CO - What CAN happen!
Here are a few recent stories about what can happen when your on the wrong side of the silent killer......
A mother of 2 discovered by chance that she was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. She had been to her GP complaining of nausea and dizziness, but was told she must be pregnant. During a college class, she volunteered to take a breath test to demonstrate a non-smoker's carbon monoxide levels.
However, the machine showed her level to be six times higher than it should be. A blood test confirmed the diagnosis and she was told to take her family to hospital for tests. Her husband and two children were also being poisoned and an investigation found that their boiler was unsafe.
A brother and sister were poisoned by carbon monoxide 22 years ago. There was an illegally fitted water heater seeping carbon monoxide into their apartment. The brother died and his sister was left confined to a wheelchair permanently paralysed once regaining consciousness from a five month coma.
An elderly couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning when they left the door open on their enclosed coal fire. This meant that the lethal fumes escaped into the room and overcame the elderly couple.
A mother of 2 discovered by chance that she was suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning. She had been to her GP complaining of nausea and dizziness, but was told she must be pregnant. During a college class, she volunteered to take a breath test to demonstrate a non-smoker's carbon monoxide levels.
However, the machine showed her level to be six times higher than it should be. A blood test confirmed the diagnosis and she was told to take her family to hospital for tests. Her husband and two children were also being poisoned and an investigation found that their boiler was unsafe.
A brother and sister were poisoned by carbon monoxide 22 years ago. There was an illegally fitted water heater seeping carbon monoxide into their apartment. The brother died and his sister was left confined to a wheelchair permanently paralysed once regaining consciousness from a five month coma.
An elderly couple died from carbon monoxide poisoning when they left the door open on their enclosed coal fire. This meant that the lethal fumes escaped into the room and overcame the elderly couple.
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