TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL CASUALTIES

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Subject: TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICAL CASUALTIES                 

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                               UNCLASSIFIED




                         MEDICAL MANAGEMENT & TREATMENT OF
                              MASS CHEMICAL CASUALTIES

         MASS CASUALTIES IS WHEN UNIT MEDICAL CAPABILITIES ARE
        OVERWHELMED.


        - CHEMICAL MASS CASUALTIES IS DEALT WITH THE SAME AS CONVENTIONAL
        MASS CASUALTIES.


            * CHEMICAL CASUALTIES ARE TRIAGED.


            * CHEMICAL CASUALTIES WHO RAVE THE GREATEST CHANCE OF SURVIVAL
        ARE TREATED FIRST.


            * THESE CHEMICAL CASUALTIES ARE DECON AND THEN TREATED.

            * CASUALTIES WITH SEVERE INTURIES ARE DECON AND TREATED
        AFTERWARDS AS SOON AS MEDICAL ASSETS ARE AVAILABLE.




















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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