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LINCOLN (AP) -- Carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected in the deaths of a man and woman found in their Lincoln home. Police say they were called about 2:40 Monday afternoon after relatives discovered the bodies of the married couple. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
2 Dead In Lincoln; Police Suspect Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Aug 19, 2008
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Experts expect slow, sprawling tempest Aug 19, 2008
Also, a 54-year-old Highlands County man died of carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday while testing his generator. There were scattered power outages in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, which Florida Power & Light expected to restore within 24 hours. (The Palm Beach Post)
A Look Back in Time: Dangers abound Aug 18, 2008
Unseen death -- A University of Wyoming professor figured out an antidote to carbon monoxide poisoning, according to a report published in New York. John H. Draise found that a sulfur-sodium compound, called sodium tetrathionate, was more effective in treating carbon monoxide poisoning than any previously known antidote ... Draise said that Italian scientist B. Furesti concluded that the sulfur compound was also effective against cyanide poisoning, but Draise said the ability to counteract... (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Home-heating disaster looms Aug 9, 2008
Fire marshals worry that families will turn to dangerous makeshift heating alternatives, risking fire or carbon monoxide poisoning. Both the congressional delegation and the state government's winter energy task force are alert to the looming threat. (Boston Globe)
Vet clinic fire kills 2 dogs, 3 cats Aug 3, 2008
Two dogs and three cats died from carbon monoxide poisoning. A cat and rabbit were taken to an emergency clinic for treatment. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
I feel great but I don't look it Aug 1, 2008
My commute has cost nothing but calories and possible carbon monoxide poisoning. Way to go. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Slowing disease's mental ravages Jul 30, 2008
The drug Wischik tested is a purified form of a substance commonly known as methylene blue, which has been in use for decades as a treatment for numerous conditions, including urinary tract infections and carbon monoxide poisoning. Many patients on the drug report that their urine turns blue, but Wischik said so far the drug appears safe. (Chicago Tribune)
Bradley students convicted in soccer player's death are released Jul 17, 2008
Dahlquist died of carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation after the men lit a roman candle under his bedroom door. Police say all five had been drinking. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Toxicology results released for Stout students killed in fire Jul 17, 2008
Kruse reported that the manner of death has been ruled accidental and that the cause of death is carbon monoxide poisoning from prolonged exposure to fire gases for all three victims. The students blood alcohol levels were found to be quite high. (Menomonie Dunn County News, WI)
Tests show alcohol levels in Menomonie fire victims Jul 16, 2008
According to the tests, carbon monoxide poisoning killed 20-year-old Amanda Rief of Chaska, Minn. 21-year-old April Englund of West St. Paul, Minn. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Shock at festival violence Jul 15, 2008
Preliminary hospital reports indicated carbon monoxide poisoning could have been a cause. . (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Two die at Norway music festival Jul 13, 2008
Preliminary reports show possible cause as carbon monoxide poisoning ... Preliminary hospital reports indicated carbon monoxide poisoning could have been a cause, Enoksen said. (MSNBC -- International)
Two dead after festival disaster Jul 13, 2008
Two visitors to a rock music festival in Norway have died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning. Norwegian police say six more people have been taken to hospital, three in a life threatening condition. (LIVENEWS.com.au)
Two found dead at rock festival Jul 13, 2008
Preliminary hospital reports indicated carbon monoxide poisoning could have been a cause. All of the victims were believed to be Norwegian citizens in their 20s and 30s, Enosken added. (BBC News -- Europe)
Duct Cleaning Often Not Necessary Jul 13, 2008
The EPA does recommend servicing for fuel burning furnaces, stoves or fireplaces before each heating season to protect against carbon monoxide poisoning. And you should regularly have fireplace and wood burning appliance fire boxes and flues cleared of potentially flammable sooty deposits and creosote, the by-products of incomplete combustion. (RealtyTimes)
