solved DIscussion Question:Address all of the following in your post:What was

DIscussion Question:Address all of the following in your post:What was the classification of biological agent used in the attack?Discuss the implications of the biological agent.Discuss the therapy for the biological agent.What are the decontamination procedures for the biological agent used in the attack?Define the appropriate level of PPE required for this type of biological agent?Response 1: After doing some research, I chose the incident that happened in 1984 in Oregon. It is well known and is called the 1984 Rajeesgee bioterror attack. This incident was well known because 751 people suffered because of food poisoning and it was the first and largest bioattack in the US history.1. What was the classification of biological agent used in the attack?The biological agent that was chosen for this attack was Salmonella typhimurium. 2. Discuss the implications of the biological agent.Salmonella Typhimurium causes gastroenteritis leading to diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and abdominal cramps. These symptoms may last up to seven days. People infected require antibiotics or have to be hospitalized. During this incident, 751 people were sick and 45 were hospitalized (Bionity, 2021).3. Discuss the therapy for the biological agent.The therapy for this include antibiotics and it is necessary that patients drink extra fluids as long as diarrhea lasts.4. What are the decontamination procedures for the biological agent used in the attack?The decontamination procedure for salmonella include, washing hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds before and after handling uncooked eggs, raw meat, poultry, and seafood and their juices. Also to make sure to wash utensils, cutting boards, dishes, and countertops with hot, soapy water after preparing each food item and before you go on to prepare the next item (CDC, 2020). 5. Define the appropriate level of PPE required for this type of biological agent?For this biological agent, it is required to wear gloves, closed toe shoes, lab coat, eye & face protection (CDC, 2020).Salmonella and Food. (2020, July 9). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/communication/salmonella-food.html#:%7E:text=Wash%20hands%20with%20warm%2C%20soapy,to%20prepare%20the%20next%20item (Links to an external site.).1984_Rajneeshee_bioterror_attack. (n.d.). Bionity. Retrieved September 9, 2021, from https://www.bionity.com/en/encyclopedia/1984_Rajne…Response 2:What was the classification of biological agent used in the attack?The bioterrorism attack that I would be examining would be the use of the biological agent plague during the Sino-Japanese War. This war took place between the 1930s-1940s, and the Japanese “filled bombs with plague-infected fleas and dropped them from airplanes onto two Chinese cities” (History of Vaccines, 2018, para. 7). The classification of plague is a Category A, which is characterized by “high death rates, potential for major public health impact, easily disseminated or transmitted from person to person, cause public panic and social disruption and require special action for public health preparedness” (Veenema, 2018, p.31).Discuss the implications of the biological agent. Discuss the therapy for the biological agent.If the plague was used for aerosol inhalation, this would be a pneumonic plague which results to a “severe bacterial lung infection” (Veenema, 2018, p.36). With said, the clinical manifestations would entail a high fever, chills, headache, productive cough, chest pain, hemoptysis, extreme malaise, myalgia, tachypnea, tachycardia, pneumonia, abdominal pain, and diarrhea (Veenema, 2018, p.36). The plague can quickly turn into “cyanosis, respiratory failure, septicemia, circulatory collapse and death” if there is no prompt intervention (Veenema, 2018, p.36). The main therapy for the plague would be to start the patient on an antibiotic regimen. The patient would have to take antibiotics for 7 day, and these medications can be streptomycin, gentamicin, tetracyclines or chloramphenicol (Veenema, 2018, p.37). Prior to administration, the nurse would have to take a blood and sputum culture in order to identify the specific strain of plague.What are the decontamination procedures for the biological agent used in the attack?There is no decontamination procedure in place for the pneumonic plague. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Y. pestis [plague strain] is very sensitive to sunlight and heating and does not survive long outside its host” (CDC, 2018, para.6)Define the appropriate level of PPE required for this type of biological agent?The plague actually needs airborne and droplet precautions on top of the standard precautions (Veenema, 2018, p.37). So the PPE needed would be a N95 respirator, regular face mask for the patient, face shield, gown and gloves.ReferencesCenter for Disease Control and Prevention, Plague as a Biological Weapon: Medical an Public Health Management, https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/plague/plague-biological-weapon-abstract.asp (Links to an external site.)The History of Vaccines, Biological Weapons, Bioterrorism and Vaccines, https://ftp.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/biological-weapons-bioterrorism-and-vaccines (Links to an external site.)Veenema, T., Ready RN: Handbook for Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness (3rd ed.) Mosby