EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AT USAF CASUALTY COLLECTION POINTS

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 ABOVE 120 BEATS PER NINUTE.
              2B5.5 GIVE ADDITIONAL DIAZEPAM AS NEEDED UNTIL
CONVULSIONS ARE CONTROLLED
           2B5.6 ATTACH EXPENDED AUTOINJECTORS AND SYRINGES TO
 lOPP JACKET
        2B6. FOR DELAYED OR MINIMAL CASUALTIES, IF IMMEDIATE
 SYMPTOMS OCCUR, RETRIAGE AND TREAT AS IMMEDIATE5
    2C. NOTES:
            2C1. SYMPTOMS CAN WORSEN OR RECUR UNPREDICTABLY FOR HOURS
 TO DAYS AFTER SEVERE NERVE AGENT EXPOSURE.
        2C2. MEDICATIONS SHOULD BE 0BTAINED FROM AIR TRANSPORTABLE
  HOSPITAL [ATH] SUPPLY AND TAKEN BY THE CCP TRIAGE TEAM TO THE CCP:  -
              2C2.1 ATROPINE
                    2C2.1.1 AUTOINJECTORS [2MG ATROPINE EACH] ARE NOT
 1N THE STANDARD ATH TABLE OF ALLOWANCES [TA], BUT ARE BEING SHIPPED
 T0 THE THEATER FOR DISTR1BUTION TO EACH ATH

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              2C2.1.2 UNTIL AVAILABLE, USE ATM SYRINGES AND BULK
 ATROPINE SUPPLIES [38 25NL VIALS OF ATROPINE 2MG/CC]
              2C2.1.3 EITHER PREFILL SYRING2S PRIOR TO AN
 EXPECTED ATTACK OR, IF NECESSARY, DRAW UP ATROPINE DOSES AT THE CCP;
 IN SEVERELY EXPOSED CASUALTIES [IMMEDIATES] SUFFICIENT ATROPINE IS
 ESSENTIAL TO SuRVlVAL AND THE BENEFITS OF TREATNENT FAR OUTWEIGH THE
 RISKS OF DRAWING UP THE INJECTION IN A CONTAMINATED ENVIRONMENT
            2C2.2 DIAZEPAM [VALIUM] PRE-FILLED SYRINGES, 5 MG/CC, 2CC;
 10 MG PER SYRINGE; 750 PRE-FILLED SYRINGES ARE ON THE ATH TA.
           2C2.3  PRALIDOXIME [BLACK] AUTOINJECTORS [600 MG
 PRALIDOXIME EACH] - uSE THE CASUALTY'S PERSONAL AUTOINJECTORS
 S. FOR QuICK REFERENCE, USE THE FOLLOWING CHECKLIST WHICH
 SuMMARlZES THE ABOVE GulDANCE:
   3A. TRIAGE CATEGORIES
        34.1 IMMEDIATE
        3A.2 DELAYED
        3A.3 MINIMAL
        3A.4 EXPECTANT
        3B. IF THE TACTICAL SITUATION ALLOWS,
        3B.1 MASK ALL CASUALTIES
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