Comments on: Carbon Monoxide treatment http://www.yourerdoc.com/carbon-monoxide-treatment/ Stories from the Emergency Room plus answers to your medical and health related questions Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:21:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Your ER Doc http://www.yourerdoc.com/carbon-monoxide-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-2214 Your ER Doc Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:30:20 +0000 http://www.yourerdoc.com/?p=1169#comment-2214 HBOT for wounds is done in people quite a bit as well. A few smallish studies show quite a bit of benefit. HBOT for wounds is done in people quite a bit as well. A few smallish studies show quite a bit of benefit.

]]> By: homeless parrot http://www.yourerdoc.com/carbon-monoxide-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-2211 homeless parrot Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:33:05 +0000 http://www.yourerdoc.com/?p=1169#comment-2211 we use hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) extensively in long-term wound care for animals - especially when we are letting something heal with surgical debridement and second intention. i never thought of it as a treatment for CO. we use hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) extensively in long-term wound care for animals – especially when we are letting something heal with surgical debridement and second intention. i never thought of it as a treatment for CO.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.yourerdoc.com/carbon-monoxide-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-2090 Chuck Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:35:44 +0000 http://www.yourerdoc.com/?p=1169#comment-2090 In CO or CO2 poisoning, the CO or CO2 binds tightly to the hemoglobin. Does this poisoning fix itself over time, and getting the patient away from CO/CO2? Or is a trip to the ER required? Or perhaps it depends on the severity of poisoning? I've been poisoned at least twice and simply got some fresh air until I felt better. It seemed to fix itself over the next day or 2. In CO or CO2 poisoning, the CO or CO2 binds tightly to the hemoglobin. Does this poisoning fix itself over time, and getting the patient away from CO/CO2? Or is a trip to the ER required? Or perhaps it depends on the severity of poisoning?

I’ve been poisoned at least twice and simply got some fresh air until I felt better. It seemed to fix itself over the next day or 2.

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