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EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT AT USAF CASUALTY COLLECTION POINTS
OF OPERATION DESERT SHIELD CASUALTIES EXPOSED TO NERVE AGENTS

-	INSURE ALL CASUALTIES ARE WEARING THEIR CHEMICAL MASK.         .

 	--  SIGNIFICANT SYMPTOMS :
      	    --- respiratory distress
   	    --- Convulsions
   	    --- Loss of consciousness
   	    --- Obstructive airway secretions
   	    --- Cyanosis
   	    --- PROFOUND weakness
 	    --- Abdominal cramps

   	-- Casualties with RESOLVED OR MINIMAL (all other) SYMPTOMS
   	   (whether or not they have used chemical antidotes)
   	   --- Runny nose
   	   --- Eye pain, blurred or dim vision
   	   --- Salivation
  	   --- Muscle twitching/fasciculations
   	   --- Headache
   	   --- Nausea
   	   --- Sweating
   	   --- Diarrhea -
           
-	IF THE TACTICAL SITUATION ALLOWS, TREAT casualties with SEVERE _
	SYMPTOMS as follows:
                              
  	--  Insure the casualty has received 3 Mark I Kits (3 ATROPENS and 3
     	    Pralidoxime COMBOPENS); if the casualty has not or you are unsure
     	    inject three Mark I Kits
     
        	--  Inject the contents of one (1) 10 mg pre filled DlAZEPAM (VALIUM)
                 syringe DEEP into the mid-anterolateral muscle of the thigh    -
        
        	--  If the casualty is CONVULSING, IMMEDIATELY inject a second 10 mg
        	    dose of DIAZEPAM
        
   LtCol Ealkenheimer/SGHR/7054/ [(b)(2)] /15 Aug 90
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