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From: sxdjt@acad3.fai.alaska.edu (TABOR DEAN J)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Nerve Gas
Message-ID: <1990Aug28.030549.21215@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 28 Aug 90 03:05:49 GMT
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From: sxdjt@acad3.fai.alaska.edu (TABOR DEAN J)
In article <1990Aug22.025219.15961@cbnews.att.com>, ut-emx!osmigo@emx.utexas.edu (rn) writes...
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>From: ut-emx!osmigo@emx.utexas.edu (rn)
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>Can someone here state how the nerve gas antidote injection works? I've spent
>quite a bit of time working in and around hospital environments in the past,
>and I know that if you just "stick the needle in your arm" (or thigh, hip, or
>wherever), also known as an IM (intramuscular injection), it takes at least
>30-45 minutes to begin taking effect, as the drug must be absorbed by the 

Atropine/ephinephrine have a quick absorption rate, even with an IM injection.
As for why IV administration isn't used, imagine this:

	Someone is shooting at you, you have been exposed to poison gas, you
	are in a less-than-hospitable environment, and you have this *big*
	needle in your hand.

Would YOU want to try and get a vein with that?  Not I.  

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