How can you have Permanent Brain Damage from CO after Oxygen levels return to normal?

FAQ: How can you have permanent brain damage from CO even after the carbon monoxide is removed from your blood? Short Answer: Because brain cells can be damaged by both they lack of oxygen of the event and from inflammatory effects of the poison…

How do Lawyers Prove Brain Damage in Someone who Survives Carbon Monoxide?

FAQ: How do lawyers prove brain damage in someone who survives carbon monoxide but is discharged from the hospital with a clean bill of health less than a day later? Short Answer: With a combination of  objective diagnostic tools like MRI…

Can you have a complete recovery from carbon monoxide poisoning?

FAQ: Can you have a complete recovery from carbon monoxide poisoning? Short Answer: Yes. More than 50% of those who survive carbon monoxide poisoning do have full recoveries. But when a person has been poisoned on multiple occasions the chances…

How do you Prove Someone was Carbon Monoxide Poisoned?

FAQ How do you Prove Someone was Carbon Monoxide Poisoned? Short Answer: By measuring carbon monoxide in their blood, either thru a co oximeter or through a blood test.  The gold standard is a blood test.FAQ What does carboxyhemoglobin…

Can dogs smell carbon monoxide? Can humans?

FAQ: Can humans ever smell carbon monoxide? Can dogs smell carbon monoxide? Short answer: The byproducts of incomplete combustion, which is what creates carbon monoxide can be smelled, even though the CO itself has no odor. Dogs will smell…

How is it that carbon monoxide migrated from my furnace room into the rest of the house?

FAQ: How is it that carbon monoxide migrated from my furnace room into the rest of the house?  Short Answer: Gaps around where the furnace filter fits into the furnace cabinet will allow for a recirculation of exhaust products that are released…

Why are Generators such dangerous sources of carbon monoxide?

FAQ: Why are Generators such dangerous sources of carbon monoxide during storm season? Short Answer: Because they have extraordinary high levels of carbon monoxide in their exhaust and can only be operated more than 20 feet from any structure.From…

What are the early signs of carbon monoxide poisoning?

FAQ: What are the early signs of carbon monoxide poisoning? Short Answer: Headache, nausea, lightheadedness, vomiting and brain fog. All which are not specific enough to warn in absence of a carbon monoxide alarm.Gordon Johnson: All right,…

How quickly can carbon monoxide poisoning happen?

FAQ: How quickly can carbon monoxide poisoning happen? Short Answer: Depending on the concentration of carbon monoxide in the air, it can happen within minutes or take hours or days to have its full poisoning impact.Gordon Johnson: How…

How do High Levels of Carbon Monoxide get into a House?

FAQ: How do High Levels of Carbon Monoxide get into a House? Short Answer: In order for there to be a high level carbon monoxide exposure indoors, there must first be a fuel burning appliance or engine, that is creating the CO and there must…