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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> | ==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> | |||
*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<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 | |||
**[[Nerve Agents]] | |||
***[[Sarin]] | |||
***Soman | |||
***Tabun | |||
***[[VX]] | |||
**[[Mustard agent (vesicants)]] | |||
*Biologic | |||
**[[Anthrax]] | |||
**[[Plague]] | |||
**[[Smallpox]] | |||
**[[Botulism]] | |||
**[[Viral hemorrhagic fever]] (e.g. [[Marburg]], [[Ebola]]) | |||
**[[Tularemia]] | |||
*[[radiation exposure (disaster)|Radiologic]] | |||
**Simple device | |||
**Dispersal device | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | |||
{{MCI types}} | |||
==See Also== | |||
*[[GEMC:Prehospital / Disaster / Mass Casualty Medicine]] | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:EMS]] | |||
[[Category:Military]] | |||
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.