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Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal discharged from UK hospital

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Novichok:

Initial management must concentrate upon basic life support measures and decontamination in order to remove the agent and prevent additional exposure. Clothing should be removed and the skin washed with soap and water. Contact lenses should be removed and the eyes thoroughly irrigated for at least 5–10 minutes. Supplementary oxygen should be administered as soon as possible. Airway maintenance with manual or mechanical ventilation may be required.

Specific treatment

Antidotes to nerve agent poisoning must be given immediately (see below).

Atropine

Pralidoxime

Diazepam

Combi-pens’

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/novichok-agent

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A farrago of lies from beginning to end.

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"Victims of the most dangerous poison" are doing miraclously well. It makes the previous "Saddam's WMD" hoax a paragon of credibility. The art of clever and compelling lying is lost in present day British politicians.

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