Unit 1: Deployed Disaster Relief Flashcards
During World War II, why did two Allied units withdraw from positions previously occupied by Germans in the North African Desert?
Flies spread disease from the exposed feces
Operations other than war (OOTW) are defined as
military actions conducted which are not associated with large-scale combat operations
Recent operations other than war (OOTW) have been seen in Bosnia,
Rwanda, Iraq, and Haiti
The allowance standard (AS) that lists equipment to support the FFPM4 (PAM) team mission is
AS 916E
Medical intelligence (MI) is information about diseases,
climatic conditions, and other health-related environmental factors
How is most medical intelligence (MI) obtained?
directly from people
When must medical intelligence (MI) be used as a preventive measure to be effective?
prior to a unit’s deployment
Who appoints the base medical intelligence officer?
medical treatment facility (MTF) commander
In the absence of the public health officer, who is normally appointed as the medical intelligence officer?
4E0X1 NCO with appropriate experience
The twofold purpose of the medical mission is to return sick or injured combatants back to duty as quickly as possible and to
ensure the more seriously injured gets evacuated to safer areas for convalescence and treatment
The first country to use a nuclear weapon in warfare was
the United States of America
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?
Chernobyl, Union of Soviet Socialist Republicans (USSR)
What nerve agent was unleashed on a subway station in Tokyo by a Japanese cult?
Sarin
A person in the vicinity of a nuclear blast will be displaced if the wind velocity exceeds
how many miles per hour (mph)?
100
What is the most likely reason that many military members suffer or die as a result of a
biological attack?
Too much time between agent identification and cure/treatment recommendations
What primarily determines the effectiveness of a biological agent?
ability of the organism to overcome resistance of the target host
Which statement is not a characteristic of a biological agent?
a. Identification of the organism is often difficult.
b. Agent’s presence cannot be detected by our senses.
c. All agents are rapid in action from time of exposure to symptoms.
d. Some agents have a delayed action because of the incubation period.
c. All agents are rapid in action from time of exposure to symptoms
Which is not one of the three primary substances comprising chemical warfare agents?
a. Gaseous.
b. Plasma.
c. Liquid.
d. Solid.
b. Plasma
Antidote kits, such as antidote treatment, nerve agent autoinjector (ATNAA) and convulsant antidote for nerve agent (CANA), treat symptoms of which type of chemical warfare agent exposure?
Nerve agents
Trinitrotoluene (TNT), C–4, and nitroglycerin are all examples of what category of
explosives?
high explosive (HE)
What does a low-order explosive lack compared to high explosives?
over-pressurization shock wave
