Review of CBRN Medical and Operational Terminologies in NATO CBRN Publications

Abstract

The U.S. Army Office of The Surgeon General (OTSG) asked IDA to review and compare the terminology used in the NATO publications related to medical CBRN defense and operational CBRN defense for consistency. The use of the correct terminologies in NATO CBRN defense publications is deemed highly important because of the need to have clear and unambiguous communication among the NATO members and partner nations. The IDA team identified and reviewed twelve NATO CBRN publications and collected the terminologies within the publications to develop two different lexicons, one for terms and definitions and a second one for abbreviations. The use of certain terms and abbreviations were also analyzed and summarized along with recommendations when the terminologies do not align.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1020296

Entities

People

  • Audrey C. Kelley
  • Carl A. Curling

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airway Management
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Chemistry
  • Equine Encephalitis
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Science

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.