Treating Patients with Sodium Nitrite Poisoning

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Dear North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,

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We request the following information :

1) Are paramedics employed by North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust trained to recognise the symptoms of sodium nitrite poisoning ?

2) Are paramedics employed by North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust trained to treat patients suffering with sodium nitrite poisoning with the antidote methylthioninium chloride commonly called methylene blue ?

3) Do paramedics employed by North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust routinely carry the antidote methylthioninium chloride commonly called methylene blue ?

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Peter Aitken

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