Carbon monoxide poisoning leads annually to at least eleven deaths – Medical Facts

Carbon monoxide poisoning leads annually to at least eleven deaths – Medical Facts

Fire and Burn Foundation launch awareness campaign
monoxide annually kills at least eleven people. The odorless gas undetected free, dazed you pass out to you and leave you, if aid is late, silent death. Put this information in some hard? Happy. Because loud alarm hit the silent assassin that is carbon monoxide, is exactly what the Fire and Burn Foundation on Monday, February 2nd to do 12.00. During the nationwide siren start a joint campaign to Dutch through a test and practical advice to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxide.

The loud siren sounds on Monday, February 2nd at 12.00 throughout the country, the moment to draw attention to the unknown dangers of carbon monoxide (CO), aka the silent assassin. By carbon monoxide poisoning death average eleven year, 150 people are hospitalized and hundreds of people treated in the emergency department. In more than half of the carbon monoxide poisoning (57%), the poisoning occurred at home.
The most common causes are: fire, a broken furnace or water heater or problems with the (central) heating (boiler). Carbon monoxide (CO) is colorless and odorless and is released during combustion in fireplaces, stoves, gas stoves and boilers. High concentrations of CO can be released into house if there is broken, disconnect ed, rusted or corroded pipes, cracked masonry chimney channels or incorrect installation of devices that use a fossil fuel.

Test how much risk Do you run
Hilda Raasing, portfolio of the Board of Fire Commanders: “We believe it is important to highlight the dangers of carbon monoxide in people’s attention, because accidents are preventable real. Through our experience in practice and by what we see during our work, we have an obligation to our booth to warn this. You can easily ensure that your home is not at risk, but you have to know how. Do you know for example if your burning device is functioning properly? And you sufficiently ventilate your house? Part of the campaign is a test, so you understand how much you are at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. We advise everyone to do that test through www.brandweer.nl/koolmonoxide. “

What makes CO dangerous?
Exposure to a high concentration of CO can cause carbon monoxide poisoning to lead. That feels at first as a starting flu: you get headaches, nausea, vomiting and are tired. Also occur confusion and a rapid heartbeat. Further exposure to the gas may cause unconsciousness, permanent brain damage or even death. Trauma Surgeon Roelf Breederveld (burns Red Cross Hospital Beverwijk) sees in practice regularly patients with carbon monoxide poisoning. “ After a fire, including carbon monoxide released, patients with inhalation injury brought into our burn center. The inhalation of the released smoke during a fire is dangerous because, although it has been even momentarily, it can be deadly. Therefore, the first priority of a victim of a fire that inhalation injury, which also falls under carbon monoxide poisoning, treat. Only then are the burns turn. “

Jan Snel lost his daughter by CO poisoning
Jan Snel discovered in the most horrible way the danger of carbon monoxide. His 12-year-old daughter died Danique together with a friend in 2012 by carbon monoxide poisoning. Since then, John himself heart and soul to make people aware that each property, (standing) caravan and boat shed should hang a carbon monoxide detector. His story needs to be heard, because it makes one deafening bang that this can happen to anyone. And we are all very very silent.