CANA TRAINING PACKAGE 23 NOV 90

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Subject: CANA TRAINING PACKAGE  23 NOV 90                                

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Document Number:        277

Folder Title: HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FILES - G3 NBC MIS 2  OF 4                                       

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                    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:

                                                        0 Severe muscle twitching.
                                                        0 Convulsions, seizures.
                         Convulsant antidote for No     0 Unconscious with nerve agent symp.
                                                           toms.


                                                     USAGE:

                                                        0  Inject CANA in the same way you in-
                                                           ject the MARK I (larger autoinjector).

                                                        0  When a fellow sofdier needs addi-
                                                           tional MARK I injections after hav-
                           Injecting 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.
                          Injecting the Casualty's Buttocks
 CAUTION: DO NOT GIVE CANA TO
                                                               YOURSELF. IT IS BUDDY AID.










                       Throe Sets of the On# Used
                        Used Mark I   CANA


                                                                 ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
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