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CAS Registry Number: 74.90.8
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I~) Emergency First Treatment Guide CYANIDE)
(74-90-8)
This guide should not be construed to authorize emergency personnel to
perform the procedures or activities indicated or implied. Care of persons
exposed to toxic chemicals must be directed by a physician or other recognized
authority.
Caution: Hydrocyanic acid toxicity can occur via ingestion, dermal/eye
contact, or inhalation; death may occur within minutes. IMMEDIATELY begin
administering 100% oxygen and RUSH victims to a health care facility.
Substance Characteristics:
Pure Forms - Colorless gas or water-white liquid below -13 degrees C
(8 degrees F).
Odor - Bitter, almondlike.
Commercial Forms - 96 to 99% pure in 2, 5, and 10% solutions with a stabilizer
in bottles, steel cylinders, and tank cars.
Uses - Rodenticide, fumigant, * chemical intermediate, metallurgy and
photography, constituent in metal polishes and electroplating solutions.
Other Names - Cyclon, formonitrile, hydrogen cyanide, prussic acid.
Personal Protective Equipment: See Chemical Profile Section VIII.
Emergency Life-Support Equipment and Supplies That May Be Required:
j Compressed oxygen, forced-oxygen mask, soap, water, activated charcoal, saline
cathartic or sorbitol, normal saline, D5W, Ringer's lactate, cyanide antidote
kit (amy! nitrite ampule, sodium nitrite, sodium thiosulfate), sodium
bicarbonate, diazepam, phenytoin.
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