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Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

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<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong><br />

Training Support Package<br />

Participant Guide<br />

Slide 25<br />

<strong>Chemical</strong> <strong>Agents</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Opportunity</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Terrorism</strong>:<br />

<strong>TICs</strong> & <strong>TIMs</strong><br />

Cyanide: Suicide<br />

• 55 yr old male ingests KCN tablets at sentencing<br />

hearing.<br />

• Subject tells lawyer who tells judge<br />

• In minutes: lethargy > collapse > shock<br />

• No antidote kit at scene<br />

• Subject received antidote kit at hospital<br />

(~15 min post -ingestion)<br />

• No neurological recovery.<br />

Module Four – Cyanide & Fumigants<br />

25<br />

Given its reputation, cyanide is also a common choice among people wishing to poison<br />

themselves. In the case described above, a 55 year old man consumed cyanide tablets<br />

during his sentencing hearing. The defendant in<strong>for</strong>med his lawyer who in turn reported to<br />

the judge what he had done. A few minutes after the situation became known the<br />

individual became lethargic, went into shock, and collapsed. Though he received an<br />

antidote kit approximately 15 minutes after ingestion, no neurological recovery occurred<br />

and the patient subsequently died.<br />

December 2008 Version 2.0 Page 212

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