GLOSSARY
ACRONYMS
ABO agents of biological origin
AMEDDC&S Army Medical Department Center and School
AML area medical laboratory
AN/PDR27 radiacmeter
AN/VDR2 radiacmeter
AO area of operations
AR Army regulation
ATM advanced trauma management
ATTN attention
BAS battalion aid station
BDU battle dress uniform
BSA brigade support area
BW biological warfare
BZ an incapacitating agent
C Centigrade
C-100 environmental control unit for DEPMEDS
C3 command, control, and communications
Cal/cm2 calories/square centimeter
CAM chemical agent monitor
CANA convulsant antidote for nerve agent (diazepam)
CB chemical/biological
CBPS chemical, biological, protected shelter
CG phosgene
cGy centigray
CHEMWARN chemical warning
CIR commonwealth of independent republics
CK cyanogen chloride
CL chlorine
CLS combat lifesaver
cm centimeter
cm2 square centimeter
CNS central nervous system
CO2 carbon dioxide
COMMZ communications zone
CONEX container express
CONUS continental United States
CPS collective protection shelter
CS combat support
CSC combat stress control
CSH combat support hospital
CSS combat service support
CW chemical warfare
CX halogenated oximes
DA Department of the Army
DAP decontamination apparatus, portable
DCS division clearing station
DE directed energy
decon decontamination
DEPMEDS Deployable Medical Systems
DMSO division medical supply office
DOD Department of Defense
DP diphosgene
DSA division support area
DS2 decontaminating solution number 2
DTF dental treatment facility
ECU environmental control units
EMP electromagnetic pulse
EMS emergency medical services
EMT emergency medical treatment
EPW enemy prisoner of war
evac evacuation
F Fahrenheit
FLD field
FLOT forward line of own troops
FM field manual
FMC Field Medical Card
G2 Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence)
GA tabun
gal gallon
GB sarin
GD soman
gm gram
GP general purpose
HD mustard
HL mustard and lewisite mix
HMMWV high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle
HN nitrogen mustard
HSS health service support
HSSPLAN health service support plan
HTH high test hypochlorite (70% available chlorine)
ID incapacitation dose
ID50 infectious dose to 50 percent of exposed individuals
IR infrared
ISO International Organization for Standardization
IV intravenous
kg kilogram
km kilometer
kph kilometers per hour
KT kiloton
L lewisite
lb pound
LBE load bearing equipment
LD 50/60 lethal dose for 50 to 60 percent of exposed individuals
LSD lysergic acid diethylamide
m meters
MASH mobile army surgical hospital
M20E1 simplified collective protection shelter system
M8/M9 chemical detector paper
M51 collective protection shelter system
MES medical equipment set
Mg milligram
mg/kg milligrams per kilogram
MILVAN military-owned demountable container
min minute
ml milliliter
mm millimeter
MOPP mission-oriented protective posture
MOS military occupational specialty
MRE meal ready-to-eat
m/sec meters per second
MT megaton
MTF medical treatment facility
MV (m = mass, v = velocity)
NaCl sodium chloride (salt)
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC nuclear, biological, and chemical
NBCC nuclear, biological, and chemical center
NBCWARN nuclear, biological, and chemical warning
NBCWRS nuclear, biological, and chemical warning and reporting system
NCO noncommisioned officer
O2 oxygen
OEG operational exposure guide
OPLAN operation plan
OPSEC operations security
PA physician assistant
pmm preventive medicine measures
ppm parts per million
PPW patient protective wrap
PS chloropicrin
PT physical training
PVF polyvinyl fluoride
PVNTMED preventive medicine
QSTAG Quadripartite Standardization Agreement
RES radiation exposure status
RTD return to duty
S2/G2 Intelligence Officer (U.S. Army)/Assistant Chief of Staff, G2 (Intelligence)
S2/S3 Intelligence Officer (U.S. Army)/Operations and Training Officer (U.S. Army)
S4 Supply Officer (U.S. Army)
SOF Special Operations Forces
SOP standing operating procedure
sol solution
SSN social security number
STANAG Standardization Agreement
STAT statim
STB supertropical bleach
STRIKWARN strike warnings
TC training circular
TEMPER tent, expandable, modular, personnel
TM technical manual
tm trademark
TOE table of organization and equipment
TO theater of operations
trmt treatment
TSOP tactical standing operating procedures
µ microns
US United States
US/NATO United States/North Atlantic Treaty Organization
UN United Nations
VX a persistent nerve agent
WBGT wet bulb globe temperature
¦ About This Manual
¦ Preface
¦ Authorities
¦ Table of Contents
¦ Chapter 1
¦ Chapter 2
¦ Chapter 3
¦ Chapter 4
¦ Chapter 5
¦ Chapter 6
¦ Chapter 7
¦ Appendix A
¦ Appendix B
¦ Appendix C ¦
¦ Appendix D
¦ Appendix E
¦ Appendix F
¦ Appendix G
¦ References
¦ Glossary
¦ Index
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