ABSTRACT

Emergency Action for Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, Second Edition is intended for the first responder to the scene of the release of a chemical or biological warfare agent. Formatted similarly to the Department of Transportation‘s Emergency Response Guidebook and designed as a companion to the author‘s Handbook of Chemical and Biological

chapter 3|6 pages

C03: Nerve Agents—“V” Series

chapter 4|6 pages

7 Toxicology

chapter 5|6 pages

C05: Nerve Agents—Carbamates

chapter 7|6 pages

C07: Nerve Agents—Industrial

chapter 8|6 pages

C08: Vesicants—Sulfur Based

chapter 9|8 pages

C09: Vesicants—Nitrogen Based

chapter 10|6 pages

C10: Vesicants—Arsenic Based

chapter 11|6 pages

C11: Urticants

chapter 12|4 pages

7 Toxicology

chapter 13|6 pages

C13: Blood Agents—COX Inhibiting

chapter 14|6 pages

C14: Blood Agents—Hemophilic

chapter 17|6 pages

5 Toxicology

chapter 18|6 pages

C18: Pulmonary Agents—Water Reactive

chapter 19|6 pages

C19: Pulmonary Agents—Dermally Hazardous

chapter 21|6 pages

C21: Incapacitants

chapter 22|6 pages

5 Toxicology

chapter 23|4 pages

C23: Tear Agents

chapter 24|6 pages

C24: Tear Agents—Halogenated

chapter 25|6 pages

C25: Tear Agents—Water Reactive

chapter 26|4 pages

C26: Malodorants

chapter 27|4 pages

1 Toxicology

chapter 28|6 pages

C28: Corrosive Smoke Agents

chapter 29|6 pages

C29: Neurotoxins

chapter 30|6 pages

C30: Cytotoxins

chapter 31|6 pages

C31: Cytotoxins—Dermally Hazardous

chapter 32|4 pages

9 Toxicology

chapter 33|4 pages

C33: Pathogens—Fomite Hazard

chapter 34|6 pages

C34: Pathogens—Vector Hazard

chapter 35|4 pages

C35: Pathogens—Gastrointestinal

chapter 36|4 pages

C36: Pathogens—Animal Specific

chapter 37|4 pages

1 Toxicology

chapter 38|4 pages

C38: Characteristics of Chemical Agents