CENTCOM POLICY USE OF DIAZEPAM

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Subject = CENTCOM POLICY USE OF DIAZEPAM                                  

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title = NBC AAR                                                                                         

Document Number =        108

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  THEIRS ALONE.
  6.   WITH ATROPINE AND 2-PAM CHLORIDE ALONE, THE INDIVIDUAL MAY
  SURVIVE NERVE AGENT EXPOSURE, BUT WILL RISK LIVING OUT THE REST OF
  THEIR LIVES WITH SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE. LEADERS WILL ENSURE THIS
  MESSAGE IS CLEAR. TIIE CONSEQUENCES OF NERVE AGENT POISONING WITHOUT
  THE ANTI-CONVUL@ANT THERAPY OF DIAZEPAM ARE SERIOUS INDEED. FEW
  WOULD KNOWINGLY RISK THAT FATE FOR A MERE COUPLE OF HOURS OF
  UNAUTHORZED SEDATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AT THE "WHOLESALE"
  LEVEL CAN BE READILY TRACED BY THE AUTOMATED LEDGERS IN THE CLASS
  VIII SUPPLY SYSTEM." END QUOTE.
  2.   ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON THE DIAZEPAM INSTRUCTION PROGRAM WILL BE
  FORTHCOMING FROM THIS HEADQUARTERS.
  3.   UNITS SHOULD REQUISITION DIAZEPAM NOW.
  4.   POCS FOR THIS HEADQUARTERS ARE CPT WAGDALT/MSG GROSVENOR COMMO:
  011-966-1-478-1264.
  BT
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