NAVY HOSPITAL CORPSMAN CORRECT EXAMS
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Define lacrimators - ✔✔Local irritants that act primarily on the eyes
✔✔Define lethal agents - ✔✔Agents that result in a 10% greater death rate among
casualties
✔✔Define nerve agents - ✔✔Interfere with normal transmission of nerve impulses in the
parasympathetic autonomic nervous system
✔✔Define psychochemical agents - ✔✔Produce mental confusion and an inability to
function intelligently
✔✔Define radioactivity - ✔✔Spontaneous and instantaneous decomposition of the
nucleu of an unstable atom with the accompanying emission of a particle, a gamma ray,
or both
✔✔What are some characteristics of a nuclear blast? - ✔✔- Bright intense flash of light
- Heat
- Wind
- Shock wave
- Earth tremors
✔✔What are the two types of burns from an explosion? - ✔✔Direct Burns
Indirect Burns
✔✔Define retinal flash burn - ✔✔Flash burn to the eyes after looking directly at the
fireball created from a nuclear explosion. When the burn heals, the destroyed retinal
tissue is replaced by scar tissue and will cause blind or partially blind areas in the visual
field
✔✔Radiation exposure levels are dependent on what? - ✔✔Time - Duration of
Exposure
, Location - Distance from source
Barriers - thickness and density
✔✔What are the types of radiation? - ✔✔- Alpha Particles
- Beta Particles
- Fast Neutron Particles
- Electromagnetic Waves (i.e Gamma and X Rays)
✔✔How are Alpha particles stopped? - ✔✔Skin, paper and clothing
✔✔How are Beta particles stopped? - ✔✔Plastic, glass and light metals
✔✔How are Gamma and X rays stopped? - ✔✔Lead, granite or steel
✔✔What nerve agent is alleged to be the most lethal type of agents ever syntgesized
and at least 5 times more lethal than VX? - ✔✔Novichok Agents
✔✔How is Lewisite treated? - ✔✔British Anti-Lewisite
✔✔Characteristics of nerve agents - ✔✔- tasteless, odorless to sweet, colorless to light
brown liquid
- inhibits function of the enzyme cholinesterase in motor nerve pathways
- rapidly penetrates materials as a liquid or vapor
- rate of action is very rapid with inhalation
- rate of action is slow through absorption into the skin
✔✔"Actions" (or signs of contamination) of nerve agents - ✔✔- mild to moderate:
nausea, unstable gait
- moderate to severe: coughing, wheezing, miosis, vomiting, diaphragmatic spam,
muscle spam, incontinence, LOC (loss of consciousness), seizures or flaccid paralysis
- can be fatal
✔✔How are nerve agents treated? - ✔✔Atropine and 2-PAM Autoinjector
✔✔How are blister agents treated? - ✔✔M291 Skin Decontamination Kit
✔✔How many HMs were killed in the Beirut Marine Barracks bombing? - ✔✔15 of 22
HMs were killed
✔✔What are the three purposes of the Law of Armed Conflict? - ✔✔Integrate Humanity
into war
Preserve Human rights of prisoners
Restore peace
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Define lacrimators - ✔✔Local irritants that act primarily on the eyes
✔✔Define lethal agents - ✔✔Agents that result in a 10% greater death rate among
casualties
✔✔Define nerve agents - ✔✔Interfere with normal transmission of nerve impulses in the
parasympathetic autonomic nervous system
✔✔Define psychochemical agents - ✔✔Produce mental confusion and an inability to
function intelligently
✔✔Define radioactivity - ✔✔Spontaneous and instantaneous decomposition of the
nucleu of an unstable atom with the accompanying emission of a particle, a gamma ray,
or both
✔✔What are some characteristics of a nuclear blast? - ✔✔- Bright intense flash of light
- Heat
- Wind
- Shock wave
- Earth tremors
✔✔What are the two types of burns from an explosion? - ✔✔Direct Burns
Indirect Burns
✔✔Define retinal flash burn - ✔✔Flash burn to the eyes after looking directly at the
fireball created from a nuclear explosion. When the burn heals, the destroyed retinal
tissue is replaced by scar tissue and will cause blind or partially blind areas in the visual
field
✔✔Radiation exposure levels are dependent on what? - ✔✔Time - Duration of
Exposure
, Location - Distance from source
Barriers - thickness and density
✔✔What are the types of radiation? - ✔✔- Alpha Particles
- Beta Particles
- Fast Neutron Particles
- Electromagnetic Waves (i.e Gamma and X Rays)
✔✔How are Alpha particles stopped? - ✔✔Skin, paper and clothing
✔✔How are Beta particles stopped? - ✔✔Plastic, glass and light metals
✔✔How are Gamma and X rays stopped? - ✔✔Lead, granite or steel
✔✔What nerve agent is alleged to be the most lethal type of agents ever syntgesized
and at least 5 times more lethal than VX? - ✔✔Novichok Agents
✔✔How is Lewisite treated? - ✔✔British Anti-Lewisite
✔✔Characteristics of nerve agents - ✔✔- tasteless, odorless to sweet, colorless to light
brown liquid
- inhibits function of the enzyme cholinesterase in motor nerve pathways
- rapidly penetrates materials as a liquid or vapor
- rate of action is very rapid with inhalation
- rate of action is slow through absorption into the skin
✔✔"Actions" (or signs of contamination) of nerve agents - ✔✔- mild to moderate:
nausea, unstable gait
- moderate to severe: coughing, wheezing, miosis, vomiting, diaphragmatic spam,
muscle spam, incontinence, LOC (loss of consciousness), seizures or flaccid paralysis
- can be fatal
✔✔How are nerve agents treated? - ✔✔Atropine and 2-PAM Autoinjector
✔✔How are blister agents treated? - ✔✔M291 Skin Decontamination Kit
✔✔How many HMs were killed in the Beirut Marine Barracks bombing? - ✔✔15 of 22
HMs were killed
✔✔What are the three purposes of the Law of Armed Conflict? - ✔✔Integrate Humanity
into war
Preserve Human rights of prisoners
Restore peace