Coroner's jury makes rulings Jul 13, 2008
The lethal level for carbon monoxide poisoning is 40 percent, she said. The autopsy showed Miller s death was due to asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Parents urge gas alarm use Jul 8, 2008
The parents of two children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Corfu are urging travellers to pack portable alarms when they go abroad. Story Tools. (BBC News -- UK)
People also feeling floods aftereffects Jul 8, 2008
Statewide, increases in skin infections and respiratory problems as well as more cases of carbon monoxide poisoning and stress have been reported ... She said state officials have received reports of people becoming ill from carbon monoxide poisoning after they ve run generators in their home or near a door or window where fumes could be pulled into the house. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
21 dead in China coal mine accident Jul 7, 2008 Children killed to punish me: mother Jul 7, 2008 Accident at Chinese mine kills 21 Jul 7, 2008 County suicides down from last year Jul 6, 2008 21 dead in accident at northern China coal mine; rescuers save 4 workers Jul 6, 2008 Henry man found dead on boat Jul 3, 2008 More of this story Jul 2, 2008 Grandfather charged with axe murder rampage Jul 1, 2008 Axe murders arrest: grandfather held after stakeout Jul 1, 2008 Rick Nilges, former city councilman, found dead, 47 (1) Jun 30, 2008 Man wanted in wife's killing found dead Jun 30, 2008 County, hospital settle in jail death case Jun 29, 2008 Funerals For Gassed Dad And Kids Jun 27, 2008 Funeral For Dad Ahead Of Gassed Kids' Service Jun 26, 2008 Flood cleanup crew treated for carbon monoxide poisoning Jun 26, 2008 Man has heart attack while saving family Jun 25, 2008 Pathologist: "Man burned in car fire died of carbon monoxide poisoning" Jun 23, 2008 New Carbon Monoxide Detector Alerts Bellevue Family Jun 20, 2008 Tributes to children found dead Jun 17, 2008 Gassed father's 'split with wife' Jun 17, 2008 Dad And Kids Dead In Car Are Named Jun 17, 2008 Dad Gassed Kids After Split From Wife Jun 17, 2008 Drive It Forever Jun 15, 2008 Health concerns rise along with the floodwaters Jun 14, 2008 Campers become ill, treated for CO poisoning Jun 13, 2008 State health officials downplay tetanus threat during floods Jun 13, 2008 Man Killed By Lightning Had Sought Cover Jun 10, 2008 Conditions Of CO Poisoning Victims Upgraded Jun 7, 2008 Power Outages Pose Danger Threats, Hurt Business Jun 7, 2008 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In SeaTac Jun 6, 2008 9 People Taken to Hospital After Carbon Monoxide Exposure Jun 6, 2008 Fire officials believe carbon monoxide made students sick Jun 3, 2008 Two Sisters Found Dead in Wayne Township Jun 1, 2008 Marrero man acquitted of killing 4 Jun 1, 2008 ‘The devastation was ungodly’ May 31, 2008 Salisbury tornado victim remembered as a hero May 31, 2008 Source of fumes that killed Ill. man near Indy 500 uncertain May 27, 2008 Texas Couple Dies From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning May 26, 2008 Indianapolis 500: Dixon comes off pit stop for Indy win May 26, 2008 Couple using g00003005enerator dies in Corpus Christi bed May 25, 2008 Baby robot that can walk, talk and feel May 24, 2008 Inhumanity rules; lulus at election time May 23, 2008 National Safe Boating Week 2008 May 22, 2008 Coroner: Ginn died in suicide May 20, 2008 Despite carbon monoxide poisoning NWU grad stays wins Fulbright May 17, 2008 Author's former estate averts foreclosure May 14, 2008 Central US begins cleanup, tests pollution levels, after severe ... May 13, 2008 Carbon Monoxide May Have Killed Couple In Canton May 12, 2008 Man apparent carbon monoxide victim May 10, 2008 Artistic talent leads woman to Christian ministry May 10, 2008 Police: Cabin fire victim was drunk May 3, 2008 Gas From Toilet Cleaner, Bath Liquid Sparks New Wave of Suicides in Japan May 3, 2008 Hotel gas scare probe continues Apr 21, 2008 Lone survivor Apr 21, 2008 Hyperbaric Center likes the pressure Apr 20, 2008 Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center Installs the Country's Second-Largest Hyperbaric Chamber Apr 18, 2008 March busiest in history for fire district Apr 14, 2008 Wedding Guests Fall Ill At East Elmhurst Reception Apr 11, 2008 Carbon monoxide bill stirs controversy Apr 8, 2008 Heathy Hints: CPR recommendations simpler Apr 8, 2008 My private hell Apr 6, 2008 It’s OK to skip mouth-to-mouth and do hands-only’ CPR for cardiac arrest in adults Apr 5, 2008 Hands-Only CPR Apr 5, 2008 CPR methods changed Apr 3, 2008 Body Found In Car Near Stella Identified Mar 28, 2008
