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The use of chemical warfare agents is not only relegated to WWI: The US  Department of Homeland Security – FEMA, Co-TCCC, are both currently working on chemical warfare/agent casualty management guidelines, and the Committee for Tactical Emergency Casualty Care published guidelines on 16 August 2021. With the offensive use of chlorine, sulfur mustard, and nerve agents in Syria & Iraq over the last several years, chemical warfare is a current problem.  These articles are written for professionals who may be called up on to treat casualties who are both chemically contaminated and traumatically wounded.

Mike Shertz

Chemical Weapons “wash in” effect

  • Posted by Mike Shertz
  • Categories Tactical CBRN
February 8, 2023

Individuals or casualties exposed to chemical warfare agents are best decontaminated by a procedure that absorbs, removes, and neutralizes the agent. Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion (RSDL) impregnated sponges are well studied and used by US DOD for this purpose.  In …

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A historic photo showing a WWI Chlorine Gas Attack with plumes of gas wafting over the battlefield
Mike Shertz

A Short Primer on the Evolution and Tragic Results of Chemical Agents during WWI

  • Posted by Mike Shertz
  • Categories Tactical CBRN
December 1, 2022

🕖 Reading Time, 5 minutes WWI saw the greatest advancement and experimentation of chemical weapons the world has seen. Irritating agents (teargas) were the first chemical warfare agents used during World War I. Used by the French in August 1914, …

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Mike Shertz

WEBINAR: The Fallout of CBRN Exposure: A Cosmology Episode

  • Posted by Mike Shertz
  • Categories Tactical CBRN
June 7, 2022

🕖 Reading Time, 2 minutes In 2011 Syria was felt to have had one of the largest and most operational CW arsenals in the world. They had mustard, sarin, VX nerve agents, and binary chemicals that could be combined to …

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Amyl Nitrite Inhalents
Mike Shertz

Is amyl nitrite a useful prehospital intervention in cyanide poisoning?

  • Posted by Mike Shertz
  • Categories More, Tactical CBRN
April 11, 2022

Amyl nitrite is a highly flammable, volatile, liquid medication that is proposed as a prehospital inhalation treatment of cyanide casualties while awaiting parenteral (IV / IO) access.  BLUF: In a high-risk tactical environment with both cyanide poisoned and traumatically wounded …

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White Phosphorous exploding Over Raqqa, 2017
Mike Shertz

A Plan for Treatment of White Phosphorous Casualties

  • Posted by Mike Shertz
  • Categories More, Tactical CBRN
March 21, 2022

With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there have been discussions about the management of casualties injured by white phosphorous munitions. A social media post by @nardoctor sharing the DOD clinical practice guidelines was one of the first to address this …

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Mike Shertz

Best Parenteral Access in a CBRN Environment?

  • Posted by Mike Shertz
  • Categories Tactical CBRN
January 31, 2022

When providing medical treatment to CBRN casualties, to save lives, initial treatment will need to be conducted before formal decontamination can be completed. These procedures, performed in a “dirty casualty collection point,” will require the medical provider themselves to still …

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