Chemical, Biological, And Radiological Warfare Flashcards
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What is Chemical Warfare?
Is the employment of chemical agents that are intended for use to kill seriously injure or incapacitate personnel
What does the term NBC environment?
Includes a deliberate or accidental employment or threat of NBC weapons or other CBR materials
What are the 4 chemical agents?
Nerve
Blister
Blood
Choking
What is a nerve agent?
Liquid casualty agents that disrupt nerve impulses to the body while damaging body functions instead of tissue
Ex. Sarin (GB) or VX
What is a blister agent?
Liquid or solid casualty agents
Cause inflammation, blisters, and general destruction of tissues
Ex: distilled mustard (HD) and Lewisite (L)
What is a blood agent?
Gaseous casualty
Attack the enzymes carrying oxygen in the blood stream. Rapid breathing or chocking may occur due to lack of O in the blood
Ex: arsine ( SA)
What is a choking agent?
Gaseous or liquid
Tears dry throat nausea vomiting and headache
Lungs can fill up with fluid
Ex phosgene ( CG)
What is M9 chemical agent detector paper?
Detects the presence of liquid chemical agents by turning ref. does not detect vapors
What is Atropine/ 2-PAM-chloride auto injector?
Used as specific therapy for netve agent casualties.
Intramuscular injection
What is Biological Warfare?
The use of agents to cause disease sickness or death
What are the 2 biological warfare?
Pathogens and Toxins
What are pathogens?
Pathogens that could be used such as bacteria, rickettsia, viruses, fungi, protozoa and prions
What are toxins?
Mycotoxins are major such as bacterial toxins algal toxins animal venoms and plant toxins
Primary groups
Neurotoxins, cytotoxins, enterotoxins and dermatoxions.
What is IPE for chemical/ biological warfare?
Protective mask MCU-2P with components ( C-2 Canister Filter)
Advanced chemical protective garment (ACPG)
Chemical protective gloves and liners
Chemical protective overboots and laces
Skin decontamination kit
Is medical self treatment supplies considered IPE?
No it is not
What is Radiological Warfare?
Is the deliberate use of radiological weapons to produce widespread injury and death to all life
How many feet is the high altitude air burst?
100,000 feet with ionosphere disruptions and EMP
What radiological warfare agent creates a vacuum and collects debris caused by the severe blast damage resulting in radiation fallout.
Air burst ( fireball does not reach surface)
What has the worst fallout due to the fireball touching the surface?
Surface Burst
What has a small fireball and blast wave but causes huge water contamination and large waves?
Shallow underwater burst
What is a deep underwater burst?
The burst is less visual and yields greater contaminated water
How many types of shelters are on the ship?
Only two they are the ready shelter and deep shelter
Explain a ready shelter?
Made inside the weather envelope with access yo a deep shelter.they provide mim shielding from nuclear radiation and allow crew to remain close to battle station
Explain a deep shelter?
They are low on the ship near centerline. Provide max shielding from nuclear radiation.
