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what is chemical warfare
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the employment of chemical agents that are intended for use in military operations to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate personnel due to their physiological effect
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what are the four types of chemical agents
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- Nerve Agents.
- Blister Agents. - Blood Agents. - Choking Agents. |
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______ is a liquid casualty agent that disrupt nerve inpulses to the body examples are _________
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nerve agents,
sarin(GB), lewisite (L), soman (GD), and VX |
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distilled mustard, lewisite, phosgene oxime, and levinstein mustard are examples of what kind of agent that causes destruction of tissues results in temporary blindness or death
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blister agents
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what is a blood agent and what are some examples
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Gaseous casualty agents that attack the enzymes carrying oxygen in the blood stream. causes rapid breathing or chokeing due to lake of oxygen in the blood. example s hydrogen cyanide, cyanogen chloride, and arsine
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what are some symptoms of a choking agent what are some examples.
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tears, dry throat, nausea, vomiting, and headache, the victim may feel as if they are drowning, causing breathing to become rapid and shallow. examples are phosgene and diphosgene
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what does M9 detector paper detect
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liquid chemical agents by turning ted or reddish color
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what can be used as specific therapy for nerve agents
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atropine, 2-PSM-Chloride auto injector
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biological warfare is the use of agents to cause disease, sichness, or death, they are devided into two types of biological agents ____ and ____
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pathogens, from bacteria, viruses, fungi, richettsia.
toxins, form mycotoxins, algal toxins, animal venoms and plant toxins. |
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what type of mask is worn for individual protective equipment
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MCU-2P with C-2 canister filter.
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what does the IPE for chemical/biological agent environments consist of
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- Protective mask MCU-2P with components
- Advanced chemical protective garment - Chemical protective gloves and liners - Chemical protective overboots and laces - Skin decontamination kit |
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what are the types of nuclear explosion
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- High altitude air burst
- Air burst - Surface Burst - Shallow underwater burst - Deep underwater burst |
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what type of explosion has the worst fallout and why
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surface burst due to the fireball touching the surface
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what type of explosion causes ionosphere disruptions and emp and were does it take place
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high altitude air burst in excess of 100,000 feet.
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what type of explosion causes large waveand water contamination
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shallow underwater burst
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what type of explosion has a fireball that does not reach the surface but creats a vacuum causing severe blast damage
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air burst.
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what type of explosion yields the greatest contaminated water with less visual effects.
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deep underwater burst.
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what is a ready-shelter station
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just inside the weather envelope access to deep shelter, remain close to battle station
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what is deep-shelter station
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low in ship near centerline far removed from battle stations.
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_______ is a non-self reading high range casualty dosimeter, which has to be placed in a special radiac computer-indicator.
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DT-60 dosimeter.
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what does MOPP stand for
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Mission Oriented Protective Posture
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MOPP level 0.
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Issue IPE, accessible within five minutes.
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MOPP level 1
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Afloat. JSLIST, MASK, Gloves readily accessible.
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MOPP level 2
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Afloat. Mask carried, decon supplies stage.
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MOPP level 3
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Afloat. GQ, install filters, don over-boots.
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MOPP level 4
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Afloat. Don mask/hood, gloves, Circle William, countermeasure washdown.
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