Sarin skin contact

Do not breath fumes skin contact with nerve agents should always be avoided contact with liquid sarin or vapors can kill responders. Hydrogen may be present Use water mist, fog, foam, or CO-2 to fight the fire do NOT splash or spread sarin. 

Following release of sarin into the air. people can be exposed through skin contact or eye contact. They can also be exposed by breathing air that contains sarin. 

Sarin is liquid at room temperature and evaporates quickly once the container is opened. It may be thickened into an oily consistency that does not evaporate but will be absorbed through direct skin contact. 

Inhalation of all volatile nerve agents takes between seconds and minutes to cause an effect with maximal effect after exposure ends. Skin contact may delay action for a few minutes to a few hours. Sarin has an especially rapid onset of symptoms. 

Non-persistent agents, such as sarin, soman and tabun, disperse rapidly after release and present an immediate short duration inhalational hazard but may be made persistent by a thickening agent , such as ethyl methacrylate. In contrast, persistent agents, such as VX, continue to be a contact hazard and may be absorbed through the skin or can vaporize over a prolonged period to produce an inhalation hazard. 

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