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A blister agent (or vesicant), is a chemical compound that causes severe skin, eye and mucosal pain and irritation. They are named for their ability to cause severe chemical burns , resulting in painful water blisters on the bodies of those affected.
The main types of irritant and/or corrosive products are: acids, bases, oxidizers / reducing agents, solvents, and alkylants. Additionally, chemical burns can be caused by biological toxins (such as anthrax toxin) and by some types of cytotoxic chemical weapons, e.g., vesicants such as mustard gas and Lewisite, or urticants such as phosgene oxime.
A chemical weapon agent (CWA), or chemical warfare agent, is a chemical substance whose toxic properties are meant to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings.About 70 different chemicals have been used or stockpiled as chemical weapon agents during the 20th century, although the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has an online database listing 35,942 chemicals which ...
Phosgene oxime is classified as a vesicant even though it does not produce blisters. [6] It is toxic by inhalation, ingestion, or skin contact. The effects of the poisoning occur almost immediately. No antidote for phosgene oxime poisoning is known. Generally, any treatment is supportive. Typical physical symptoms of CX exposure are as follows:
Only qualified, chemotherapy-certified nurses who have been trained in venipuncture and administration of medications with vesicant and irritant potential should be allowed to administer vesicants. [7] Choose a large, intact vein with good blood flow for the venipuncture and placement of the cannula.
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Phenyldichloroarsine is an arsenical vesicant which can be mixed with mustard agents for use in chemical warfare. [11] PD was developed for use in wet environments, because of its tendency to persist in cool and shaded areas. [12] Phenyldichloroarsine can have a persistence lasting anywhere from 2 to 7 days under usual environmental conditions. [4]