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Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

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<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong><br />

Training Support Package<br />

Participant Guide<br />

Slide 20<br />

<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong>:<br />

<strong>TICs</strong> & <strong>TIMs</strong><br />

Magnitude <strong>of</strong> Problem<br />

• Tokyo Sarin Incident 1995<br />

– 12 died<br />

– 1,200 required some care<br />

– 5,500 sought medical care but had no exposure<br />

• Bhopal Disaster 1984<br />

– >10,000 severe and 5000 died<br />

– 200,000 sought medical care<br />

Module One – Observed Behaviors during Mass <strong>Chemical</strong> Exposures<br />

20<br />

We have talked about several to one hundred individuals with these last two case<br />

studies. Consider the difficulty in managing an event <strong>of</strong> the magnitude <strong>of</strong> the Tokyo<br />

Sarin nerve agent attack by the Aum Shinryko cult and the Bhopal methylisocyanate<br />

industrial disaster in India. .<br />

The numbers <strong>of</strong> affected individuals in these cases are so large that victims overwhelm<br />

surge capacity <strong>of</strong> any system, create triage problems, and deplete scarce resources.<br />

Responders and providers are unable to focus care on the most seriously ill. Even small<br />

HazMat spills can result in many hundreds being transported to hospitals. Protocols are<br />

misguided if large numbers <strong>of</strong> unexposed “victims” are directed to acute-care hospitals<br />

just “to get checked out”.<br />

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