DECON AMB CHEM CONTAMINATED CASUALITIES

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Subject: DECON AMB CHEM CONTAMINATED CASUALITIES                         

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                          6.# Grasping the heel of the overboot with your
         hand and the top of the trouser leg with the other, pull off the
         garment.

                          7.# Repeat step 4 for the other leg.
         over the table.  8.# Instruct casualty to swing his or her legs

                          9.# Route casualty to decontamination station via
         shuffle box filled with HTH.

                      (d) Remove glove liners. Casualty removes his or her
         own glove liners, if possible.

                      (e) Check for contamination. Use ABC-M8VGH detection
         paper. Test all areas of clothing and bandages; also neck and
         wrists.

                      (f) Spot decontaminate as required, after cutting
         away clothing, using M291 decon kit, HTH solution or soap and
         water as required.

                      (g) Remove or replace tourniquet

                          1.# Remove clothing around tourniquet to allow
         placement of new tourniquet.

                          2.# Place new tourniquet 1/2- to 1-inch above the
         old one.
                          3.# Decontaminate the area.

                      (h) Remove splints

                          I.# Remove splint carefully.

                          2.# Decontaminate splinted area--use M291 or HTH
         solution.

                              Splints are normally replaced by the corpsman
         or doctor in sickbay or one of the battle dressing stations.

                      (i) Gently cut away bandages.

                      (j) Decontaminate areas covered by bandages

                          I.# Wash around wound with HTH solution.

                          2.# Irrigate wound with sterile water or saline.

                          3.# Cover wounds with plastic or plastic bags.

                          4.# Secure plastic to casualty with tape.

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Subject = DECON AMB CHEM CONTAMINATED CASUALITIES
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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