Heating season is here! How to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning?

Temperatures are plummeting and the weather is cold. When using coal, gas or charcoal stoves indoors for heating, it is easy to lead to carbon monoxide poisoning if the doors and windows are closed and the air is not circulating.

What behaviors can easily lead to carbon monoxide poisoning? How to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning? The first thing you need to do is to find out how to prevent it.

What behavior easily lead to carbon monoxide poisoning?

① water heater or stove installation is not standardized

② soup overflow douse the flame gas stove valve opening and closing improperly, hose aging off

③ Inadequate combustion of fuel

④ Poor indoor ventilation

⑤ Staying too long in a closed car with the air conditioner on.

How to recognize carbon monoxide poisoning?

①Mild poisoning: headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms, out of the poisoned environment, breathing fresh air, the symptoms can quickly disappear, generally without sequelae.

② poisoning poisoning: on the basis of mild poisoning, there are also facial flushing, red lips, sweating, fast heart rate, restlessness and gradually enter a coma state

③ severe poisoning: the patient into a coma, limbs Que cold, pale or cyanosis, the mortality rate of severe patients is high, even if they survive, there may be serious sequelae.

How to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning?

①Attention to ventilation

When using indoor heating equipment such as coal stoves and charcoal fires, doors and windows should not be sealed with plastic film, but should be left with certain gaps so that the indoor air can circulate to avoid the gathering of carbon monoxide. To often open the windows to ventilate, keep the indoor air fresh.

② Choose regular heating tools

Every night before going to bed, be sure to check whether the stove fire is sealed, the stove lid is covered tightly, whether the damper is open, whether the exhaust smoke is smooth.

③Check frequently

Correct installation and use of coal stoves, charcoal and other heating equipment, water heaters should be installed in the outdoor ventilation as much as possible, the bathroom doors and windows should not be closed when bathing, bathing time should not be too long.

④Keep away from dangerous objects

Heating equipment such as coal and fireplaces should be kept away from flammable, explosive and volatile toxic substances.

⑤Install a carbon monoxide alarm

Install a carbon monoxide alarm and check the alarm regularly to see if it is intact and effective. When the alarm sounds, open the windows immediately to ventilate the area and evacuate to a safe place.

Product Recommendation

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