Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Monoxide is a colourless, odourless, highly poisonous gas that is found
in carbon-based fuel appliances. If you use natural gas, heating oil, petrol, or wood to heat your home
or work area you should be aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide blocks the body's ability to carry oxygen, and poisoning from
the gas can happen in minutes or over a period of time depending on the amount of carbon monoxide in
the air.
Symptoms
- Mild headache
- Dizziness
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Fatigue
- Drowsiness
- Coma
and death
If you have a fuel-burning appliance in your home, you should purchase a carbon
monoxide alarm. This alarm can be purchased at any hardware store, supermarket or even your energy retailer
and should be placed in the hallway or sleeping area, (but please remember that you still need a regular
service from a corgi registered engineer). If carbon monoxide is present in your home an alarm will
sound. If your carbon monoxide alarm sounds, turn all appliances off, leave your home immediately and
go straight to A&E saying you may be suffering the effect of CO poisoning. When you return home
ventilate your home well and call a qualified Corgi registered engineer.
More information can be found at the CO-Awareness website
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