Fire extinguisher: an imminent threat or an eminent danger?

Abstract

[...]of presentation, he was restless and irritable with features of facial flushing, profuse sweating, stridor, and drooling of saliva. Because the offending agent was a powder, it was spilled over his face. [...]he was subjected to 2 cycles of hemodialysis to rapidly lower the phosphate concentration and correct acidosis. Calcium chloride is generally used because it contains the highest concentration of ionized calcium compared with other calcium salts. Because there is an easy access to these types of fire extinguishers and in view of systemic toxicity including cardiac arrest [14], emergency physicians have to know this entity.