Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Second Edition
67 12 C12: Convulsants To x i c o l o g y Effects Convulsants induce brief, muscular shock-like jerks (myoclonic seizures) that ...
68 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Latency Period Convulsions appear shortly after inhaling a larg ...
C12: Convulsants • 69 Reactivity Aqueous solutions of agents that do dissolve in water are stable. Protection Evacuation There a ...
70 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Decontamination Casualties or personnel—Do not attempt to brus ...
71 13 C13: Blood Agents—COX Inhibiting To x i c o l o g y Effects Agents stop the transfer of oxygen from blood to the rest of t ...
72 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Lethal percutaneous exposures (LD 50 s) to liquefied agents are ...
C13: Blood Agents—COX Inhibiting • 73 percutaneous penetration of liquid agents. In these situations, the rate of per- cutaneous ...
74 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents available systems, including colorimetric tubes, are available ...
C13: Blood Agents—COX Inhibiting • 75 and pose a percutaneous hazard. Liquids can then vaporize when the temperature rises. For ...
76 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Priority 4 A casualty who is not breathing and does not have a ...
77 14 C14: Blood Agents—Hemophilic To x i c o l o g y Effects These materials include carbon monoxide and metal carbonyls that r ...
78 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents health (IDLH) concentrations for inhalation of these agents are ...
C14: Blood Agents—Hemophilic • 79 These nitrites are used to create methemoglobinemia, which will exacer- bate carbon monoxide p ...
80 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents directions. Consider downwind evacuation or shelter in place fo ...
C14: Blood Agents—Hemophilic • 81 If the casualty was exposed to the liquid agent vapor, and water is not immediately available, ...
82 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Priority 3 A casualty with known or potential exposure but who ...
83 15 C15: Blood Agents—Hemophilic, Metal Based To x i c o l o g y Effects These materials affect the ability of the blood syste ...
84 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Latency Period Effects from exposure can be delayed from 20 min ...
C15: Blood Agents—Hemophilic, Metal Based • 85 Protection Evacuation There are no published recommendations for isolation or pro ...
86 • Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents Decontamination Casualties or personnel—Remove all clothing as ...
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