On 10/25/2013 4:02 PM, K9AJ wrote:
Hello All,
CO2 (carbon dioxide) is only poisonous when it accumulates to a point
where it displaces oxygen in the environment,
Again, that is suffocation (lack of Oxygen) and not because you are
breathing CO2 which is normally not considered poisonous, otherwise I
agree with what you say.
It makes little difference once you are dead, but you can be
resuscitated if removed from the lack of Oxygen, while CO poisoning
requires treatment and specifically keeping the patient "still" rather
than letting them exercise. With enough CO poisoning, the patient may
have reached the stage where giving them Oxygen won't even work.
With CO2 you simply have to get enough oxygen back into their system for
a rapid recovery, unless they were Oxygen deprive long enough to have
done brain damage.
73,
Roger (K8RI)
as in the Cameroun
disaster noted below. Remember, CO2 is a large portion of what we
exhale, every time we take a breath. It is heavier than air so can
accumulate in a valley (ie: the Cameroun disaster) or a silo, etc.
CO (carbon monoxide) is a direct toxin. It has a higher affinity than
oxygen for the hemoglobin in blood and prevents the hemoglobin from
delivering oxygen to body tissues.
73....Mike, K9AJ
Michael J McGirr, MD, FACEP
At 02:01 PM 10/25/2013, you wrote:
If you want to read about how poisonous co2 is, look up the story
about the African Lake Nyos disaster in 1989 in Cameroon.
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