Miners die of carbon monoxide poisoning; rescuers save four workers ... All of the victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning, Xinhua reported, citing an unidentified city official. (MSNBC -- International)
Deadly blast at China coal mine Jul 7, 2008
All of the victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning, Xinhua reported, citing an unidentified city official. China's mines are among the most dangerous in the world, with safety standards often ignored in the quest for profits and the drive to meet a soaring demand for coal - the source of about 70 per cent of China's energy. (Aljazeera.net)
The children - Jack, 9, Maddie, 7, and Bon, 18 months - died of carbon monoxide poisoning after their father sealed them in a four-wheel-drive with two hoses running into it. They were found last Friday week, but it is unclear when they died. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Xinhua quoted an unnamed official as saying that all the victims died from carbon monoxide poisoning. It said rescue work was continuing but it was not known how many miners had been underground when the accident occurred. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Overdoses, hangings and carbon monoxide poisoning account for the remaining suicides in the said timeframe, listed in decreasing order of occurrence. Yeargan saw no trend in the time of year suicides were reported. (Clanton Advertiser, AL)
All of the victims died of carbon monoxide poisoning, Xinhua reported, citing an unidentified city official. The number of miners underground at the time of the accident was not known and rescuers were continuing to search, it said. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Preliminary investigation indicated the man died from an accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, according to Maj. Jeff Strickland of the Hall County Sheriff's Department. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
And be aware of the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. A boat's engine releases this odorless, colorless gas that is poisonous and can kill in a matter of minutes. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)
Last Friday, Gary Poxon and his three children, Bon, 15 months, Maddie, 7, and Jack Bell, 8, were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in their four-wheel drive at their Pericoe property. - with Les Kennedy, Harriet Alexander, Andrew Drummond and AAP. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Last Friday, Gary Poxon and his three children, Bon, 15 months, Maddie, 7, and Jack Bell, 8, were found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in their four-wheel drive at their Pericoe property. with AAP. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Former City Councilman Richard R. "Rick" Nilges, 47, of Jefferson City was found dead at his home on Lee Street early Thursday morning of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning. Police said an autopsy performed by Boone County Medical Examiner, Dr. Jay Dix, indicated the cause of death. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Deputies discovered a contraption that apparently led to carbon monoxide poisoning. Recent headlines. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Green, 51, died in January 2005 of carbon monoxide poisoning, several days after being arrested on suspicion of setting fire to her mobile home in Wright. The settlement was reached May 23, according to court documents. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
A post-mortem examination later confirmed that Philcox and the two children died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Bookmark this page. (Sky News)
A post-mortem examination later confirmed that Philcox and the two children died from carbon monoxide poisoning. He had split from his 37-year-old wife, known as Lyn, 18 months ago after eight years of marriage. (Sky News)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Thirteen people on cleanup-duty at a flood-damaged building in Cedar Rapids have ended up at the hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. Laura Rainey of St. Luke's Hospital said the workers were being treated Wednesday night for injuries that appeared to be non-life-threatening. (Sioux City Journal)
An Arizona man died from an apparent heart attack after saving his family from carbon monoxide poisoning on Lake Powell Tuesday. The 62-year-old man woke up around 3 a.m. on his rented houseboat and felt that something was wrong, according to the National Park Service. (AZCentral -- News)
