Facts you should know about Carbon Monoxide

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Facts You should know about Carbon Monoxide
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Facts
Colorless, odorless and tasteless
A gas slightly less dense than air
Also known as carbonous oxide, carbon(ll) oxide and carbonly
Its a flammable gas, burns with blue flame.
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Carbon Monoxide Atomic Structure
Carbon Atom
Oxygen Atom
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How CO Formed

• CO is generated from incomplete burning of carbon
  containing materials like coal, wood, charcoal,
  oil, kerosene, propane, and many more.

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Sources of CO
Common sources of CO in homes include fuel-burning devices such as Common sources of CO in homes include fuel-burning devices such as
furnaces charcoal grills
kerosene space heaters wood stoves
boilers lawn mowers
gas cooking stoves power generators
water heaters camp stoves
clothes dryers, fireplaces motor vehicles
some power tools with internal combustion engines. some power tools with internal combustion engines.
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Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning symptoms are almost
same with Flu symptoms.
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Difference between CO poisoning and the flu?
It could be CO poisoning if
You feel better when you are away from your home (or carbon monoxide exposure)
Several people in the home gets sick at the same time (the flu is usually passed from person to person)
The family members who are most affected spend the most time in the home
Symptoms occur or get worse shortly after turning on a fuel-burning device (furnace, oven, fireplace) or running a vehicle in attached garage
Indoor pets also appear ill (pets may experience symptoms first)
You dont have a fever or generalized aching and swollen lymph nodes typical with a cold or virus or flu or
Symptoms appear at the same time as signs of inappropriate ventilation, maintenance, or operation of fuel-burning devices.
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Occurrence of Carbon Monoxide

• CO occurs in various natural and artificial
  environments. Typical concentrations in parts per
  million are as follows

Concentration Source
0.1 ppmv Natural atmosphere level (MOPITT)
0.55 ppmv Average level in homes
515 ppmv Near-properly adjusted gas stoves in homes, modern vehicle exhaust emissions
17 ppmv Atmosphere of Venus
100200 ppmv Exhaust from automobiles in the Mexico City central area
700 ppmv Atmosphere of Mars
5,000 ppmv Exhaust from a home wood fire
7,000 ppmv Undiluted warm car exhaust without a catalytic converter
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Treatment
Call 911 Call 911 Call 911
Get the Person to Fresh Air Begin CPR, if Necessary (If the person is not breathing normally) Once you're at the hospital
Move the person away from carbon monoxide area. Perform CPR for one minute before calling 911 if you are alone. Otherwise, have someone else call and begin CPR. Breathing pure oxygen through a mask placed over your nose and mouth.
Turn off carbon monoxide source if you can do so safely. Continue CPR until the person begins breathing or emergency help arrives. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy placed in a full body pressurized chamber. Air pressure is gttwice as high as normal atmospheric pressure. This speeds the replacement of CO with O2 in your blood. 
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Reference

• http//www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/indoorair/co
  /
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide
• http//www.carbonmonoxidekills.com/
• https//www.cpsc.gov/en/Safety-Education/Safety-Ed
  ucation-Centers/Carbon-Monoxide-Information-Center
  /Carbon-Monoxide-Questions-and-Answers-/
• http//www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/carb
  on-monoxide/basics/treatment/con-20025444

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