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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*According to Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Title 18 United States Code (USC) § 2332a, a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) is “any destructive device defined in § 921” (2006). These weapons include any explosive, incendiary, poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or device similar to the above. <ref> Cornell University School of Law https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2332a</ref> | *According to Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Title 18 United States Code (USC) § 2332a, a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) is “any destructive device defined in § 921” (2006). These weapons include any explosive, incendiary, poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or device similar to the above. <ref> Cornell University School of Law https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2332a</ref> | ||
==Classification of Agents== | |||
*Chemical | |||
**Nerve agents | |||
***Sarin | |||
***Soman | |||
***Tabun | |||
***VX | |||
*Biologic | |||
**Anthrax | |||
**Plague | |||
**Smallpox | |||
**Botulism | |||
**Viral hemorrhagic fever (e.g. Marburg, Ebola) | |||
**Tularemia | |||
*Radiologic | |||
**Simple device | |||
**Dispersal device | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 20:28, 25 February 2018
Background
- According to Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Title 18 United States Code (USC) § 2332a, a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) is “any destructive device defined in § 921” (2006). These weapons include any explosive, incendiary, poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or device similar to the above. [1]
Classification of Agents
- Chemical
- Nerve agents
- Sarin
- Soman
- Tabun
- VX
- Nerve agents
- Biologic
- Anthrax
- Plague
- Smallpox
- Botulism
- Viral hemorrhagic fever (e.g. Marburg, Ebola)
- Tularemia
- Radiologic
- Simple device
- Dispersal device
Differential Diagnosis
Mass casualty incident
- Radiation exposure (disaster)
- Dirty bomb
- Bioterrorism
- Chemical weapons
- Mass shooting
- Natural Disaster (e.g. Hurricane, Earthquake, Tornado, Tsunami, etc)
- Unintentional large-scale incident (e.g. building collapse, train derailment, etc)
- Major pandemic
- Explosions
See Also
References
- ↑ Cornell University School of Law https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2332a