Medical Aspects of Chemical Warfare (2008) - The Black Vault

Indexevacuation hospitals, 94–95evacuation in trench versus open warfare, 99–101evacuation methods, 97–99gas-proofing of dugouts, 93Headquarters, First Army Corps, memorandum on the evacuationof sick and wounded, 1918 (exhibit), 98increase in the number of gas casualties and, 91organization of, 89–101origination of, 89Royal Army Medical Corps as basis for, 89Sanitary Corps staffing, 90secret field order no. 41, annex no. 7, issued by the Fifth Division,September 9, 1918 (exhibit), 100separation of chemical casualties from other wounded soldiers,97special wards for chemical casualties, 94specialized hospital gas teams, 92techniques to detect malingerers, 92training and education in CBRNE and, 767, 768uniform procedure for handling chemical casualties, 91US Army Medical Institute of Infectious DiseaseCBRNE training program, 768Contaminated Casualty Decontamination Course, 763Hospital Management of CBRNE Incidents Course, 769Medical Management of Chemical and Biological CasualtiesCourse, 763, 768US Army Medical Research and Materiel Commanddrug acquisition responsibilities, 650US Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense“Assay Techniques for Detection of Exposure to SulfurMustard, Cholinesterase Inhibitors, Sarin, Soman, GF, andCyanide,” 693barrier skin creams, 530–532CBRNE training, 768chemical casualty site teams, 607chemical warfare exposure assay development, 693Contaminated Casualty Decontamination Course, 763Field Management of Chemical and Biological CasualtiesCourse, 768–769glove issues in decontamination, 539Hospital Management of CBRNE Incidents Course, 769Medical Management of Chemical and Biological CasualtiesCourse, 594–595, 608, 763, 768role and responsibilities, 5sample collection, shipping, and storage guidelines, 739–741Toxic Chemical Training Course for Medical Personnel,594–595, 608working conditions, 597US Army Northern Commanddomestic preparedness role, 761, 763, 764US Army Ordinance Corpstraining and education in CBRNE and, 767US Army Research and Development laboratory3-quinuclidinyl benzilate monitoring, 739US Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Commandglove issues in decontamination, 539US Bureau of Minestoxic gas research, 89US Civil Warchemical warfare proposals, 11–12US Coast Guardfield management of chemical casualties, 491, 492US Code“terrorism” definition, 126US Congress. See also specific legislationantiterrorism training bill, 125binary chemical weapon development restrictions, 124demilitarization of chemical agents and, 142law controlling storage, testing, and disposal of agents outsidethe United States, 60review of binary weapons, 124–125subcommittee on noxious gases, 21–22US Defense Intelligence Agency“Biotechnology: Impact on Biological Warfare and Biodefense,”420–421US Department of Agriculturedomestic preparedness role, 761Laboratory Response Network and, 765–766US Department of Defense. See also US War Departmentanalysis of possible accidental battlefield exposure to chemicalagents during Operation Desert Storm, 129–130Army reorganization, 56–57Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives Program, 142chemical agent medical countermeasure requirements, 646Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program role,766–767defense acquisition executive responsibilities, 646domestic preparedness roles, 755, 758–764, 767–7705000 series documents, 647–648incapacitating agents characteristics, 412investigational new drugs and, 650military installation protection from terrorist attacks, 126National Medical Chemical and Biological Advisory Team, 764Project BioShield and, 251pyridostigmine bromide informed consent issues, 204, 650–651Quadrennial Defense Review Report of 2006, 758, 770requests for assistance in chemical casualty management, 494support for civilian chemical casualty management, 493support to civil authorities, 761–764“terrorism” definition, 12522nd Chemical Battalion support operations, 5972-chlorobenzylidene malononitrile variation creation, 444US Department of Energydomestic preparedness role, 755US Department of Health and Human ServicesChemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program role,766disaster and medical response to mass casualty events, 492drug acquisition responsibilities, 650first responder policy recommendations, 493homeland security role, 755Laboratory Response Network and, 765–766National Response Framework coordination guidelines for,761Project BioShield and, 251Strategic National Stockpile and, 765US Department of Homeland Securitycolor-coded threat condition chart, 755creation of, 755homeland security councils and, 755Laboratory Response Network and, 765–766lead federal agency for domestic incident management, 755National Incident Management System, 492, 755–756National Response Framework, 758National Response Plan, 755–756Office for Domestic Preparedness, 770organizational outline for incident management command(figure), 757Project BioShield and, 251state and regional coordination and, 759Strategic National Stockpile and, 765US Department of State“terrorism” definition, 125US Environmental Protection Agencylxv