Pocket ICU Management
Inhaled Solvents
First Things First (assess & treat for the following)
- Inhaled solvents may include:
- Aliphatic hydrocarbons (petroleum distillates)
- Halogenated hydrocarbons (carbon tetrachloride)
- Aromatic hydrocarbons (toluene)
- Terpenes (pine oil)
- ABCs of resuscitation
- Aspiration
- Acidosis
- Sudden sniffing death secondary to dysrhythmias
- Laryngeal spasm or bronchospasm
- Seizures
- Do not induce emesis.
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Last updated: April 28, 2010
Citation
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