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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Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     






                                                                                        OCTOBER 1990


                       CONVULSANT ANTII)OTE 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:

                                                                * Severe muscle twitching.
                                                                0 Convulsions, seizures.
                              Convulsant antidote for Nerve     0 Unconscious with nerve agent symp-
                                                                    toms.


                                                             USAGE:
                                                                *   Inject CANA in the same way you in-
                                                                    ject the MARK I (larger autoinjector).
                                                                0   When a fellow soldier 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                                        o   If he has not received any MARK I
                                                                    injections, go ahead and give all
                                                                    three MARK I injections together
                                                         with his CANA.
                                lnlicting the Casualty's Buttocks
                                                             CAUTION: DO NOT GIVE CANA TO
                                                                         YOURSELF. IT IS BUDDY AID.








                            Three Sets of the One Used
                              Used Mark I    CANA
                                                                           ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
                                                                           Fort Sam Houston. TX
                                                                           AV 471-3863