Pods don't contain B12.
Anton
Staffs
In message <[log in to unmask]> Goat <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> Ta Ann O'Rak (the doctor formerly known as Paul)
>
> I wonder if the solution to the cost-benefit equation might be to have
> hi-dose B12 available at just a few centres here and there, like snake
> anti-venom.
>
> House fire smoke exposure is not that uncommon. The victims that reach
> A&E still ticking must have already survived 30 minutes or so. Is
> another 30 minutes (while being resucitated / oxygenated etc.)
> acceptable whilst the B12 is being sent to us rapidly from a local
> store? A job for the ambulance service rapid response vehicle, or
> police?. Matt alluded to the urgency of dosing in his response.
>
> I suspect the efficacy question may never be more rigorously tested, but
> the time-dependency question is of pragmatic importance to costing, if
> not all centres can afford to store.
>
> Does anyone remember seeing loads of emails about "pods" to be rapidly
> distributed from regional stores in event of terrorist attack? Did
> anyone of them include concentrated B12?
>
> Goat
>
> In message <000401c3555a$17c3a060$89864ed5@pransom>, Paul Ransom
> <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >CURRENT STATUS OF THE CYANOKIT
> >At present Cyanokit is being championed by Orphan Europe, a company who
> >represents pharmaceutical products with a clinical niche but for which
> >there is little financial incentive for drug companies to market due to
> >the small numbers involved.
> Dr G Ray
> A&E
> Sussex
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