Be careful with gas equipment!
In order to avoid new year and Christmas holidays accidents from violation of fire safety rules in the operation of gas equipment, the main Department of EMERCOM of Russia on RT warns: the most common sources of carbon monoxide are faulty gas, oil, wood stoves, gas appliances, water heaters in swimming pools and engines that emit exhaust gases. Cracks in furnaces, clogged chimney, blocked by snow or due to lack of wind protection chimneys can lead to the fact that carbon monoxide will reach residential premises.
Insufficient access of fresh air to the furnace can contribute to the accumulation of carbon monoxide in the house. Tight house designs also increase the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning as they do not provide free ventilation.
The main Department of EMERCOM of Russia in the Republic of Tatarstan reminds!
Carbon monoxide poisoning (carbon monoxide) is one of the critical human conditions that leads to death. As a rule, it occurs as a result of faulty operation of stove heating in rural areas, when a person is in a fire, in a closed car with the engine running.
Carbon monoxide (CO) - a gas that has neither color nor smell, is formed as a result of incomplete combustion of natural gas or other alternative fuels. Usually carbon monoxide is formed by using gas heaters and furnaces in poorly ventilated areas (baths, garages, underground Parking, tents, etc.). At the same time, initially the gas has a sedative effect and further leads to deep hypoxia and anoxia (suffocation). This is due to the fact that when ingested into the blood carbon monoxide forms a very stable compound with blood hemoglobin – carboxyhemoglobin. Thus, it excludes hemoglobin from the function of oxygen delivery to tissues and cells of its main supplier.
As a result of this reaction, the body lacks oxygen (hypoxia), which is the cause of drowsiness. At the confluence of a deep sleep develops anoxia (lack of oxygen), in other words, suffocation, as a result of which a person dies.
The crucial point to recognize carbon monoxide poisoning can be the same manifestation of signs of poisoning in a large number of people at the same time in the same building or the onset of improvement after a person has left it.
First aid for carbon monoxide poisoning.
When carbon monoxide poisoning should eliminate the flow of carbon monoxide
- remove victim to fresh air
- if the victim is conscious, he / she must be laid down, provided with rest and continuous access of fresh air (fanning with a newspaper, turn on the fan or air conditioner)
- if the victim is unconscious, it is necessary to immediately begin a closed heart massage and artificial respiration before the arrival of an ambulance or before coming to consciousness. Remember that during the removal of the victim from the place where there is a dangerous concentration of carbon monoxide, first of all you need to protect yourself so as not to get poisoned too. To do this, you need to act quickly and breathe through a handkerchief, gauze.