front 1 Personal protective equipment:
| back 1 Worn when the highest level of respiratory, skin, eye and mucous membrane protection is required. Includes: Self-contained breathing apparatus(SCBA)in the prehospital arena, fully encapsulating vapor-tight, chemical resistant suit with chemical resistant gloves and boots |
front 2 Personal protective equipment:
| back 2 Similar to Level A and is selected when the highest level Resp. protection but a lesser level of skin and eye protection. Includes: SCBA and a chemical resistant suit. |
front 3 Personal protective equipment:
| back 3 Protection requires the air-purified respirator (APR), which uses filters or sorbent materials to remove harmful substances from the air. A chemical-resistant coverall with splash hood, chemical-resistant gloves and boots |
front 4 Personal protective equipment:
| back 4 Protection is basically the work uniform |
front 5 Levels most often used in hospital facilities | back 5 Level C and Level D |
front 6 Common chemical agents of chemical warfare | back 6 Nerve agents, Blood agents, vesciant agents, pulmonary agents |
front 7 Nerve agents | back 7 Most toxic, inexpensive,effective in small quantities and easily dispersed. In liquid form,evaporates into a colorless, odorless vapor
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front 8 Signs and symtoms of nerve agents | back 8 Nerve gas exposure are those of cholinergic crisis and include: Bilteral miosis, visual disturbances,N/V,diarrhea,incresed secretions, GI motility, brochospasm |
front 9 Treatment for nerve agents | back 9 Copious amouns of Soap&H20,supportive care,Benzodiazepine, Pralidoxime, Atropine |
front 10 Vesicants Agents | back 10 Blistering agents |