How long would you be kept in the hospital to be treated for CO poisoning?

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Roughly, if the symptoms were acute?

And would you just be treated with oxygen, or is there something else?

I've no idea how long it would be until you're considered "safe"...

Nothing broken.

Answer 1

Carbon monoxide poisoning causes acute symptoms such as headache, nausea, weakness, angina, dyspnea, loss of consciousness, and coma. Neuropsychiatric symptoms may develop weeks later. Diagnosis is by carboxyhemoglobin levels and ABGs, including measured O2 saturation. Treatment is with sup-plemental O2. Prevention is often possible with household carbon monoxide detectors.

The goal of treatment is to replace the carbon monoxide in your blood with oxygen. In the hospital, you may breathe pure oxygen through a mask placed over your nose and mouth. This helps oxygen reach your organs and tissues. If you can't breathe on your own, a machine (ventilator) may do the breathing for you.

In some cases, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is recommended. With this therapy, you're placed in a full-body pressurized chamber. Inside the chamber, air pressure is more than twice as high as normal atmospheric pressure. This speeds the removal of carbon monoxide from your blood.