GTN Spray in First Aid Kits
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Amblesidel
Posts: 166
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
GTN Spray in First Aid Kits
I am in the process putting together a first aid kit for situations where a wait of more than two hours is possible before to getting the patient to a hospital or into ASR/air ambulance? This could be following a ditching or forced landing into remote areas.
In the case that someone has chest pains or symptoms of a heart attack, is it worth carrying GTN spray. The guidance given below from Guys Hospital (UK).
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/r...discomfort.pdf
Also following cold water immersion in the over fifties, is GTN spray worth carrying, again on the onset of chest pains?
I would be interesting to have the input of para medics, doctors or cardiologists on this one.
In the case that someone has chest pains or symptoms of a heart attack, is it worth carrying GTN spray. The guidance given below from Guys Hospital (UK).
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/r...discomfort.pdf
Also following cold water immersion in the over fifties, is GTN spray worth carrying, again on the onset of chest pains?
I would be interesting to have the input of para medics, doctors or cardiologists on this one.
The kit contents depend on 3 factors:
1 the patients - age, type of pathology etc
2 the capability of the carer - doctor, paramedic, first aider
3 the capacity of the kit - size, weight etc
So I would carry a spray as a doctor running a rapid response unit attending medical emergencies and when I have an ECG for daignosis and a big car to carry it in
For aircrew after trauma I would use the space for other things - fluid resuscitation, airway management etc. I would not recommend first aiders give it to immersion victims.
You are welcome to PM me
1 the patients - age, type of pathology etc
2 the capability of the carer - doctor, paramedic, first aider
3 the capacity of the kit - size, weight etc
So I would carry a spray as a doctor running a rapid response unit attending medical emergencies and when I have an ECG for daignosis and a big car to carry it in
For aircrew after trauma I would use the space for other things - fluid resuscitation, airway management etc. I would not recommend first aiders give it to immersion victims.
You are welcome to PM me
