Chemical agent attack

If these methods do prove inconclusive, biomedical sample analysis may provide a unique method for establishing exposure. Due to both the complex technical requirements and the strict forensic approach used it is unlikely that this information will be available in the early phases of response to such an incident. Biomedical sample analysis does however offer another method by which proof of the use of chemical agents can be provided, and thus has a potentially significant role in the overall preparation of a capability for the response to a terrorist chemical agent attack. 

Attackers with a chemical agent may have more problems than the defenders have under a chemical agent attack. If you chose to use a chemical agent to attack a military objective,... 

Due to the possibility of pediatric casualties from chemical agent attacks, several pediatric advocacy groups, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), have commented on the urgent need for pediatric chemical casualty research (Blaschke and Lynch, 2003). The Committees on Environmental Health and Infectious Diseases have provided the following consensus statement regarding children and chemical-biological threats (CEH/ CID, 2000). 

EMERGENCY MEDICAL ORGANIZATION IN RESPONSE TO A CHEMICAL AGENT ATTACK... 

The mixed casualty who has a conventional and chemical injury. Since chemical munitions often include explosive burst charges, such injuries may occur as part of a chemical agent attack. They may also occur when the chemical injury and conventional injury occur at... 

The other offensive weapons for chemical agent attack were to be delivered by either the artillery or the air force. The artillery had available 75-mm,... 

In a changing world, where the traditional East-West conflict has subsided in the face of steadily increased chemical agent proliferation among many Third World nations, the chemical threat appears to be increasing from smaller nations or political splinter groups with little or no sophisticated chemical warfare industrial capability. Hence we must be prepared for chemical agent attack from terrorist elements, and for crude delivery systems... 

Were a chemical agent attack to (Kcur, authorities would instruct citizens to either. seek shelter where they are and seal the premises or evacuate immediately. Exposure to chemical agents can be fatal. Leaving the shelter to rescue or assist victims can be a deadly decision. There is no assistance that the untrained can offer that would likely be of any value to the victims of chemical agents. 

The best method of agent identification is for a fully protected HazMat team to move into the incident area to make an assessment of the nature, extent, and quality of a chemical agent attack. This team should be able to deploy within 15 to 20 minutes of arrival and report via radio to the incident commander. 

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