You are certain that your patient, who is now convulsing from nerve agent exposure, has already received three mark 1/atnaa kits and their diazepam. what else should be done?

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Provide ventilator assistance, oxygen, and IV fluids administer more atropine to reduce secretions and relax the airway give more diazepam to prevent seizures.

Washing the skin with soap and water, even 4 to 6 hours after exposure, can greatly reduce toxicity associated with skin contact. If you swallow the T-2 mycotoxin, your doctor may give you super-activated charcoal. Eye exposure should be treated with copious flushes with normal saline.

VX is the least volatile nerve agent, meaning it evaporates the slowest from liquid to vapor. Therefore VX persists in the environment. Under average weather conditions, VX persists for several days on items it touches.

When a person is exposed to small amounts of nerve agents (such as gases or aerosols), the first symptoms are runny nose, constricted pupils, decreased visual accommodation, headaches, slurred speech, nausea, hallucinations, severe chest pain, and increased salivation.

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