MEDICAL CHEMICAL DEFENSE FOR TROOPS DEPLOYED TO SAUDI ARABIA

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Subject: MEDICAL CHEMICAL DEFENSE FOR TROOPS DEPLOYED TO SAUDI ARABIA    

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                AUG 17 '90 10:53    PEO MEDICAL SYSTEMS              PAGE.02





                               USD(A) INFORMATTOW SUMMARY
           Subject: Medical Chemical Defense for Troops Deployed to Saudi
                      Arabia

                The recent deployment of troops to Saudi Arabia has raised
           the real possibility of their exposure to chemical weapons
           employed by Iraq. This concern has received much media coverage
           in the last weeki
                individual medical protectionagainat nerve agents in
           accomplished by the mark I Nerve Agent Antidote Kitt The U,S*
           Army Medical Research institute of chemical Defense cohdutited
           basic research to Identify the most effective drug combination
           for use in the kit# and suggested design criteria for the
           in action apparatus, The Mark I combinas in one kit two
           autoinjecto@, one containing atropine for nerve agent exposure,
           and the other containing pralidoxime chloride for reactivation 'of
           normal nerve function. Operational units were first,oquipped
           with this kit in 1983, The U. S* Army Medical Research and
           Development command has also provided detailed doctrine and
           training information to insure appropriate Use of the Mark I by
           soldiers, The Mark I offers a timely e:ktkmplo of the direct
           contribution of the science and technology program to the
           expedited development and procurement of a critical piece    of
           Medical equipment for deployed tkocpo4 A Mark I Nerve Agent
           Antidote Kit is attached for your inspection

           Recommendation- None

           Prepared by: Dr. Joseph V. Osternan/XIB714

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