Paladin Guide To Treating NBC
"Recognizing and Treating Exposure to Anthrax, Smallpox, Nerve Gas, Radiation, and Other Likely Agents of Terrorist Attack-Paladin Press" (2004)
Of all the scenarios you might imagine, there is one of them you should be aware of and be prepared to respond to.
The most common way you would encounter NBC threats is passing through a contaminated region long after a battle or a conflict has ended. You might assume the place is safe. If you were carrying some radiological gear you might be encouraged to feel it is safe. No clicks, no radiation, no need to proceed with caution.
It may be years or decades after the end of the war. It might even be a place you passed through safely and so you came to believe this area was safe. You could turn out to be wrong.
Three things you should keep in mind :
Nuclear Threats might have very small localized radiation contamination that would not immediately set off a geiger counter or other detector. You could be sitting on top of it and get exposed to a lot of radiation that would not make you sick for several days. If you know this might be a contaminated place you can assume it is not safe until you have scanned every inch of it with radiological equipment.
Biological threats might never be detected until they have made someone sick. There are a million kinds of biological threats and only a tiny percentage of them can be detected. If you have any reason to believe a region may be a biohazard, always stay suited up and protected as you pass through it and only when safe should you decontaminate and remove your gear. If it is military grade there may be variants that can eat through the seals in masks and even erode protective gear. They were talking about these in Vietnam and I am sure they are a reality now so stay sharp. Worst scenario is to take these back into shelter and spread these agents to your companions.
Chemical hazards can conceal a wide array of lethal/debilitating offensive agents that are wartime or military grade weapons. There may be classic detection of conventional threats (nerve gas, blinding agents, mustard etc.) but possibly new chemical hazards that are lethal and not obvious until somebody is sick. Chemical weapons are often designed for the purpose of area denial to keep people out. They can be deliberately made stingy, clingy and impossible to remove with soap and water. The best generic agent for cleaning off all hazards is called “super tropical bleach” and it should be a standby in your “mud room” (decon) and portable field kit. You can make it from common household chemicals yourself or get the military grade premixed.
Remember that you do a huge service to strangers (as well as your own people) to mark these areas with spray paint tags or signs to left them know this region is unsafe. If you cannot identify the threat for certain, leave a red skull & bones to tell people this area is bad. Stencils and spray paint can help put these up quickly without spending too much time here.
The worst part of someone sickened by NBC agents is having no idea how to help them. No notion of how to treat them or neutralize the sickness or even to ameliorate it.
This book will give you peace of mind in that regard. Once diagnosed with relative confidence you can immediately begin to help your kin or friends by applying the recommended treatment swiftly after it being encountered. Just the knowledge that it can be treated successfully even in the presence of lethal contamination will give you a lot of assurance. You won’t stand by helpless and look on, you know how to proceed from the symptoms. That intervention can save lives again and again. It can prevent injury that certainly will happen without intervention.
It’s my sincere wish you will never need this book. If you need it and don’t have it, that can be a lot worse.
(Added to Memex)
Regards, Tex
I thought this was going to be how to attack an evil television station
Thanks! This is exactly what scares me most because if the Cabal has zero qualms about genocide they certainly don’t have any problem with other types of chemical warfare to encourage/enforce citizen compliance.