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==Background==
*According to Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Title 18 United States Code (USC) § 2332a, a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD) is “any destructive device defined in § 921” (2006). These weapons include any explosive, incendiary, poison gas, bomb, grenade, rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces, missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce, mine, or device similar to the above. <ref> Cornell University School of Law https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2332a</ref>
*Children at increased risk to WMD
**Increased respiratory rate (minute ventilation)
**Heavier chemicals like SARIN will accumulate at a level where children are exposed to
**Greater surface area to volume ratio
**Small fluid reserves and higher metabolic rates
***Dehydration 
***Increased toxicity from same exposure in an adult <ref> Schultz, C., & Koenig, K. Weapons of Mass Destruction. In Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (9th ed.). Philadephia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. </ref>

==Classification of Agents==
*Chemical
**[[Nerve Agents]]
***Sarin
***Soman
***Tabun
***VX
**[[Mustard agent (vesicants)]]
*Biologic
**[[Anthrax]]
**[[Plague]]
**[[Smallpox]]
**[[Botulism]]
**[[Viral hemorrhagic fever]] (e.g. [[Marburg]], [[Ebola]])
**[[Tularemia]]
*Radiologic
**Simple device
**Dispersal device <ref> Schultz, C., & Koenig, K. Weapons of Mass Destruction. In Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice (9th ed.). Philadephia, PA: Elsevier/Saunders. </ref>

==Differential Diagnosis==
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==See Also==
*[[GEMC:Prehospital / Disaster / Mass Casualty Medicine]]

==References==
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