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                                                                              OCTOSER1990


                  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:

                                                       a severe muscle twitching.
                                                       9 Convulsions, seizures.
                        Convulsant antidote for Nerve  9 Unconscious with nerve agent symp-
                                                         toms.


                                                    USAGE:
                                                       o Inject CANA in the same way you in-
                                                         ject the MARK I (larger autoinjector).
                                                       o When a fellow soldier needs addi-
                                                         tional MARK I injections after hav-
                          InjecUng the Casualty's Thigh  ing given himself his first injection,
                                                         Immediately give him the second
                                                         and third Injections AND THEN THE
                                                         CANA.
                 or                                    0 If he has not received any MARK I
                                                         injections, go ahead and give all
                                                         three MARK I injections together
                                                         with his CANA.
                         injocting the Casuafty's Buttocks
                                                    CAUTION: 00 NOT GIVE CANA TO
                                               YOURSELF. IT IS BUDDY AID.








                     Three Sets al the One Used
                       Used Mark 1   CANA

                                                                ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
                                                                Fort Sam Houston, TX
                                                                AV 471-3863
Box ID = BX000000
Unit = G3 NBC SECTION  
Parent Organization = ARCENT          
Folder Title = CANA                                                                                            
Subject = CANA Training Package
Document Number =         41
Image file name = 00000029.tif

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