Hydroxycobalamin and Rural Emergency Medical Services Cyanide Exposure Patients: A Cost Analysis

MaineHealth

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Cyanide Poisoning

Treatments: Drug: Cyanide antidote administration

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01656616

IRB 4053X

Details and patient eligibility

About

The costs to a rural emergency medical services (EMS) system of a change from a traditional cyanide antidote kit to a kit containing hydroxocobalamin alone are currently unknown. The purpose of this study is to use current EMS data to calculate the costs to a rural EMS system associated with the adoption of a hydroxocobalamin protocol for the treatment of suspected cyanide exposure.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Included in Maine EMS database
• House Fire Victim
• Poisoning

Exclusion criteria

• No potential cyanide exposure
• Incomplete data available

Trial design

0 participants in 1 patient group

EMS cyanide exposure patients

Treatment:

Drug: Cyanide antidote administration