FORSCOM POLICY ON CANA (CONVULSANT ANTIDOTE FOR NERVE AGENT

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       PRIORITY            RHCGAMO CDRFORSCOM FT MCPHERSON GA //FCMD//

       PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR SECURING AND EMPLOYING THE AUTOINJECTOR



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       ONLY AS DIRECTED9 JUST AS HE/SHE IS ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS/HER
       WEAPON. PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF OF CANA, EACH SOLDIER MUST BE TRAINE
       IN THE PROPER USE OF THE CANA AUTOINJECTOR. THIS TRAINING SHOULD
       BE ACCOMPLISHED IN CONUS, PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT, TO THE MAXIMUM
       EXTENT POSSIBLE.
       5. THE INSTRUCTION WILL BE AN UPDATE OF THE BASIC FIRST-AID FOR A
       NERVE AGENT CASUALTY. CANA WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE
       PROCEDURES FOR SELF/BUDDY AID. SEVERE (INCAPACITATED) NERVE AGENT
       CASUALTIES, WHO HAVE RECEIVED ALL THREE MARK I ANTIDOTE KITS
       (ATROPINE AND 2-PAM CHLORIDE) IN RAPID SUCCESSION BY BUDDY
       ADMINISTRATION, WILL THEN BE GIVEN THE CANA INJECTION BY A BUDDY.
       6. THE INSTRUCTION MUST ALSO EMPHASIZE THE INDIVIDUAL/S
       RESPONSIBILITY TO SAFEGUARD THE CANA AUTOINJECTOR. THE TRAINING
       WILL STRESS THE FACT THAT THEIR CANA IS THERE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO
       THEM, BY A BUDDY, TO PREVENT CONVULSIONS AND SERIOUS BRAIN DAMAGE
       ASSOCIATED WITH NERVE AGENT POISONING. SHOULD THEY BE NEGLIGENT,
       AND ALLOW THEIR CANA TO BE STOLEN OR USED WITHOUT NERVE AGENT
       EXPOSURE, THEN IT SIMPLY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE WHEN THEY REALLY
       NEED IT. THE RESPONSIBILITY IS THEIRS ALONE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF
       NERVE AGENT POISONING WITHOUT THE ANTI-CONVULSANT THERAPY OF



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       DIAZEPAM ARE SERIOUS INDEED. FEW WOULD KNOWINGLY RISK THAT FATE
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       7. THE ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES (AHS) HAS DEVELOPED AN
       EXPORTABLE TRAINING PACKAGE FOR USE IN TRAINING SOLDIERS ON THE NEW
       CANA DOCTRINE. THIS PACKAGE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPRODUCED AND
       SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR IN-ITIAL DISTRIBUTION BY MID NOVEMBER.
       PRIORITY FOR DISTRIBUTION IS TO UNITS DEPLOYED IN THEATER9 FOLLOWED
       BY FORSCOM UNITS PREPARING FOR DEPLOYMENT. UNITS SHOULD INITIATE
       TRAINING ONCE THESE MATERIALS HAVE BEEN-IRECEIVED.
       S. POC AT FORSCOM SURS IS MAJ DAVID ARDAY9 MC, PVNT MED OFCRI AV
       797-3316 OR COM (404) 362-3316.//
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Folder Title = CANA                                                                                            
Subject = FORSCOM POLICY ON CANA (CONVULSANT ANTIDOTE FOR NERVE AGENT
Document Number =         42
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