When would you use a DuoDote auto injector?
DuoDote® should be administered as soon as symptoms of organophosphorous poisoning appear. The DuoDote® Auto-Injector is intended as an initial treatment of the symptoms of organophosphorous insecticide or nerve agent poisonings; definitive medical care should be sought immediately.
What does DuoDote do to the body?
Symptoms may include vision problems, feeling unsteady, loss of balance or coordination, trouble concentrating, fast heart rate, confusion, hallucinations (seeing or hearing things), decreased sweating, hot and dry skin, fainting, weak or shallow breathing, or breathing that stops.
What drug class is DuoDote?
DuoDote should only be administered to patients experiencing symptoms of organophosphorus poisoning in a situation where exposure is known or suspected. DuoDote should be administered as soon as symptoms of organophosphorus poisoning appear.
How do I use Atnaa?
Administer one (1) ATNAA into your lateral thigh muscle or buttocks as follows:
- Remove gray safety cap from back end.
- Place front end on outer thigh and push hard until injector functions. Hold firmly in place for ten seconds.
- Using a hard surface, bend needle into hook.
Why is pralidoxime used with atropine?
Pralidoxime is often used with atropine (a muscarinic antagonist) to help reduce the parasympathetic effects of organophosphate poisoning.
What is Sludgem used for?
A mnemonic used to remember the most common signs and symptoms is SLUDGEM. SLUDGEM stands for Salivation, Lacrimation (tearing), Urination, Defecation, Gastrointestinal upset, Emesis, and Muscle twitching/Miosis (pupillary constriction).
What smell does v agent VX give?
Nerve agents are generally colorless to amber-colored, tasteless liquids that may evaporate to a gas. Agents Sarin and VX are odorless; Tabun has a slightly fruity odor and Soman has a slight camphor odor.
What does nerve agent do?
Nerve agents disrupt normal messaging from the nerves to the muscles. This causes muscles to become paralysed and can lead to the loss of many bodily functions. Agents will act within seconds or minutes if inhaled and slightly more slowly if exposure is the result of skin contamination.
What is in a DuoDote?
DuoDote, a combination of atropine, a cholinergic muscarinic antagonist, and pralidoxime chloride, a cholinesterase reactivator, is indicated for the treatment of poisoning by organophosphorus nerve agents as well as organophosphorus insecticides in adults and pediatric patients weighing more than 41 kg (90 pounds).
How do you give Pam injection?
Administer a loading dose of 20-50 mg/kg (not to exceed 2000 mg/dose) over 15-30 minutes followed by a continuous infusion of 10-20 mg/kg/hour. Administer an initial intermittent infusion of 20-50 mg/kg (not to exceed 2000 mg/dose) over 15-30 minutes.
What are the symptoms of nerve agent exposure?
Regardless of the route of exposure, nerve agents can cause the following characteristic effects:
- pinpoint pupils of the eye.
- excessive production of mucous, tears, saliva and sweat.
- headache.
- stomach pain, nausea and vomiting.
- chest tightness and shortness of breath.
- loss of bladder and bowel control.
- muscle twitching.