What are the health effects of sarin exposure?
Depending on the dose, onset of clinical manifestations can vary from a few minutes to 1 hour, although most occur within minutes. Signs and symptoms include visual disturbance, runny nose, chest tightness, nausea, vomiting, convulsions, and death. How is exposure to sarin diagnosed? Exposure to sarin is diagnosed by recognizing the signs and symptoms of exposure to nerve agents (visual disturbance, runny nose, chest tightness, nausea, vomiting, and convulsions). How can sarin exposure 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 twice with large amounts of soap and water. Secondary exposure can occur from contact with contaminated clothing; it can also occur when sarin evaporates from contaminated clothing. To protect health care workers and others exposed to a contaminated victim from secondary contamination, remove, bag, and s
