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Re:Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have ... by dnautics on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:27PM (#13508356)
I think CO doesn't get unstuck from hemoglobin at all. 2 weeks sounds about right, in that that would be the body's mean replacement time for a hemoglobin molecule.
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Re:Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have ... by TacticalMalice on Saturday January 28, 2017 @02:48PM (#13508570)
The normal half-life of carboxyhemoglobin, when the patient is breathing room air, is 240 to 360 minutes (4-6 hours). The half-life of COHb can be decreased to 80 minutes with the administration of 100% oxygen.
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Re:Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have ... by JshWright on Saturday January 28, 2017 @03:27PM (#13508981)
It can be brought down even faster with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Hyperbaric chambers are reasonably common, due to usage in both (SCUBA) diving related medicine and various therapies for wound care.

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/non-...

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Re:Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have ... by MertsA on Saturday January 28, 2017 @10:27PM (#13511808)
>It can be brought down even faster with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

What's the limit on that? The link you posted says 2.5 atm of pure oxygen but how does that not cause oxygen toxicity?

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Re:Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have ... by Baeocystin on Saturday January 28, 2017 @11:43PM (#13512179)
According to the toxicity curve from wikipedia, even at 2.5 bar, you wouldn't start to see issues until ~4 hours have past. That's enough time to remove quite a bit of CO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity#/media/File:Pu...

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