05170nam 22006734a 450 991096167210332120251017110113.00-309-17250-00-309-66390-30-309-51608-0(CKB)110986584752892(EBL)3375288(SSID)ssj0000252232(PQKBManifestationID)11191551(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000252232(PQKBWorkID)10175799(PQKB)11087965(MiAaPQ)EBC3375288(Au-PeEL)EBL3375288(CaPaEBR)ebr10038558(OCoLC)923254958(DNLM)929558(BIP)53854121(BIP)6397742(EXLCZ)9911098658475289220000915d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrStrategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces force protection and decontamination /Michael A. Wartell ... [et al.]Washington, D.C. National Academy Pressc19991 online resource (262 p.)The compass seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-309-06793-6 Includes bibliographical references.""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables, Figures, and Box""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Threat and Risk Assessment""; ""3 Philosophy, Doctrine, and Training for Chemical and Biological Warfare""; ""4 Physical Protection""; ""5 Decontamination""; ""6 Testing and Evaluation""; ""7 Assessment of Military Capabilities to Provide Emergency Response""; ""8 Summary and General Recommendations""; ""References""""Appendix A Funding Levels for Fiscal Years 1996-2000 for the Joint Service Chemical/Biological Defense Program"" ""Appendix B Textiles and Garments for Chemical and Biological Protection""; ""Appendix C Evaluations of Barrier Creams""; ""Appendix D Evaluating Skin Decontamination Techniques""; ""Appendix E Percutaneous Absorption""; ""Appendix F Contributors to This Study""; ""Appendix G Biographical Sketches of Principal Investigators and Members of the Advisory Panel""Since Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Gulf War veterans have expressed concerns that their postdeployment medical symptoms could have been caused by hazardous exposures or other deployment-related factors. Potential exposure to a broad range of CB and other harmful agents was not unique to Gulf operations. Hazardous exposures have been a component of all military operations in this century. Nevertheless, the Gulf War deployment focused national attention on the potential, but uncertain, relationship between the presence of CB agents in theater and symptoms reported by military personnel. Particular attention has been given to the potential long-term health effects of low-level exposures to CB agents. In the spring of 1996, Deputy Secretary of Defense John White met with the leadership of the National Academies to discuss the DoD's continuing efforts to improve protection of military personnel from adverse health effects during deployments in hostile environments. Although many lessons learned from previous assessments of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm have been reported, prospective analyses are still needed. Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed U.S. Forces: Force Protection and Decontamination, which addresses the issues of physical protection and decontamination, is one of four initial reports that will be submitted in response to that request. Specifically, this report includes a review and evaluation of the following areas: the adequacy of current protective equipment and protective measures (as well as equipment in development) the efficacy of current and proposed methods for decontaminating personnel and equipment after exposures to CB agents current policies, doctrine, and training to protect and decontaminate personnel and equipment in future deployments (i.e., major regional conflicts [MRCs], lesser regional conflicts [LRCs], and operations other than war [OOTWs]) the impact of equipment and procedures on unit effectiveness and other human performance factors current and projected military capabilities to provide emergency response Compass series (Washington, D.C.)Chemical weaponsSafety measuresBiological weaponsSafety measuresMilitary planningUnited StatesUnited StatesArmed ForcesMedical careUnited StatesArmed ForcesSanitary affairsChemical weaponsSafety measures.Biological weaponsSafety measures.Military planning358/.3Wartell Michael A1202021MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961672103321Strategies to protect the health of deployed U.S. forces4447547UNINA