By Steve Zucker News-Review Staff Writer Monday, June 23, 2008 9:17 AM EDT A Cross Village man whose burned body was found inside a vehicle after it caught fire last month died from carbon monoxide poisoning. That s what the pathologist working on the case listed as the preliminary cause of death, Emmet County Sheriff Pete Wallin said. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning can often be mistaken for flu symptoms or even food poisoning, experts said ... If you think you may be suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning, get into fresh air immediately and then to an emergency room as soon as possible. (7 KETV Omaha)
Police have confirmed all three died from carbon monoxide poisoning due to inhaling car exhaust fumes. Neighbours of family have described the children as "lovely kids". (BBC News -- UK)
Triple death due to Carbon Monoxide poisoning. A man who is thought to have gassed himself and two of his children on Father's Day was going through a break-up with his wife, it has emerged. (BBC News -- UK)
All had died from carbon monoxide poisoning after inhaling car fumes. A bomb disposal unit was called to examine the Land Rover Freelander after police found a "device" at Mr Philcox's home in Runcorn, Cheshire. (Sky News)
Police said they died from carbon monoxide poisoning through inhaling car exhaust fumes. Officers confirmed they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident. (Sky News)
Your son shows the classic signs of carbon monoxide poisoning - "cyanotic," or blue-colored, nail beds and paresthesia, which is tingling, prickling, or numbness, in his extremities. An immediate trip to the hospital emergency room is in order. (Boston Globe)
In a press release, Alana L. Poage, a registered nurse and administrator of Louisa County Public Health, said some of the greatest health threats come from carbon monoxide poisoning when people use gasoline-powered generators indoors. Other hazards include electrocution, wound infections, hypothermia and worsening of chronic illnesses. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
- Fourteen people who reported feeling ill and lightheaded at a Girl Scout camp were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. Capt. Mike Horstman of the La Crosse County Sheriff's Department says emergency crews were called to Camp Ehawee just before noon Thursday. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
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The last death on record was in 2000, when an 89-year-old Middletown woman died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a fire in her home sparked by a lightning bolt. Although those injured by lightning often experience extreme pain and headaches immediately afterward, most of the effects don't surface for months or years, said Steve Marshburn Sr., founder and president of Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors International Inc., a nonprofit group in North Carolina with more than 1,500... (FOX61, CT)
SEATTLE -- Some of the victims of carbon monoxide poisoning that sickened nine people in SeaTac have been upgraded to serious condition, officials at Harborview Medical Center said. A hospital representative said three patients who were overcome Thursday evening at a SeaTac home are in the intensive care unit. (KIRO TV, WA)
"Keep them away from combustible materials like curtains. And keep them on hard surfaces. Citizens also need to be careful if they have to use gas power generators becasue they can cause carbon monoxide poisoning. Always keep the gas power generators in a well ventilated area.". Written by Brittany Morehouse9NEWS NOW. (W-USA News, DC)
Seatac, Washington -- Nine patients were taken to local hospitals Thursday evening as the result of a carbon monoxide poisoning in the city of SeaTac ... On scene they found six victims of carbon monoxide poisoning. (KIRO TV, WA)
SEATAC Nine people were taken from a SeaTac home to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being exposed to accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Three people who live in the house - a man, his wife and adult son, were found unconcious. (Q13.com, WA)
Paramedics and fire personnel treated the people, including five students who attend the adjacent school, for signs of carbon monoxide poisoning. Seven were transported to a hospital for further evaluation. (Chicago Tribune)
Police investigate the deaths of two women they believe died from carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday ... They suspect that may have led to carbon monoxide poisoning. (WKRC.com, OH)
Another of Janice Carto's sons, Jarvis Carto, then 10, survived but has irreversible brain damage caused by carbon monoxide poisoning from breathing in smoke. Casby was acquitted of four counts of second-degree murder and one count of attempted second-degree murder. (Nola.com -- Sports)
