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USAF CASUALTY COLLECTION POINT
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EMERGENCY MEDICAL CHECKLIST

NERVE AGENT CASUALTIES/OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
   
-	MASK all casualties.
   
-	TRIAGE GROUPS

	--  SIGNlFICANT SYMPTOMS

	--  RESOLVED OR MINIMAL SYMPTOMS

- 	IF THE TACTICAL SITUATION ALLOWS, TREAT causalities with SEVERE
              SYMPTOMS                                  .

	--  3 ATROPENS and 3 PRALIDOXIME autoinjectors given.
   
     	--  1 DIAZEPAM (VALIUM)
     	--  If CONVULSING, IMMEDIATELY inject a second D IAZEPAM
   
     	--  If SEVERE RESPIBATORY DISTRESS and DEATH/AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
        	    IMMINENT:
   
        	    ---  4 ADDITIONAL ATROPENS IMMEDIATELY

            	    ---  If OBSTRUCTED or NOT BREATH1NG.
            	          ----  Clear mouth/airway
            	          ----  Insert oral or nasal airway
            	          ----  Replace mask
   
	--  ATROPEN EVERY 5 MINUTES as required.
   
     	--  DIAZEPAM as needed UNTIL CONVULSIONS ARE CONTROLLED
   
-	For MINIMAL CASUALTIES, IF SYMPTOMS RECUR OR WORSEN, TREAT AS
	SEVERE
   

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