What is in an Atnaa?
What is in an Atnaa?
The Antidote Treatment – Nerve Agent, Auto-Injector (ATNAA) provides Atropine Injection (atropine, 2.1 mg/0.7 mL) and Pralidoxime Chloride Injection (pralidoxime chloride, 600 mg/2 mL) in sterile solutions for intramuscular injection.
How do I administer 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.
How does DuoDote work in the body?
Each DuoDote® Auto-Injector contains a sterile solution of atropine (2.1 mg/0.7 mL) and a sterile solution of pralidoxime chloride (600 mg/2 mL) in two separate internal chambers. When activated, the DuoDote® Auto-Injector sequentially administers both drugs intramuscularly through a single needle in one injection.
What is 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).
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.
How do you administer nerve agent antidote?
Diazepam (CANA — Convulsant Antidote for Nerve Agent)
- Hold diazepam auto-injector (CANA) in front of you.
- Remove the grey safety cap by pulling it out.
- Do not touch the black end of the injector.
- Grasp the unit and position the black tip into the victim’s injection site (outer thigh or buttocks)
How do you administer DuoDote?
First Dose: Administer one (1) DuoDote injection into the mid-lateral thigh if the patient experiences two or more mild symptoms of nerve agent or insecticide exposure. Trained healthcare providers with mild symptoms may self-administer a single dose of DuoDote. Wait 10 to 15 minutes for DuoDote to take effect.
What drug class is DuoDote?
Belladonna alkaloids, tertiary amines.
What type of drug is DuoDote?
DuoDote is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of Organophosphate Poisoning. DuoDote may be used alone or with other medications. DuoDote belongs to a class of drugs called Cholinergic, Toxicity Antidotes.
What can atropine do?
What is Atropine and how is it used? Atropine is a prescription medicine used to treat the symptoms of low heart rate (bradycardia), reduce salivation and bronchial secretions before surgery or as an antidote for overdose of cholinergic drugs or mushroom poisoning.
