New! – Smoke Inhalation Protocols – PDM

The moment we’ve all been waiting for – new smoke inhalation treatment protocols. Drs. Dan O’Brien, Donald Walsh, Alan Hall and Colleen M. Terriff, PharmD, BCPS, have authored new treatment protocols. Immediately share this document with your medical directors and local hospitals. This is new life-saving medicine. Empiric Management of Cyanide Toxicity Associated with Smoke Inhalation.

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MEDICAL TREATMENT

Below are resources and publications specific to the medical treatment of smoke exposure. To view member-only content, please visit our Become a Member section to learn more about joining the Fire Smoke Coalition.

UK – Shortcomings in Treatment of Smoke Inhalation

New European guidelines highlight shortcomings in smoke inhalation in the UK. Read full article.

Which Cyanide Antidote to Use?

FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Keeping the topic of antidotal therappy for smoke inhalation patients front and center in your news, Dr. Alan Hall authored a more comprehensive explanation to address recent questions about the usage of antidotes and when and what antidotes, in his opinion, should be used. This article is worth sharing with local medical directors, emergency [...]

Objectivity or Opinion: Which Antidote for Presumed Cyanide Poisoning?

Smoke inhalation deaths continue. And, although hundreds of fire departments stock hydroxocobalamin, a/k/a Cyanokit, there is concern about restocking expired kits because they were just not used – and the kits are expensive. With smoke inhalation deaths in every state in the United States, the question nobody wants to ask is: What is a life [...]

Preview Virtual Smoke Symposium

The new Virtual Smoke Symposium is a comprehensive online tool to fill the gap in the Coalition’s mission when instructors are not available to present to your department. The curriculum includes: Fire Smoke: Perceptions, Myths and Misunderstandings, led by Asst. Chief Rob Schnepp, who comprehensively explains fire smoke, combustion chemistry, the need for a complete [...]

Out of Air and Aftermath

We are pleased to announce that Out of Air and Aftermath are now available for download. Accompanying the programs is a Toolbox that currently includes the complete interviews with featured guests such as Alan Brunacini, Bobby Halton, John Norman, John Mittendorf, Frank Ricci, Mike McEvoy, and Dr. David Persse. Instructor driven outlines for classroom instruction [...]