CONVULSANT ANTIDOTE FOR NERVE AGENTS CANA

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Subject = CONVULSANT ANTIDOTE FOR NERVE AGENTS  CANA                      

Parent Organization = MISC        

Unit = MISC        

Folder Title = NBC UPDATES                                                                                     

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX005616






                                                                     OCTOBER 1990
           CONVULSANT ANTIDOTE FOR NERVE AGENTS (CANA)


             THESE INTERIM PROCEDURES ARE IN ADDITION TO THOSE
               FOUND IN THE SOLDIERS MANUAL OF COMMON TASKS


                                            SEVERE SYMPTOMS OF NERVE-AGENT
                                            POISONING REQUIRING CANA.'
                                                0 Severe rq@scle twitching.
                                                0 Convulsio@ns, seizures.
                                                * Unconscious with nerve agent
                                                  symptoms.
             Convulsant antidote for Nerve Agents
                                            USAGE-

                                                • Inject CANA in the same way you in-
                                                  ject the MARK I (larger autoinjector).

                                                • When a fellow soldier needs addi-
                                                  tional MARK I injections after hav-
                                                  ing given himself his first injection,
                                                  immediately give him the second
               Injecting the Casualty's Thigh     and third injections AND THEN THE
                                                  CANA.

                                                0 If he has not received any MARK I
                                                  injections, go ahead and give all
          or                                      three MARK I injections together
                                                  with his CANA.


                                            CAUTION: DO NOT GIVE CANA TO
              Injactlng the Casualty's Buttocks        YOURSELF. IT IS BUDDY AID.












              Three Sets of the One Used
                Used Mark I  CANA


                                                         @%CADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
                                                         Fort Sam Houston, TX
                                                         AV 471-3863