Acts of God & Gravity
This type of injury is most common after an earthquake.
crush
This organ is most vulnerable to primary blast injury.
lung
Antidote for organophosphate poisoning.
atropine (+ pralidoxime)
This Category A agent causes a painless ulcer with black eschar.
cutaneous anthrax
This type of radiation is stopped by clothing or skin.
alpha radiation
This heat illness includes CNS dysfunction and may require ice bath immersion.
heat stroke
The “crush triad” includes what three findings?
hypovolemia, hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis
Chemical that causes cherry-red skin and requires hydroxocobalamin.
cyanide
The prodrome of this disease resembles viral illness but later forms pustules.
smallpox
The best initial lab to assess severity of radiation exposure.
absolute lymphocyte count
Key waterborne disease after flooding.
cholera/lepto
Definitive treatment for compartment syndrome.
fasciotomy
Delayed pulmonary edema is a hallmark of this chemical agent.
phosgene
Botulinum toxin leads to this life-threatening complication.
respiratory failure
This potassium salt is given for radioactive iodine exposure.
potassium iodide
Most likely cause of death in a lightning strike.
asystole, vfib
The most common lethal injury in closed-space blasts.
blast lung injury (pulmonary barotrauma)
Antidote for methemoglobinemia from chemical exposure.
methylene blue
This organism spreads via inhalation and requires post-exposure doxycycline.
yersinia pestis (pneumonic plague)
Syndrome that occurs >10 Gy with rapid neuro decline and death.
CNS radiation syndrome
Name two recommended strategies for triage in a mass casualty incident.
START, SALT
Antidote that may prevent AKI in crush syndrome.
bicarb
This vesicant causes blisters and is linked to mustard gas.
sulfur mustard
Toxin derived from castor beans, potential bioterrorism agent.
ricin
Treatment to enhance clearance of cesium-137 or thallium.
prussian blue