Template:Paris Fire Brigade Protocol

Paris Fire Brigade protocol recommend hydroxocobalamin administration patients who have had known smoke inhalation in an enclosed space with any of the following:[1][2]

  1. Altered mental status
  2. Soot in the nares or mouth
  3. Full arrest without full body burns incompatible with life. They found 50% ROSC in fire victims in full arrest when hydroxycobalamin was administered.
  1. Fortin JL, et al. Prehospital administration of Hydroxoco- balamin for smoke inhalation-associated cyanide poisoning: 8 years of experience in the Paris Fire Brigade. Clin Toxicol. 2006;44 Suppl 1:37-44. PMID: 16990192.
  2. Borron SW, et al. Prospective study of hydroxocobalamin for acute cyanide poisoning in smoke inhalation. Ann Emerg Med. 2007 Jun;49(6):794-801, e1-2. PMID: 17481777.