MEDICAL BIO WARFARE DEFENSE PLAN 8 APR 91

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Subject: MEDICAL BIO WARFARE DEFENSE PLAN  8 APR 91                      

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Folder Title: MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL WARFARE - BW- DEFENSE PLAN                                                   

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                                                  CHAPTER 1
                                                         CH (U)

             1-1. (U) Primrv Defemiye                  @vidual             ve equipment
                      ve @, chemical              ve                 ttle drew overgarment);
             act3.ve @ter             on (@uq shelters, @, arxi planes from outside);
             and collective           on are effect3.ve         Bw agents. @ decls=n to
             use these             and systems is            upon a BW Detect3.cn and
                    as well  as         on of              vapors or @ets.

             1-2. @ Medical              on, The                               on is
             ir"lnizatim. For Operation Desert storm, those servios meubers (sm)
             Identify as "at riW on a priority basis should be vaccimted with anthrax
             vaccim and botulmm tmoid.

             1-3. @ Treatment,             iotics in conjunction with imninizaticn (either
             Pr      or         ) prov@            an                   foll
             Botul@ antitoxin is effective for the treatment of             @ patients.
             These @l ities are most effective prior to ariset of clinical illness.

             1-4. @ Overall Plan - Initiatives, @ overall plan for United States
             Forces BW defeme                     and       um              ts for Operation
             Desert Storm is depicted in Figure 1-1. Figures 1-2 and 1-3 ill           te the
                      of events from            to               mm= tox3.n to illness to
             care in the medical system. BW defense initiatives vital to the preservation
             of the ="t fmm are as follows-

                  a. (U) @ shelters, @, and plaries to                     chemical and
             biological (CB) ager7t        by taping           and @irxj base of @@
       tiM               DLWUQ CB        t periods Wm
             off ventilation

                  b. @ Vaccinate "at rlW SM                  anthrmc and botulinum
             a         to pruwlty          li@ by

                  c. @ Ts=la a
             arrtibiotic to        S14 for post          treatment of anthrax. Position in
             the Area of         ibility (ACR) sufficient Cipm and           ai*ibiatics for
             anthrax treatment.


                  d.             iticn a              stork of anthrax vaccim at select
                 cal            facili@/Madical Supply, optical, and
                      facilities within the AOR for the express purpore of @tuq
                     M who @ not developed                   Anthrax vawlmt3.on and dos@
             with C4m or other                 antibiotic @ be aoomplishad together as
             the treatment for anthrax.

                  e. @           iticn the                     of botulm= antitcx3.n at
             select medical trea       facilities within the ACR for           te treatment of
             botal@           t:Les.



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