DECON AMB CHEM CONTAMINATED CASUALITIES

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Subject: DECON AMB CHEM CONTAMINATED CASUALITIES                         

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                 (4) Action if casualty has been triaged as needing clean
         treatment following decontamination of protective mask:

                     (a) Remove wet weather jacket

                         1.# Unfasten jacket front.

                         2.# Instruct casualty to face away from you and
         place feet about shoulder-width apart, extend arms backwards at
         about a 30-degree angle if possible, and clench fists.

                         3.# Cut to aid removal if necessary

                            a.# Cut around all splints, bandages, and
         tourniquets.

                            b.# Cut sleeves from inside wrists to armpits.

                            c.# Cut across shoulders through collar.

                         4.# Standing behind casualty

                            a.# Grasp jacket collar at sides of neck.

                            b.# Peel jacket off shoulders at a 30-degree
         angle down and away from the casualty.

                            c.# Smoothly pull the inside of the sleeves
         over the wrists and hands. Caution: Dip scissors in HTH solu-
         tion after each cut.

                            d.# Ensure the outside of the jacket does not
         touch the inner clothing.

                            e.# Tell casualty to relax the arms and turn
         around without touching the trousers.

                     (b) Remove wet weather trousers

                         I.# Unfasten or cut all ties, buttons, or zip-
         pers.

                         2.# Cut trousers to aid removal. Note: #Cut
         trousers only when necessary.

                            a.# Cut around all bandages and tourniquets.

                            b.# Cut from cuff along the inseam to waist on
         left leg.

                            c.# Cut right leg from cuff to just below
         zipper and then intersect the first cut.


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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-37
Box ID = BX303801
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Parent Organization = BUMED
Folder Title = VARIOUS BUMED DOCUMENTS FOLDER 1
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Subject = DECON AMB CHEM CONTAMINATED CASUALITIES
Document Seq # = 20
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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