CHEMICAL AGENTS SELF AND FIRST AID

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Subject: CHEMICAL AGENTS SELF AND FIRST AID                              

Unit: VAR. BUMED  

Parent Organization: BUMED       

Box  ID: BX303902

Folder Title: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF NERVE AGENT POISONING                                               

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                            CEZ]ACAL AOMMS SXLT AND FIRST AID

                                      STUDE)IT OUTLINS                26 M" 90

        NTRODUCTION: What do you think your chances of     survival would
       be if you were never trained in military tactics    or survival skills
       in Boot Camp. Now well do you think you could perform your duties
       today if you never trained in your UbS. Have you ever been to war?
       Probably not, but you train for that possibility. Nuclear, Biological
       and Chemical Warfare are very real. The use of CHEMICAL AGENTS will
       undoubtedly play a major role in wartime, ranging from Smoke and
       I.ncQndiaries to TOXIC chemicals, such as Blister, Blood, Choking and
       Nerve. Do you think you have enough training and knowledge in these
       areas to survive and help your fellow Marines survive in a Chemically
       contaminated environment?

       PURPOSE: The purpose of this instruction is to provide you with a
       basic understanding of what Chemical Agents are. there Tactical us*,
       there affects on th*.body and what you can do to counteract those
       affects.


       REFERENCES:   FM 3-3
                     FM 3-5
                     FM 3-9
                     FM 8-9
                     TM P-5041 (8-285)

       LSARKING OBJECTIVE:%

       1. State in writing without the aid of notes the characteristics
       of each Training/Riot control. Incapacitating, and Toxic agents.

       2. Bo able to identify the types of Toxic chemical agents.

       3. State how each agent affects the body.

       4. State in writing the solf/first aid to counteract the effects
       of all agents discussed.
       5.  Perform the methods of-porsonn*l decontamination.

       e.  State the thr** classifications of chemical agents.

       r.  DXFINITroNs/      NoLoGr:

           A. Chemical Agent; la a solid, liquid or $as which through it's
           chemical properties produces & lethal *ffoct an hilm-ne, animals
and plants, or produces a screening or signaling amok*, or
           incendiary actions.

           B. Chemical Corps Symbol; A letter or group of lott*rs/numb*ra
           used &a an abbreviation code to identify & particular chemical
           agent. (Exampl*; RD a Distilled @t&rd).

           0. Standard A: Indicates an agent not expected to become obsolete
           during a five year period. May also imply the first choice in agent

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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Box ID = BX303902
Unit = VAR. BUMED
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Folder Title = PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF NERVE AGENT POISONING
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Subject = CHEMICAL AGENTS SELF AND FIRST AID
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Document Date =
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 24-DEC-1996