MEDICAL BIO WARFARE DEFENSE PLAN 8 APR 91

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Subject: MEDICAL BIO WARFARE DEFENSE PLAN  8 APR 91                      

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Folder Title: MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL WARFARE - BW- DEFENSE PLAN                                                   

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                                                    CHAPTER 1
                                                           CH (li)

             1-1. (U) Primrv Defemiye                   @vidlial             ve equipment
                       ve @, chemical               ve                ttle drew overgarmn-rt);
             act3.ve @ter             on (sealuq shelters, @, arxi planes from outside);
             and collective           on are effect3.ve           Bw agents. Um decls=n to
             use these equipment and systems is dependent upon a BW Detection and Warning
                     as well as          on of              vapors or @ets.

             1-2. @ Medical               on, The                                on is
             ir"lnizatim. For Operation Desert storm, those servios meubers (sm)
             Identify as "at riW on a priority basis should be vaccimted with anthrax
             vaccim and botulmm tcxoid.

             1-3. @                  Antibiotics in conjunction with imninizaticn (either
             Pr       or           prcyv@            an                   foll
             Botul@ antitoxin is effective for the treatment of               @ patients.
             These @l itws are most effective prior to areet of clinical illness.

             1-4. @ Overall Plan - Initiatives, @ overall plan for United States
             Forces BW defeme                     and       um toxin          ts for Operation
             Desert Storm is depicted in Figure 1-1. Figures 1-2 and 1-3 :Lll            te the
             sequence of events from              to               mm= tox3.n to illness to
             care in the medical system. BW defense initiatives vital to the preservation
             of the ="t fmm are as follows-

 to                       chemical and
             biological (CB) ager7t         by tapirxj           arxi @irxj base of @@
             as part of the                   tiM                DLWUQ CB        t periods Wm
             off ventilation

                  b. @ Vaccinate "at rlW SM                   anthrmc and botulinum
             a          to pruwlty         li@ by

                  c. @ Ts= in a
             arrtibiotic to        S14 for post           treatment of              Position in
             the Area of          ibility (ACR) sufficient Cipm and            ai*ibiatics for
             anthrax treatment.


                  d.              iticn a               stork of anthrax vaccim at select
                 cal             facili@/Madical Supply, optical, and
                       facilities within the AOR for the express purpore of @tuq
                     M who @ not developed                    Anthrax vawlmt3.on and dos@
             with C4m or other                  antibiotic @ be aoomplishad together as
             the treatment for anthrax.

                  e. @            iticn the                      of botulm= antitcx3.n at
             select medical trea        facilities within the ACR for            te treatment of
             botal@           t:Les.




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