CANA ADVISORY 15 OCT 90

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Subject: CANA ADVISORY  15 OCT 90                                        

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000420

Folder Title: HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FILES - G3 NBC MIS 2  OF 4                                       

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         R@KS@'l. DIAZEPAM, 50  ' B'@@tLffiD AS CANA (CONVULSANT ANTI=
         (.FOR-NI:RVr AGENT5;, IS CRITICAL IN PREVENTING OR REDUCING CONVULSIONS
         AND RESULTANT BRAIN DAMAGE IN NERVE AGENT CASUALTIES. HOWEVER, THERE
         IS JUSTIFIABLE CONCERN THAT DIAZEPAM (ALSO KNOWN AS VALIUM) HAS THE
         POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE.
         E. DIAZEPAM MUST BE ISSUED TO THE INDIVIDUAL, AND READILY
         AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED, OR IT WILL BE OF LITTLE USE IN PREVENTING
         PERMANENT BRAIN DAMAGE. THE BENEFITS OF INDIVIDUAL ISSUE FAR
         OUTWEIGH THE RISKS. THE SIDE EFFECTS FROM ADMINISTERING CANA
         WITHOUT BEING EXPOSED TO NERVE AGENT ARE MINIMAL (IM
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         THERE IS NO RISK OF PROLONGED INCAPACITATION OR ADDICTION WITH A
         SINGLE UNAUTHORIZED INJECTION.
         3. SINCE CANA CONTAINS A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, ALBEIT NOWHERE IN
         THE SAME CATEGORY AS A NARCOTIC, COMPONENT COMMANDERS WILL ENSURE
         ACCOUNTABILITY FOR IT WHEN ISSUED. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED
         THROUGH LOG BOOKS OR FORMS SIMILAR TO THOSE USED TO ISSUE WEAPONS
         OR ORGANIZATIONAL CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT. FURTHERMORE,
         INDIVIDUALS MUST ATTEND A CLASS FOR ADMINISTERING FIRST AID TO A
         NERVE AGENT CASUALTY BEFORE BEING ISSUED THE CANA.
         4. THE INSTRUCTION WILL BE AN UPDATE OF THE BASIC FIRST-AID FOR
 INTO THE
         PROCEDURES FOR BU1313Y-AII3. WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO
         SUFFICIENT NERVE AGENT SO THAT HE CAN NO LONGER HELP HIMSELF, HE
         REQUIRES BUDDY-AID. SEVERE NERVE AGENT CASUALTIES WHO CANNOT
         INJECT THEMSELVES ARE GIVEN THEIR THREE ANTIDOTE SETS (ATROPINE
         AND 2 PAM CHLORIDE) IN RAPID SUCCESSION BY A BUDDY. WHEN A
         CASUALTY'S THIRD SET IS ADMINISTERED BY HIS BUDDY, THE BUD13Y WILL
         THEN ADMINISTER THE CANA.
         5. THE CLASS WILL ALSO EMPHASIZE THE INDIVIr)tJALS' RESPONSIBILITY
         TO SAFEGUARD THEIR CANA AUTOINJECTOR. THE INSTRUCTION WILL




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Subject = CANA ADVISORY 15 OCT 90
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 08-NOV-1996