Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Second Edition

C05: Nerve Agents—Carbamates • 27 The casualty may also experience difficulty breathing with a feeling of shortness of breath or ...

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29 6 C06: Nerve Agents—Reactive Binary Components To x i c o l o g y Effects Highly corrosive materials that cause burns and irr ...

30 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Latency Period Corrosive effects and irritation to the skin, ey ...

C06: Nerve Agents—Reactive Binary Components • 31 common materials, such as alcohols, radiator fluids, dry-cleaning sol- vents, ...

32 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Decontamination Casualties or personnel—Remove all clothing im ...

C06: Nerve Agents—Reactive Binary Components • 33 Patient Management Decontaminate the casualty ensuring that all the material h ...

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35 7 C07: Nerve Agents—Industrial To x i c o l o g y Effects These compounds are similar to, but much less deadly than, military ...

36 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Latency Period Depending on the concentration of the aerosol, t ...

C07: Nerve Agents—Industrial • 37 percutaneous penetration of liquid agents. In these situations, there is a decrease in the sur ...

38 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents self-contained breathing apparatus. Structural firefighters’ pr ...

C07: Nerve Agents—Industrial • 39 vomiting, involuntary urination or defecation, and a feeling of weakness. The casualty may als ...

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41 8 C08: Vesicants—Sulfur Based To x i c o l o g y Effects Vesicants affect both exterior and interior parts of the body. They ...

42 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Skin impacts from exposure to agent vapors at moderate temperat ...

C08: Vesicants—Sulfur Based • 43 Environmental Fate Agent vapors have a density that is greater than air and tend to collect in ...

44 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Protection Evacuation For a small release (0.4 gallons or less) ...

C08: Vesicants—Sulfur Based • 45 liquid soap and copious amounts of water to wash the skin surface and hair at least three times ...

46 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents and peripheral blisters. The blisters do not contain any vesica ...