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                                               

Document Number:          4

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                      I!ERYSICAL STATZ

                      ;_ Physical State: Liquid/Solid

                      .Z Odor: Disagreeable and penetrating

                      11 it in colorless

                      4 Low melting point
                      5 Slowly decomposes at normal temperatures

                  (b) TACTICAL USE


                      Classified as a dol&yed-acting casualty
                      agent, but initial symptoms are immediate.

                  (c) PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIOM

                      I Phoagene Oxime (CX) is a powerful irritant
                      That produces IIMDIATS PAIS ranging from a pricking
                      sensation to a s*vere boo sting.
                      2 Causes violent irritations to the mucous
                      membranes of the *yen and nos*.

                      3 The skin becomes blanched in about 30
                      seconds.

                      i-A wheal forms in 30 minutes.

                      5 The U. S. does not hav* & standard
                      Urtic&nts characterized by the presence of
                      itching or stinging wheals).

                      6 After blanching, the area will turn opposite
                      i'ta natural color in about 24 hours. with a
                      scab forming in about on* week. The scab
                      generally falls off in 3 weeks. Itching may
                      be pr*xont throughout the h*&ling process.
                      which may be delayed beyond 2 months.

                  (d) EMICTION jtzqurgzp

                      ,L A proper fitting protective mask that
                      prottets the respiratory system, the
                      r*m&indor of the body can be protected by a
                      complete X*t of prot*otiv* clothing such as:

                       a Permeable protective clothing for
                       vapors and small droplets.

                       b Impermeable clothing for protection
st largo droplets, splashes and
                       smears.





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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-44
Box ID = BX303902
Unit = VAR. BUMED
Parent Organization = BUMED
Folder Title = PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF NERVE AGENT POISONING
Folder Seq # = 14
Subject = CHEMICAL AGENTS SELF AND FIRST AID
Document Seq # = 4
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