What are the health effects of tabun?
Clinical signs and symptoms include visual disturbance, runny nose, chest tightness, nausea, vomiting, convulsions, and death. How is exposure to tabun diagnosed? Tabun is detected on the basis of the history of exposure, clinical signs and symptoms, and confirmatory laboratory tests. The signs and symptoms of tabun exposure include visual disturbance, runny nose, chest tightness, nausea, vomiting, and convulsions. How can exposure to tabun be treated? Treatment includes atropine, pralidoxime chloride, and diazepam. Using appropriate personal protective equipment, remove, bag, and seal contaminated clothing. Decontaminate skin by washing it with large amounts of soap and water. Secondary exposure can occur from contact with contaminated clothing; it can also occur when tabun evaporates from contaminated clothing. To protect health care workers and others exposed to a contaminated victim from secondary contamination, remove, bag, and seal the victim s clothing, and wash the victim s ski
