Field-Trial Validation of the JWGD MILPERF-NAMRL Multidisciplinary Performance Test Battery (NMPTB).
Abstract
Because of concerns over the use of chemical weapons by Soviet Forces and by client states, a U.S. Armed Forces tri-service committee established the Joint Working Group to Determine Drug-Produced Decrements in Military Performance (JWGD--MILPE11F) to address short-term problems associated with the operational use of pyridostigmine as a chemical warfare (CW) antidote and to identify and develop the test battery that would evaluate the performance effects of other possible antidotes. NAMRL was directed by NMRDC to develop a research program with the following technical objectives: (1) develop and validate a tri-service performance test battery for assessing the effects of CW antidotes on the performance of military personnel with and without protective clothing, (2) develop guidelines for the use of commonly used medications and CW antidotes by naval aircrews under operational conditions, and (3) develop medical CW doctrine for Navy operations. The research program was designed in four phases: (1) conduct in the laboratory, a comprehensive range of tests to evaluate performance of biomedical functions relevant to naval and Marine Corps aviation tasks (2) tests shown to be affected by the antidotes were incorporated as a test battery into mobile facilities for transport to the field for further testing on personnel engaged in military training activities designed to simulate critical tasks in the operational environment, (3) evaluate synergistic effects of antidotes and CW protective clothing on performance, and (4) evaluate synergistic effects of antidotes and commonly used drugs such as salicylates and antihistamines and also those prescription drugs approved for treating patients while remaining on normal duty status. Chemical defense, Antidotes, Human performance
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 10, 1992
- Accession Number
- ADA266904
Entities
People
- E. A. Molina
Organizations
- Naval Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory