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The Shelby Township Fire Department was the first agency in Macomb County to use an antidote on a man suffering cyanide poisoning from inhaling smoke during a fire.

Township fire officials called it a “milestone moment” as paramedics saved the man Nov. 22 by administering the newly acquired Cyanokit, which is “the only effective pre-hospital treatment for cyanide exposure… which works by reversing cyanide’s ability to block oxygen in the blood,” officials said in a news release.

“This marks the first time a Cyanokit has been administered in the pre-hospital setting in Macomb County,” said Shelby Township Fire Chief Frank Pierce in the release. “We commend our firefighter/medics for their quick thinking and action, and we thank MCMCA (Macomb C

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