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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> | ||
*Children at increased risk to WMD | |||
**Increased respiratory rate (minute ventilation) | |||
**Heavier chemicals like SARIN will accumulate at a level where children are exposed to | |||
**Greater surface area to volume ratio | |||
**Small fluid reserves and higher metabolic rates | |||
***Dehydration | |||
***Increased toxicity from same exposure in an adult <ref> Schultz, C., & Koenig, K. Weapons of Mass Destruction. In Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (9th ed.). Philadephia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. </ref> | |||
==Classification of Agents== | ==Classification of Agents<ref> Schultz, C., & Koenig, K. Weapons of Mass Destruction. In Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (9th ed.). Philadephia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. </ref>== | ||
*Chemical | *Chemical | ||
**Nerve | **[[Nerve Agents]] | ||
***Sarin | ***[[Sarin]] | ||
***Soman | ***Soman | ||
***Tabun | ***Tabun | ||
***VX | ***[[VX]] | ||
**[[Mustard agent (vesicants)]] | |||
*Biologic | *Biologic | ||
**Anthrax | **[[Anthrax]] | ||
**Plague | **[[Plague]] | ||
**Smallpox | **[[Smallpox]] | ||
**Botulism | **[[Botulism]] | ||
**Viral hemorrhagic fever (e.g. Marburg, Ebola) | **[[Viral hemorrhagic fever]] (e.g. [[Marburg]], [[Ebola]]) | ||
**Tularemia | **[[Tularemia]] | ||
*Radiologic | *[[radiation exposure (disaster)|Radiologic]] | ||
**Simple device | **Simple device | ||
**Dispersal device | **Dispersal device | ||
Latest revision as of 20:24, 1 October 2019
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]
- Children at increased risk to WMD
- Increased respiratory rate (minute ventilation)
- Heavier chemicals like SARIN will accumulate at a level where children are exposed to
- Greater surface area to volume ratio
- Small fluid reserves and higher metabolic rates
- Dehydration
- Increased toxicity from same exposure in an adult [2]
Classification of Agents[3]
- Chemical
- Biologic
- 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
- ↑ Schultz, C., & Koenig, K. Weapons of Mass Destruction. In Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (9th ed.). Philadephia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders.
- ↑ Schultz, C., & Koenig, K. Weapons of Mass Destruction. In Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (9th ed.). Philadephia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders.