Air Medical Journal
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 66-69, March 2005

A case study in metabolic induced by inhalation

  • Tracey Stover-Wall, RN, BSN, CFRN, CCRN, CEN, NREMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Tracey Stover-Wall, RN, BSN, CFRN, CCRN, CEN, NREMT-P, is a flight nurse for Native Air in Mesa, Arizona.

Abstract 

Our program was requested to transport a 15-year-old boy weighing approximately 100 kilograms from a clinic to a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit. The initial diagnosis from dispatch was for respiratory difficulties. When the flight crew arrived at the clinic, they were informed that the patient had been “huffing” carburetor cleaner for the preceding 12 hours. The patient presented to the clinic after 5 hours of protracted vomiting with rapid respirations.

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PII: S1067-991X(04)00264-0

doi:10.1016/j.amj.2004.12.008

Air Medical Journal
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 66-69, March 2005

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