Tag: hazardous materials

• Nerve Agent Antidotes (February 23, 2022)
  

  Nerve agents can be treated with atropine and pralidoxime chloride. Commonly used in the military and sometimes carried on ambulances are the Mark I kit and the DuoDote. The Mark I kit contains 3 sets of 2 autoinjectors. The Duodote contains 3 sets of 1 autoinjector (the DuoDote autoinjector combined both medications into one syringe. […]

• Mark I Autoinjector Kit ()
  

  Mark 1 Kit contains: Atropine autoinjector 2 mg in 0.7cc Pralidoxime autoinjector (2-PAM) 600 mg in 2cc Injection site selection:It is important that the injectors be given in a large muscle area. The most common injection site of administration is the OUTER THIGH MUSCLE For thinly built individuals, the injection should be given in the UPPER OUTER […]

• Nerve Agents (February 22, 2022)
  

  Nerve agents are chemicals that attack the nervous system of the body and stop it from performing properly. Not all nerve agents are weapons, as chemicals call “organophosphates” are nerve agents that are used as insecticides. Nerve agents are typically clear and colorless, and may have no odor. They tend to be denser than air […]