Flue gas poisoning in Schlitz: Ms. ends up in the hospital for carbon monoxide

In a refugee accommodation in Schlitz, in the Vogelsberg district, there was an incident with carbon monoxide poisoning. A 47-year-old woman had lit candles and charcoal in her room, which led to a thick amount of smoke and finally resulted in poisoning.

The woman affected was immediately taken to the hospital. Fortunately, no other residents of the accommodation in the Queck district were injured. There was also no damage to property in the incident, but the Situation was to be taken seriously due to the carbon monoxide load.

treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning

The treatment of carbon monoxide poison is usually carried out by immediate standard oxygenation with 100%oxygen, as Flexikon . This initial measure is crucial because the fresh air supply is not sufficient for pronounced poisoning. The elimination half -life of carbon monoxide is almost six hours, while it can be reduced to one to two hours under pure oxygen. A hyperable oxygenation (HBO) can shorten the co-elimination period to a few minutes and enables hemoglobin-independent tissue oxenization.

The HBO is usually used in three treatment schemes of three bars for 90 minutes in the first 48 hours. In the event of persistent symptoms, treatment can be continued daily with 2.4 bar until freedom of symptoms. Hyperable oxygenation is used especially in symptomatic intoxication and pregnant women, while it should no longer be started in primarily asymptomatic patients after 24 hours.