![]() And I"ve belatedly realize that there are a lot of links to "gas mask", which need to be de-disambiguated, unless "gas mask" should point here (I think I've redirected the civilian ones already). ![]() Very open to better name suggestions here. It is commonly used to describe both historic wartime equipment and modern elastomeric respirators worn for all sorts of non-conflict-related reasons, and these are really not easily fit in the same scope. How about "Conflict mask"? Or should we limit it to exclude military scrubbers and SCBAs? Should we limit it in time range? "Gas mask" is a common term, but does not describe the scope of this article. Since it is now 2020, it might be nice to get this sorted in less than 15 years. I still think this article should be renamed apart from anything else, "civilian gas mask" was a wartime term for masks used by civilians in the war. Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.244.214.30 ( talk) 18:46, 14 November 2006 (UTC) Reply ddlamb, Carboxen, helpful 2006 IP, I have moved it o military gas mask and disambiguated " gas mask". (Most of this comes from US Army manuals and personal experience.) Anything you do to disabuse the public of the term "gas mask" is a public service. If it turns to a gas, which for something like sarin occurs at a fairly low temperature, these types of masks afford no protection to the wearer. Most chemical agents are deployed as an aerosol. The type of masks shown and described here, only filter out particulate or droplet material out of the gaseous environment. (ie: nothing of the gaseous or liquid environment makes its way into the closed system.) This requires that it have a self-contained environment ie: SCBA or for those divers SCUBA. (Note the caption on the picture on the right.) A true gas mask should protect the user from any gaseous or liquid environment. The US Military uses the term "Protective Mask" for what is improperly here being called a gas mask. Thank you for your efforts - Carboxen 23:27, 10 January 2006 (UTC) Reply There is yet another aspect to this. ddlamb 22:45, 8 January 2006 (UTC) Reply I support your approach, and agree with the respirator reasoning. Please limit edits to this entry in the interim, because I don't want to put a 'major edit' hold on the page. ![]() I would like to redirect this page to respirator once I'm finished, which won't be for several weeks. Help is appreciated and welcome you can start by looking at the OSHA and NIOSH pages on respiratory protection, which can be found by doing a Google search for 'respirator' and either 'OSHA' or 'NIOSH.' Remember to come over to respirator - edits here will have to be moved over there anyway. If Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, it should at the very least discuss each type of respirator using the correct terminology, instead of 'filter mask' and 'gas mask.' Therefore, I am being bold and taking on the project. ![]() In the United States, OSHA requires medical clearance to wear even a simple half face respirator during the course of employment, if the employer is covered under OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard breathing through one of these respirators is not as easy as it seems on the surface. I am in the process of rewriting the Wikipedia entry for respirator, which is the correct name for what this entry calls a 'gas mask.' My reasoning is that 'gas mask' is incredibly incomplete as a description - for example, there are full face respirators, half face respirators, powered air-purifying respirators, different cartridges for different hazards, and more. This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Medicine Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine Template:WikiProject Medicine medicine articles Please visit the project page for details or ask questions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Medicine, which recommends that medicine-related articles follow the Manual of Style for medicine-related articles and that biomedical information in any article use high-quality medical sources. Medicine / Toxicology B‑class Mid‑importance This article has been rated as B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. Vital articles Wikipedia:WikiProject Vital articles Template:Vital article vital articles Gas mask has been listed as a level-5 vital article in Technology. This article is of interest to the following WikiProjects:
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |