ICU SAQs · Environmental emergencies
Chlorine gas inhalation — the management
A CICM SAQ on the chlorine gas inhalation — the 100% O2, the PEEP, the bronchodilators, the NOT the steroids.
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A pool maintenance worker inhales chlorine gas in an enclosed space. He presents with cough, wheeze, dyspnoea and frothy sputum. Outline the management.
Question
A pool maintenance worker inhales chlorine gas in an enclosed space. He presents with cough, wheeze, dyspnoea and frothy sputum. Outline the management. [1]
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- [1]Chen TM, Malli H, Maslove DM, et al. Toxic inhalational exposures. J Intensive Care Med, 2013.PMID 22232204