I'm told cats prevent CO poisoning only if the engine's warm: drive around
then park for an hour staring at the sea, then switch on and I'm told you
get the full dose. Now I know that Maurice Cross reads this list, I'm not
sure I should bother sharing my limited knowledge though...
As for the cherry red colour, never seen it, even with my rose tinted specs
-thought it was rare, only seen in severe (=successful) cases?
Thats exhausted my knowledge of the subject
Steve Meek
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> John
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> remember that the sao2 monitor cannot tell the difference between
> oxygenated and carboxygenated blood - so patients can have an sa02 of
> 100 and still be severely hypoxic (hence the pink colour).
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> As for the shakes, who knows - co poisoning can present in many weird
> ways, which is why it is often missed at first.
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> In response to the idea that most carhosepipe efforts are successful,
> did the car have a cat convertor - I have heard these make it quite
> difficult to kill yourself with the fumes and would be interested to
> hear from anyone who knows if this is true.
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> Robbie Coull
> BASICS Immediate Care Doctor/ALS Instructor
> Associate General Practitioner, Port Ellen, Isle of Islay
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