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Thank you for your reply. I was outside waiting for the inmate to be brought out for me to assess and treat when I started having a tight, sputter feeling in my chest. The Sergeant came out and stated that they were purging the ventilation system and it was blowing directly on me, It only took about three to five minutes until I was having serious difficulty from the time its started to blow on me to the time they brought out the inmate. The secretions in my lungs got thick, and I went into an asthma attack. I met the members of our move team in entry with my boss and she had an attack just from the residual on their clothes, and I had another attack worse than the first. Choking, and tightening in my chest were the first feelings I can describe. My voice is still not back to normal either, I am very hoorifice. I understand that is probably because of the gas and the medications mixed with coughing. Six hits from an inhaler ( I am not asthmatic either) on my way to the hospital and I still had wheezes and an O2 sat of 90%. I feel better now, and I had no skin reaction so I am only asking that they allow me to have a special accommodation of a gas mask. I'm praying that I keep my job, I am the sole provider for my family. What is the name of the specific gas that your facility uses? I was told that they actually have a gel spray available that allows the specific inmate to be affected but does not spread out into the air? Have you heard of this? Thank you again for all your help.

I work at a level five facility and I recently was exposed to " chemical agent". It triggered an allergic reaction and I was treated for respiratory difficulty, admitted to the hospital for a night and released on Prednisone, Advair 500/50, etc. The nurses at our facility are not allowed to have gas masks, and due to the reaction, administration is "deciding" what they are going to do with me as far as employment. Are their any other correctional nurses who have had reactions to the pepper spray? Our facility uses the 10% and 15% type. Help!