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Re:Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have ... by mcguire on Saturday January 28, 2017 @04:16PM (#13509403)
"After the patient has been removed to a safe area, it is important to immediately begin administration of high concentration oxygen to maximize hemoglobin oxygen saturation. Treatment and monitoring of the patient with CO exposure should continue on scene and en route to the hospital. Continuously monitor SpO2 and SpCO levels, obtain a 12-lead EKG and monitor the ECG en route. Remember that SpO2 monitoring alone is unreliable as you may get a falsely normal reading in the presence of carbon monoxide poisoning."
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Re:Carbon monoxide poisoning from 3D laser printer may have ... by JshWright on Saturday January 28, 2017 @04:22PM (#13509438)
As with all poisons, that depends on the dose... For a low level exposure, fresh air is truly all that's needed.

I'm not trying to suggest that more advanced treatment is never necessary (I am the person who provides that treatment...), my point is simply that there are _many_ people who experience low level, chronic exposures to carbon monoxide that require no further treatment than leaving the environment.

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