消防人员死亡可能不是由于饮食不良而导致的,而是从几乎每个火灾现场遇到的不可避免的毒素(氰化氢氢和一氧化碳,有毒双胞胎)的烟料中遇到的毒素。每年有数百人与烟有关的伤害和死亡之后,氰化物中毒治疗联盟(CPTC)has taken aggressive steps toward educating and training firefighters and the medical community on recognizing the symptoms of cyanide poisoning and treatment therapies that will help save lives.
“If commercial flying had as many civilian fatalities as those relating to smoke and fire, there would be a public revolt,” said Rob Schnepp, CPTC president and assistant chief of special operations for the Alameda County Fire Department in California. “The numbers aren’t going down, and this tells me that we aren’t addressing the problem adequately.”
解决氰化物中毒对消防人员的毁灭性影响的第一步是,对敌人的教育和理解100%的时间 - 烟雾。消防人员和急救人员在发布期间了解了更多有关氰化物中毒的信息地狱和后iv:氰化物中毒在FDIC 2009年。该计划是同类教育计划,向消防员讲述了氰化物暴露的短期和长期健康影响以及氰化物毒性对当今火烟的致命影响。
“我们今天在家中的所占与10年前有很大不同。今天,我们有层压板,泡沫垫子,床垫和由合成的阻燃剂,塑料,丙烯酸制成的层状,它们在燃烧过程中散发出氰化氢。”“我们非常擅长识别和治疗一氧化碳中毒,但是我们必须开始认识到氰化物中毒可能是一个更大的问题。一旦这样做,我们就可以通过组织毒理学和解毒疗法认真对待诊断测试。”
地狱和氰化物是由CPTC和人民燃烧基金会并使用3-D可视化来吸引体内的观众,以了解氰化氢和一氧化碳毒物如何共同起作用以引起毁灭性效果。它将以DVD格式在全国各地的38,000多个消防部门免费分发,也可以在线提供。
CPTC还介绍了FDIC的烟教育补充剂的第二卷,其中包含五种与烟雾中氰化物中毒的化学成分有关的文章,以及在暴露和烟雾期间其残酷的症状和症状 - 专门针对医生,有毒主义者,有毒者,有毒的观点。和病理学家。其他教育文章着重于火灾现场的康复,适当的空气管理和紧急呼吸技术,烟雾的化学成分以及全面的烟雾吸入治疗方案的重要性,包括针对紧急医疗提供者的解毒疗法。
“提高意识和培训,结合with new national fire standards and tools to diagnose and treat cyanide and carbon monoxide exposure, should dramatically increase the survivability of firefighters and civilians exposed to these toxins and decrease the harmful long-term health problems that show up in the form of heart disease,” said Kevin Reilly, author of the SMOKE article on proper air management at the fire scene and emergency breathing techniques. “Screening per the new standards to identify potentially harmful amounts of hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide, with the ability to treat for the toxins, is paramount in successfully combating this serious problem.”



















