Prevention
A motor vehicle should never be left running here
What is Garage (enclosed space)
A complex protein found on the surface of the red blood cell that is response that is responsible for carrying a majority of oxygen in the blood.
What is hemoglobin?
You should do this if there is suspected carbon monoxide poisoning
What is get to fresh air immediately and call 911?
This is the recommended distance from a house you should run a portable generator
what is 20ft?
This is how often you should change the batteries in your Carbon Monoxide detector
What is every 6 months?
A variation from the normal function of the mind as judged by a person's behavior, appearance, speech, memory, judgment or responsiveness to stimuli. Can range from disorientation to total unresponsiveness or unconsciousness.
What is altered mental status (AMS)?
This is Pre-hospital treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning
what is 15 lpm via non-rebreather?
This is a machine that you are able to attach to your medical pack (Contera etc) which will automatically access the CO level in an environment in order to rule out other mechanisms of injury.
What is a rainbow spectrometer?
These should be checked by a professional every year for excess Carbon Monoxide production
What are fuel burning appliances? (gas water heater, stove, clothes dryer)
A blue-grey color of the mucous membranes and/or skin, which indicated inadequate oxygenation or poor perfusion.
What is cyanosis?
what is a Hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber?
This is a dysfunction in the capability of oxygen to diffuse into the blood be carried by hemoglobin off-loaded at the cell, or be used by effectively by the cell for metabolism.
What is metabolic or respiratory shock?
You should check to make sure this part of the fire place is open before operation
what is a flue?
_______ is reduced oxygen delivery to the tissues, while ______ refers specifically to low oxygen content in arterial blood.
What is hypoxia and hypoxemia?
This therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a chamber in which the air pressure is about two to three times higher than normal. This speeds up the replacement of carbon monoxide with oxygen in your blood
What is the hyperbaric chamber?
These are Neuropsychiatric complications including, memory loss, impaired intellect, and signs of cerebellar/mid-brain damage.
What are late symptoms?
During or after a storm you should always make sure nothing is obstructing these
what are vents?
Irregular contractions of the myocardium secondary to electrical disturbances in the heart.
What is a dysrhythmia?
This device is used to rule out hyperglycemia in patients with an altered mental state.
What is a glucometer?
This device may read as high as 99-100% because it is measuring the CO molecules combined with Haem molecules and not oxygen combined with Haem molecules.
What is an spO2 sensor?