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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AWARENESS
A civilian fire death occurs every 143 minutes in the US. But fire deaths due to toxic gases or oxygen deprivation from smoke inhalation outnumber fire deaths that result from burns. Awareness of smoke inhalation is critical on the fireground. (2005 National Fire Protection Agency Report)
Cyanide as a Chemical Weapon: A Review
Cyanide was identified and isolated from cherry laurel by the Swedish chemist Scheele in 1782. Hydrogen cyanide was first isolated from Prussian blue dye in 1786, although the poisonous properties of cherry laurel leaves, cassava, bitter almonds and Prussian blue dye had been recognized since antiquity. The first description of cyanide poisoning was by Wepfer [...]
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