We were extremely fortunate I know the little girl was killed and two people died of carbon monoxide poisoning but we could have lost many people and many others could have been hurt, he said. Lohr is pleased with the emergency response from the county, state and federal authorities. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Two others died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Hutzell, 50, recently gave her first interview about her daughter s death in 10 years because she wants Jessica, whom she called Jessy, to be honored as the hero who saved her brother and sister. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Bob Fishburn, fire marshal for the town of Speedway, said blood tests confirmed the family members had suffered carbon monoxide poisoning ... "You wouldn't think in this day and age that carbon monoxide poisoning would get you.". (Freeport Journal-Standard, IL)
(May 25, 2008)--Authorities say a couple using a gas-powered generator because their electricity was shut off died while sleeping in their bed, evidently from carbon monoxide poisoning. Christopher Felix Guajardo, 22, and Ashley Flores, 21, were found dead Friday morning. (KWTX.com, TX)
NOTE -- An Illinois man died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in a recreational vehicle parked near the speedway. Indiana police said the 43-year-old man was unresponsive when police and medics arrived before the race. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - Authorities say a couple using a gas-powered generator because their electricity was shut off died while sleeping in their bed, apparently from carbon monoxide poisoning. Christopher Felix Guajardo, 22, and Ashley Flores, 21, were found dead Friday morning. (KSLA.com, LA)
A landlord was fined 20,000 yesterday over the death of a six-year-old girl from carbon monoxide poisoning. Elisabeth Giauque was killed by fumes from a faulty boiler. (Yahoo News -- Robots and Robotics)
Next year, the Legislature could authorize carbon monoxide poisoning so the inmates don't have to leave the car. Capital punishment no matter how popular politicians think it is does not deter crime. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
"Since most recreational boating fatalities result from drowning, and since over 90 percent of those who drown were not wearing a life jacket, life jacket wear is considered the single most important behavior change that could prevent deaths on the water. The campaign also promotes boater education, avoidance of Boating Under the Influence (BUI), regular Vessel Safety Checks, awareness of the danger of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, and other important boating safety topics.". The North American... (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
He died of carbon monoxide poisoning, she said Monday night. "It puts you in a deep sleep, your heart stops and then you die," Grisham-Stewart said. (The Clarion-Ledger)
She also suffered carbon monoxide poisoning so severe doctors said she should have died ... Lehn took her to the emergency room, where tests revealed carbon monoxide poisoning. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Medina and her daughter suffered fatal carbon monoxide poisoning in their third-story bedroom. (AP). (Boston Globe)
In Oklahoma, authorities on Monday confirmed that a person died of carbon monoxide poisoning after fumes from a generator turned on amid power outages filled the home. Two other people in the house were hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning. (International Herald Tribune)
CANTON Two people were found dead in a Sterling Drive home Sunday morning, in what police said is possibly a carbon monoxide poisoning ... Humphrey would not elaborate on what led police to suspect carbon monoxide poisoning. (FOX61, CT)
(AP) - An elderly Greeneville man has died from apparent accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Police said Elmer S. Moss, Jr., 82, was found dead Friday in his bedroom one floor above a basement garage where a car engine was running. (WREG.com, TN)
Over the next few years, Jones painted the portraits of a Kansas boy killed by carbon monoxide poisoning and that of a 3-year-old boy from Roxie who was struck by a car in his own driveway. While it normally takes her around six months to complete a portrait, she finished the 3-year-old in less than two days - proof, Jones said, of God's direction of her work. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
Parker died from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to Dr. Mary Jumbelic, Onondaga County's medical examiner. Keller said Thursday that state police are. (Syracuse.com)
Charities including the are concerned the gas, which has replaced carbon monoxide poisoning as the most widely used method, may prompt more to kill themselves. The people who want to die are looking for a way to die painlessly,'' said Yuzo Kato, the center's director said in a phone interview today. (Bloomberg -- Japan)
