Palermo: a family found poisoned by carbon monoxide

A family, including a minor, was found intoxicated by carbon monoxide this Wednesday, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo, at the height of Julián Álvarez at 2300, between Charcas and Güemes streets. Argentine News (NA), which detailed that they were on the 13th floor of the building, where police officers had to force entry to enter and manage to rescue them. You may also be interested in: Cases of carbon monoxide poisoning grow in Buenos AiresAccording to their statements, they were unconscious and with respiratory problems. So the SAME intervened, which determined to transfer the minor and a woman to the Fernández hospital with a diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning. During the operation, the authorities decided to evacuate the building to detect where the toxic gas leak came from. Every year about 200 people die from carbon monoxide poisoningAccording to Valeria El Haj, national medical director of OSPEDYC, “being so imperceptible, it is necessary to take preventive measures. Monoxide enters the body through breathing and replaces oxygen in the bloodstream, causing hypoxia of the tissues, which leads to the suffering of different organs, mainly the heart and brain.” Among the main recommendations, it is advised: keep environments well ventilated, do not sleep with appliances on and turn them off when we are outside the house.  Do not use the oven or stove in the kitchen to heat the environment. Avoid the water heater in the bathroom, in closed or poorly ventilated spaces. To detect the presence of carbon monoxide in the environment, check the “yellow or orange coloration of the flame of stoves or stoves, as well as the appearance of soot stains, soot or discoloration of the appliances.”

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