By Mike McEvoy
Meridian Medical Technologies, manufacturer of the Cyanokit® (hydroxocobalamin) cyanide antidote has issued a letter to healthcare providers regarding a potential problem with the sterile transfer spike included in the kit. One user reported that the transfer spike did not easily fit into a Baxter 500 mL bag of saline. A copy of the letter sent to Cyanokit purchasers can be downloaded HERE (PDF).
For a review of Cyanokit setup and administration, see the Fire Engineering Training Minutes Video at http://bcove.me/3z4u4liy.
MIKE McEVOY is the EMS coordinator for Saratoga County, New York, and the EMS editor for Fire Engineering magazine. He is a nurse clinician in the cardiac surgical ICU at Albany Medical Center, where he also chairs the resuscitation committee and teaches critical care courses. He is the chief medical officer and a paramedic/firefighter for West Crescent Fire Department and a paramedic supervisor for the Clifton Park & Halfmoon Ambulance. He serves on the EMS Section board of directors of the International Association of Fire Chiefs and speaks at nursing, critical care, fire, and EMS conferences worldwide.