A probe is continuing to investigate whether the death of a man at a hotel in Cornwall was because of carbon monoxide poisoning ... "One of the considerations is that he died of carbon monoxide poisoning but this cannot be confirmed until we have the results of the post-mortem," he said. (BBC News -- UK)
" His face sooty, his hair singed, his foot bruised from kicking the door, he had cuts and scrapes from diving through the window and minor burns across his shoulder and chest. Frank stumbled to the other end of the trailer, where he assumed Christina and Frankie would be waiting for him outside the bedroom window. But no one was there. All he could hear was the roar of flames. GOD'S PLAN Firefighters arrived within seven minutes. As they pulled up, Kenai Fire Chief Mike Tilly said, flames were... (Anchorage Daily News)
Medicare reimburses hyperbaric treatment for such conditions as necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating bacteria), carbon monoxide poisoning, acute traumatic peripheral ischemia (in strokes), gas gangrene, skin grafts, radiation injury weakening from certain cancer treatments and nonhealing wounds from surgery or diabetes. They are among disorders approved by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society for treatments using high concentrations of oxygen. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Hyperbaric chambers are primarily used to help treat difficult wounds, such as diabetic foot ulcers, but also are used for carbon monoxide poisoning and a host of other medical conditions ... It is also used to treat other difficult to heal wounds such as necrotizing infections (flesh-eating bacteria), radiation tissue damage, burns, carbon monoxide poisoning, smoke inhalation and scuba diving injuries. (PR Newswire)
The fire district can also check for carbon monoxide in cases where residents are experiencing symptoms similar to carbon monoxide poisoning. April, not yet half gone, is also shaping up to be a busy one for the district, which as of Thursday morning, had responded to 77 calls. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Friday April 11, 2008. (Annmarie Fertoli) On April 6, dozens of wedding guests at Dante Caterers, located at 75-07 31st Ave. in East Elmhurst, were sickened as a result of a carbon monoxide leak in the basement. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
In January, Julian Russ Beamer, 72, and his infant grandson, Truett Simoens, were found dead in Beamer s home from what the coroner later ruled was acute carbon monoxide poisoning. Beamer s wife, Phyllis, was found in critical condition, but survived after being rushed to a hospital. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
For children with drowning, drug overdose or carbon monoxide poisoning, the mouth-to mouth part is still recommended. That would be roughly two big breaths then 15 to 17 chest compressions. (Winona Daily News, MN)
My preferred method would have been a gentle carbon monoxide poisoning at the wheel of my car, but I didn't have a garage and the car was parked on a tarmac apron in full view of three neighbours' front windows; there was no chance that I could attach a hose to the exhaust and leave the engine running for long enough without someone seeing and intervening. It would have to be the pills, I decided, but every time I tipped them out on to the table in the agonising dead hours of the night I would... (Guardian Unlimited)
That also applies to adults who suffer lack of oxygen from a near-drowning, drug overdose, or carbon monoxide poisoning. In these cases, people need mouth-to-mouth to get air into their lungs and bloodstream. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Adults who my have fallen victim to breathing problems such as drowning or oxygen deprivation from carbon monoxide poisoning will also need rescue breathing perhaps even more than the chest compressions. The lay person approaching a situation is not responsible to assess the cause of the collapse, and any help is better than nothing according to officials at the AHA.. (Suite101.com)
"Rather, it is an alternative for those who are not comfortable with the rescue breathing."It is important that oxygen continue to be circulated throughout the body of the victim, and as long as oxygen is allowed into the body through the mouth and nose, then the compressions can help keep it circulating," he said. Hands-only CPR calls for uninterrupted chest presses - 100 a minute - until paramedics take over or an automated external defibrillator is available to restore a normal heart... (Andalusia Star-News)
An autopsy showed that Armstrong died of either carbon monoxide poisoning or from the fire. No foul play is suspected. (7 KETV Omaha)
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