The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) is a
testing, and evaluation of medical chemical warfare countermeasures[1] including therapies and materials to treat casualties of chemical warfare
agents.
The mission of USAMRICD — known in the 1950s and 1960s as the Medical Research Laboratories — includes fundamental and applied research in the pharmacology, physiology, toxicology, pathology, and biochemistry of chemical agents and their medical countermeasures. In addition to research, the Institute, in partnership with the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), educates health care providers in the medical management of chemical and biological agent casualties. The USAMRICD supports a Chemical/Biological Rapid Response Team (C/B-RRT), supports and trains Area Medical Laboratory (formerly Theater Area Medical Laboratory) personnel, and maintains a chemical surety facility.
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