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    7RGANZZAT--@NAL CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT.
    MUST ATTEND A CLASS FOR ADMINISTERING FIRST AID TO A NERVE AGENT
    CASUALTY BEFORE BEING ISSUED THE CANA.
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    NERVE AGENT CASUALTY THAT WILL                          CANA :@IT: 7'r'@
    FOR ELE)DY-A@@.            AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN EXMCSED TC E'-*FF@C:7NT
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    AID,   SEVERE NERVE AGENT CASUALTIES '%TFC) ':A@T'N'O'T I.N'@@ECT
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    ?ACT THAT THEIR CANA IS THERE TO BE ADMINISTER@, TO THEM, BY A
    7@ PREVENT SERIOUS BRAIN DAMAGE AND CONVULSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH NERVE
    A-A!XT POISCNING. SHOULD THEY BE NEGLIGENT, AND ALLOW THEIR ^CANA 7'0
    BE ST^Ir@t-"V OR 'JSE:) WITHOUT NERVE AGENT EXPOSLRE, THEN IT SIMPLY '9!LL
    NCT BE AVAILABLE 'AEN THEY REALLY NEED :T. THE RESPCNC-@-BILITY IS
    THEIRS ALCNE.
    C.    WITH ATROPINE AND 2-PAM CHLORIDE ALONE, THE :ITDIV:D'JAL 2@Iv
      O"                                  BUT WILL RISK LIVING C'@'T THE REST OF
    = RrVE NERVE AGENT EXPOSURE,
    THEIR LIVES WITH SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE. LEADERS WILL ENSURE THIS
    MESSAGE IS CLEAR. THE CONSEQUENCES OF NERVE AGENT POISONING WITHOUT
    THE A.IITI-COWULSANT T14ERAPY OF !)IAZI:PAM ARE SERIOUS INDEED, FEW
    WOULD KNOWINGLY RISK THAT FATE FOR A RAERE COUPLE OF HOURS OF
    @'@TAUTHCRZTD SEDATION,      THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AT THE
    LEVEL CAN BE READILY TRACED BY THE AUTOMATED LV@GERS IN THE CLASS
    Vill SUPPLY SYSTEM." END QUOTE,
    2.    ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON THE r'AZEPAr :Ye@-R'-!CTZCN                       ',::LL =-E
      -      @;@TG FRCM THIS HEADQUARTER .
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    3,    'UNITS SHOULD RE2U!ST@Tl^@N DIAZEPAM NOW.
    4,    PO@'S FOR THIS HEADQUARTERS ARE @@mT                         ^@ROSVTNOR
Box ID = BX000000
Unit = G3 NBC SECTION  
Parent Organization = ARCENT          
Folder Title = CANA                                                                                            
Subject = CANA Training Package
Document Number =         41
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