• Active ingredient = cyclonite, also known as RDX, chemical names: hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-trizine, cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine.
• Signs: congested mucous membranes, fever, increased pulse, hyperventilation, hypersensitivity, mild convulsions.
• Diagnosis: history, clinical signs.
• Treatment: symptomatic.

Presenting signs

• Nervous signs: hyperaesthesia, excitement, trembling, tremor.
• Tachypnea, dyspnea.
• Tachycardia.

Geographic incidence

• Where explosives are used, particularly military explosives.

Special risks

• Symptomatic treatment of cardiac and respiratory signs - check for pre-existing cardiac and/or respiratory disease.