEAR TO PALE YELLOW COLOR)
CHLORINE-ODOR OF BLEACH (YELLOW-GREEN COLOR)
AMMONIA-DOES NOT SAY BUT GO W/CHLORINE
UNITS ARRIVE ON SCENE TO A CHEMICAL SUICIDE AND OVERHEAR THE CHIEF SAY THE VICTIM USED POLY SULFIDES WHICH PRODUCED HYDROGEN SULFIDE GAS. BEING A GOOD STUDENT YOU SHOULD EXPECT THIS ODOR?
HYDROGEN SULFIDE - ROTTEN EGGS
UNITS ARRIVE ON SCENE TO A CHEMICAL SUICIDE AND OVERHEAR THE CHIEF SAY THE VICTIM USED FORMIC ACID WHICH PRODUCED CARBON MONOXIDE GAS. BEING A GOOD STUDENT YOU SHOULD EXPECT THIS ODOR?
CARBON MONOXIDE - ODORLESS
UNITS ARRIVE ON SCENE TO A CHEMICAL SUICIDE AND OVERHEAR THE CHIEF SAY THE VICTIM USED CYANIDE SALTS WHICH PRODUCE HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS. BEING A GOOD STUDENT YOU SHOULD EXPECT THIS ODOR?
HYDROGEN CYANIDE GAS - BITTER ALMOND LIKE
UNITS ARRIVE ON SCENE TO A CHEMICAL SUICIDE AND OVERHEAR THE CHIEF SAY THE VICTIM USED ALUMINUM PHOSPHIDE WHICH PRODUCED PHOSPHINE GAS. BEING A GOOD STUDENT YOU SHOULD EXPECT THIS ODOR?
PHOSPHINE GAS - FISH OR GARLIC LIKE ODOR
UNITS ARRIVE ON SCENE TO A CHEMICAL SUICIDE AND OVERHEAR THE CHIEF SAY THE VICTIM USED A CYLINDER OF INERT GAS WHICH CAUSED OXYGEN DISPLACEMENT. BEING A GOOD STUDENT YOU SHOULD EXPECT THIS ODOR?
ODORLESS
ACCORDING TO THE SCBA TRAINING BULLETIN, Phosgene COC12 is tasteless, and is odorless at first, but at 6 ppm it has a _________smell. If the concentration reaches _____ ppm, phosgene is deadly.
- MUSTY HAY
- 25 PPM
ACCORDING TO THE SCBA TRAINING BULLETIN, Phosgene COC12 is tasteless, and is odorless at first, but at 6 ppm it has a musty-hay smell. If the concentration reaches 25 ppm, phosgene is deadly.
ACCORDING THE THE SCBA BULLETIN, HYDROGEN CHLORIDE HCL is colorless, but has a _______ odor and is intensely irritating not only to your eyes but also to your respiratory tract which may swell enough to suffocate you.
•PUNGENT
ACCORDING THE THE SCBA BULLETIN, HYDROGEN CHLORIDE HCL is colorless, but has a pungent odor and is intensely irritating not only to your eyes but also to your respiratory tract which may swell enough to suffocate you.
