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How does he carry on with life after this incident? My God!!!!!! RIP to the wife and kid. I hope he finds the strength to overcome this great loss
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If I directly or indirectly caused the death of one of my children, that would be end game...especially if I ONLY had one kid and no others left to depend on my
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If I directly or indirectly caused the death of one of my children, that would be end game...especially if I ONLY had one kid and no others left to depend on my
I couldn't go on...
I can't imagine what I'd do in that scenario but I think I'll go to mental institution as I won't be stable at all.
What I don't get is didn't he notice that his wife and kid were passed out in the car as he was moving around them? Do you die that quickly from carbon monoxide? I thought it took a while, but I really don't know.
Cars are a small enough enclosed space that it doesn't take long at all. In this case they were in the car less than 10 minutes.
What I don't get is didn't he notice that his wife and kid were passed out in the car as he was moving around them? Do you die that quickly from carbon monoxide? I thought it took a while, but I really don't know.
It could happen very quickly, especially in a small enclosed space.
My family survived carbon monoxide poisoning about 17 years ago. It was an experience I will never forget, especially every new years eve. The event was like a flash to me. I had arranged my friend to drive me to new years party. I left the house waiting for my friend to come pick me up. For some strange reason, I decided I was not going and told my friend I didn't think I was feeling well so he left(maybe the poisoning had started in the house for some time). By the time I came back in the house, members of my family were passing out and vomiting. They were taken by ambulance and I drove myself to the hospital. There I was tested me as well and confirmed I was poison as well. We were all taking by helicopter to a big hospital to get treated.
Remember, it's an odorless gas so it's not like someone is choking you until the end.
Cars are a small enough enclosed space that it doesn't take long at all. In this case they were in the car less than 10 minutes.
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Originally Posted by sj08054
It could happen very quickly, especially in a small enclosed space.
My family survived carbon monoxide poisoning about 17 years ago. It was an experience I will never forget, especially every new years eve. The event was like a flash to me. I had arranged my friend to drive me to new years party. I left the house waiting for my friend to come pick me up. For some strange reason, I decided I was not going and told my friend I didn't think I was feeling well so he left(maybe the poisoning had started in the house for some time). By the time I came back in the house, members of my family were passing out and vomiting. They were taken by ambulance and I drove myself to the hospital. There I was tested me as well and confirmed I was poison as well. We were all taking by helicopter to a big hospital to get treated.
Remember, it's an odorless gas so it's not like someone is choking you until the end.
Thanks. I didn't realize it happens that quickly. Very scary.
Thanks. I didn't realize it happens that quickly. Very scary.
If I remember correctly cars can produce close to 100,000ppm CO before CAT and after CAT levels go down to 1000PPM or so. Now if CAT is not warm (startup) or not enough oxygen (enclosed space), level of CO may be much higher. And at about 5000 PPM death occurs within a few minutes like withing 2 minutes or so. So really VERY VERY dangerous.
If I remember correctly cars can produce close to 100,000ppm CO before CAT and after CAT levels go down to 1000PPM or so. Now if CAT is not warm (startup) or not enough oxygen (enclosed space), level of CO may be much higher. And at about 5000 PPM death occurs within a few minutes like withing 2 minutes or so. So really VERY VERY dangerous.
There was actually a story on 20/20 about people who somehow pushed their auto car starter while their car was in a garage directly under the bedroom, and it killed them.
What I don't get is didn't he notice that his wife and kid were passed out in the car as he was moving around them? Do you die that quickly from carbon monoxide? I thought it took a while, but I really don't know.
death from carbon monoxide may take up to several minutes...
but most of it depends on length of time of exposure and if there is a concomitant fire involved.
more or less, many are brought to the ER before they actually die...once there, we can perform tons of interventions to help them out. but most people die at home very short after exposure..
most carbon monoxide deaths we see are in the winter time, not surprisingly. what a horrible story...God bless that poor mommy and her sweet innocent baby girl... and this poor husband who has lost his family
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