MEDICAL THREAT DISEASE OVERVIEW 13 AUG 90

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Subject: MEDICAL THREAT  DISEASE OVERVIEW   13 AUG 90                    

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Folder Title: AHS PVNTMED TEAM TRAINING SUPPORT TO DESERT SHIELD                                              

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                                           SUBJECT MATTER                                                               NOTES

                      3. Supplies and Equipment - Review of techniques to                                           Chem Off/
                      Prevent damage (borming/cover) and field expedient                                            NCO
                      means of contamination detection.
                      4. Heat Level - Additional heat loading in MOPP;
                      Performance degradation; WBGT interpretation for
                      MOPP configuration.

             S. Chemical Agents
                      1. Chemical threat - review of threat agent
                      inventory; employment technique; type casualties to
                      be expected.
                      Z. Chemical agent properties (nerve/mustard)
                      3. Chemical agent detection - capabilities of basic
                      equipment (Mg/M9 paper; M-256 Kit; M-272 Kit; M-
                      S/M-81 Chem Agent Alarm and Monitor (CAM).

             C. Decontamination
                      1. Personnel - use of M-25SAI Skin Oscan Kit (SOK);
                      calcium          hypochlorite;               MOPP         gear          exchange
                      considerations.
                      2. Equipment - use of M-25SAI SDK;                         M-280 Decon Kit
                      Individual Equipment (OKIS); M-11 Oecon Apparatus;
                      M-13       Decon        Apparatus            Portable          (DAP);          M-17
                      Lightweight Decon Apparatus (LDA).
                      3. Supplies - protecting supplies                           through use of
                      barrier materials, decon of contents by weathering,
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                      process.
                      4. Food/Water - decon techniques for sealed metal
                      containers and unopened MRE pouches.

             0. Chemical Agent Casualty Management
                      i. Casualty Evacuation - guidance on separation of
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                      techniques           of       Chem        casualties            to        control
                      contamination.
                      2. Casualty Decon - overview of decon procedures in
                      FM A-?Ah, and other doctrinal ptibri.
                      3. Nerve Agent Treatment
                              M.        Pi,ts-Tio6&tniaiit              -
                              bromide/overdose procedures.
                              b.     Exposure Treatment                  - use          of MARK            I
                              autoinjector and follow-up atropinization by
                              medical personnel,
             E. Laser :njuries - review of eye protection techniques
                      and field level diagnosis of potential laser
                      induced injury






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