He was in basic training, doing gas mask instruction. Like Joe, I've never come across any SOP's for this proceedure from WW1 or any other time. If you vomited in any of the German (or French) standard issue masks from post 1915, I could see breathing being seriously affected, though. Then again, moving the "snorkel" away from the mouth and vomiting in the respirator could always be a possibility, replacing the snorkel, then slightly opening the seal to allow drainage. I expect you could vomit in a P/PH helmet with (apart from the unpleasantness) too much ill effect and, if the breathing hole on a SBR's "snorkel" was plugged by a thumb, then it could be removed for the purpose. I'm thinking of modern (S10) respirators here, but I wouldn't have thought that it'd be that different in WW1ĭuring WW1, I'd think it would depend on the gas mask being worn. I suppose the best thing to do, as Joe said, is try to find the least contaminated area as is possible, slightly remove the respirator and let rip! (Possibly, if unable to do this, then do it in the respirator, hoping that sheer pressure ejects most of it until a safer environment can be found).
Good question! My own NBC training explained the proceedures of how to defacate and urinate in a contaminated area wearing a "noddy" suit, but never mentioned vomiting in the respirator! If a man was wearing a mask during a gas attack and was about to vomit what did he do? If he couldnt move the mask what was the procedure?
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