Biochemical Terrorism

Category A, Category B, Category C (BAD, not so BAD, NUISANCE)

6 Category A’s?

Smallpox

Tularemia

Anthrax

Pneumonic Plague

Hemorrhagic Fever

Botulism

2 Category C’s?

Hantavirus

Nipehvirus

Category B’s?

everything else not listed!

Transmission of Smallpox? What happens to patients in the end?

INHALED TRANSMISSION (AIRBORNE)

PERSON-TO-PERSON

—> die from respiratory failure

→ NO TREATMENT

How do you treat smallpox?

—>look for rashes around the mouth

QUARANTINE FAST!

Transmission of Anthrax? Symptoms?

INHALATION - STANDARD PRECAUTIONS

Cough, rhinitis, congestion, wheezing, fever, fatigue —> respiratory flu symptoms

Worst outcome for patients with anthrax? How do you treat it?

They die from respiratory failure

-Penicillin, Floxacins, Streptomycin

Transmission for Pneumonic Plague? Symptoms?

INHALATION - STANDARD PRECAUTIONS

3 H’s

-HEMOPTYSIS

-HEMATEMESIS

-HEMATOCHEZIA

What do pneumonic plague patients usually die from in the end? Is there a treatment?

Die from RESPIRATORY FAILURE & DIC

-treated with ABX (DOXYCYCLINE, -MYCINS) —>48 hrs cured

Transmission for Botulism? Signs and symptoms?

INGESTION

-DESCENDING PARALYSIS (opposite of GBS)

-fever

-alert

How do botulism patients die in the end? Is there a treatment?

Die from RESPIRATORY FAILURE

1. intubation/ventilator

2. let body naturally fight/heal