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Carbon dioxide as a potential danger to medical rescue teams at work – A case study
- Source :
- Medycyna Pracy, Vol 68, Iss 1, Pp 135-138 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, 2017.
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Abstract
- Medical rescue teams might be exposed to the risk of accidental poisoning while performing rescue procedures. Exposure to the risk of lethal carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations is a rare situation. This case study describes rescuing a patient who suffered from sudden cardiac arrest due to accidental CO2 poisoning. The victim was finally evacuated and resuscitated, but the circumstances of the rescue operation point to the need to equip ambulances with carbon dioxide detectors and hermetic oxygen masks. Med Pr 2017;68(1):135-138.
- Subjects :
- Injury control
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
environmental exposure
Poison control
carbon dioxide
Sudden cardiac arrest
lcsh:RA1-1270
General Medicine
Environmental exposure
medicine.disease
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Operation point
medical rescuer
gas poisoning
Accidental
Medicine
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Medical emergency
medicine.symptom
Accidental poisoning
business
grain dryer
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23531339 and 04655893
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medycyna Pracy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a72d816631c471eba8252b68d2fe3c9a