H2S Treatment Protocol...oh really?

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Randy,

 

Reading this mail is a tad scary....Angola you say...what company...?

 

First Rule of Remote Medics = Protect Yourself..then take care of casualty..!

 

Rescuers...?

 

H2S will take some time to be cleared from a tank...!

 

With an H2S alarm everyone is supposed to check the windsock and head upwind

until the all clear....!

 

How much fresh/clean air was in that tank when the man went down...with his

'support' up on deck watching.

 

Was there a 'Tool Box' meeting with rescue plan discussed?

 

Do you have a Confined Space Rescue plan?

 

Do you have a gas meter for checking air content of tank?

 

Whilst wearing a SCBU can you give treatment?

 

I feel your treatment protocol should give priority to getting the man out of

the tank so you can really treat him...or at least go through the motions after

his spending what sounds like a considerable time in a deadly environment.

 

Sounds like you are living in interesting times there...

 

Best thing is simply to do your best without endangering yourself.

 

Good luck

 

P.

 

Has anyone any experience treating a H2S exposure that " survived " ? Fatality

reports abound. We are attempting to put together a treatment protocol to treat

H2S exposure. Example: Man down in the pre-load tank. Rescuers must treat then

remove fromthen tank. Anybody ever hear of such an attempt? Any survival stories

out there? What treatment was credited for the clinical save?

Regards,

 

Randy A. " Butch "   RN, EMTP

International Remote Medic

Hercules 185

Hercules Offshore Drilling

Malongo, West Africa

 

 

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