USCENTCOM POLICY ON U.S. FORCES USE OF DIAZEPAM

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      SAFEGUARD THEIR CANA AUTO INJECTOR. THE INSTRUCTION WILL STRESS THE




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      FACT THAT THEIR CANA IS THERE TO BE ADMINISTERED TO THEM, BY A BUDDY,
      TO PREVENT SERIOUS BRAIN DAMAGE AND CONVULSIONS 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.
      6.   WITH ATROPINE AND 2-PAM CHLORIDE ALONE$ THE INDIVIDUAL MAY
      SURVIVE NERVE AGENT EXPOSURE, BUT WILL RISK LIVING OUT THE REST OF
      THEIR LIVES WITH SEVERE BRAIN DAMAGE. LEADERS WILL ENSURE THIS
      MESSAGE IS CLEAR. THE CONSEQUENCES OF NERVE AGENT PCISONING WITHOUT
      THE ANTI-CONVULSANT THERAPY OF DIAZEPA@L ARE SERIOUS INDEED. FEW
      WOULD KNOWINGLY RISK' THAT FATE FOR A MERE COUPLE OF HOURS OF
      UNAUTHORZED SEDATION. THE POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE AT THE "WHOLESALE"
      LEVEL CAN BE READILY TRACED BY THE AUTOMATED LEDGERS IN THE CLASS
      VIII SUPPLY SYSTEM." END QUOTE.
      2.   ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON THE DIAZEPAM INSTRUCTION PROGRAM WILL BE
      FORTHCOMING FROM THIS HEADQUARTERS.
           UNITS SHOULD REQUISITION DIAZEPAM NOW.
      4.   POCS FOR THIS HEADQUARTERS ARE CPT WASDALT/MSG GROSVENOR COMMO:
      011-966-1-478-1264.
      BT
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Subject = USCENTCOM POLICY ON U.S. FORCES USE OF DIAZEPAM
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