Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations

Committee on Toxicology, Committee on Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Is There a Role for the Use of Portable Multi-Agent Monitors to Assess the Armored-Vehicle Environment During Varied Operations?; 5 3 Is the Coburn-Forster-Kane Prediction Equation Valid at Low or Spiking Levels of Carbon Monoxide or Under Conditions of Rapid Changes in Ventilation?; 6 4 Is There Dose-Related Performance Degradation Resulting from Exposure to Carbon Monoxide?; 7 5 Is There Dose-Related Performance Degradation Resulting from Combined Exposures to Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Cyanide?; 8 6 Are There Other Deleterious Effects of Varying Exposures to Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Cyanide?; 9 7 Moving Forward; 10 References; 11 Appendix A: Biographical Information on the Committee on Combined Exposures to Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide in Army Operations; 12 Appendix B: Previous Applications of the Coburn-Forster-Kane Equation to Predict Carboxyhemoglobin Levels Resulting from Varying Carbon Monoxide Exposures; 13 Appendix C: Proposed Experiments to Study Effects of Rapid Changes in Inspired Carbon Monoxide Concentrations and Effects of Rapid Changes in Pulmonary Ventilation