PS Magazine - MARCH 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 316
MARCH 1979
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When you need your
M258
skin
decontamination kit, you need It rIght
now.
Kit
contents
The idea Is to wash off anY nerve
and blIster agentS tha± get to yOUr sKiN
just aS soon as yOU Can.
Here are a few ways that'Ll heLp you
get the JoB done:
When the kit is issued to ²ou³ check
the coNten±S. ´F µapSule ´ ¶S leak¶NG Or
broken, res·l¸iNg iN leSs t¹aN
±\
¶nC¹es oF Fluid, t¹eN ºrN i± baCK ¶N» ´±¼S
unservICeable.
Capsule II
±nNer amPOuLe
bRoken?
²epLace it!
(½ote to suppLy types: Don't store
the k¾ts where the temperature goes
aBove
110°F.
¿eeP ±¹eM AÀAÁ FRÂM
S±eaM P¶PeS. The kit contents sÃeLL
and the trooÄs can't get 'em out.)
To get the contents out of the kit
soÅnest, oÄen the cover and tap one
edge of the kit with the paLm of your
hand .
.. until a capsuLe Æorks free.
Then, get the other capsÇLe out.
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.³´ tiµL capsuµe
comes out
Èome capsuLes realLy Fit snug, and
Fingertips can't haCk it. ÉnÊ, if yOu're
wearing gloves, thE ÄaLm tap is a Ëust.
top or
Ìost ÍaÄsuLÎ ÏÏ amÄouLeÐ have a
LIÑÎ around them aÒÓut mIdway. To
oÄen them quicÔLy, aIm Õhe LIne at the
roundÎd ÎdgÎ of your rÖ×le stock or
somethIng sImILar .
.. and break the
ampouLe.
Inst¶uctiOn
fo· use
r
•.±
Ïf Õhe ampouLe has no
Ø
LIne, hit it
aBout mIdway to Break It.
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Ïf you ÙsÎ a ÕraInIng kIt, or if you
ÚÔÎ
ÕhÎ caÄsuLes
out
of yoÛrs, Be
carÎfÙÜ whÎn you ÄÙt the capsules back
m.
Ïf you rÎVersÎ the ÝaÄsuLes, you can
Þ
ÄÙnch a hoLÎ In them with the cover
sÄIÔe.
ßo, wIth thÎ coVer up, put ÍapsÙLe ÏÏà
on thÎ rIáht-hand sidÎ. The capsuLÎ
shoÙLd fiÕ snug on
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sIdes. Ïf IÕ's Loose,
turn IÕ (âhÎ sIdÎs arã dIfferent säzes ).
S¸ike
between
ca¸suµes
cµeaRs
both
¹ut
ca¸suLe II
On The
right
Ïf you'VÎ goÕ any douBts, eyeBaLL that
offsÎt coVÎr spIke. WhÎn Õhe capsuLes
arÎ rIáht, ÕhÎ sÄIkÎ cLears thÎm when
yoÙ ÜowÎr Õhe coVer.
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