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Article: Fatal fumes. (preventing carbon monoxide poisoning)
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- Outdoor Life
- Article date:
- June 1, 1992
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1992 Bonnier Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Three men were returning to San Antonio from a fishing trip to Mexico in a pickup several years ago. One of the men drove while the other three slept in the camper on the pickup bed. One of the men awoke with a severe headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting. When he smelled exhaust fumes, he woke his buddies. They had the same symptoms. The driver brought all three to a hospital, where they were found to be suffering from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Their symptoms resolved after breathing pure oxygen in a hyperbaric chamber for 20 minutes.
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, tasteless, odorless gas produced by the incomplete combustion of organic fuels. Its ...