Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Schools)

(12 min.) Carbon monoxide; it is a gas that can't be smelled, tasted, or seen and virtually all industries count carbon monoxide among their potential hazards. It may arise unexpectedly as the result of incomplete combustion of carbonatious material. For carbon monoxide, abbreviated CO, may be generated as a normally occurring by-product to decomposition.

The incidence of carbon monoxide poisoning is unusually high in automobile maintenance garages, foundries, blast furnaces, and certain chemical processes where it is used for a base chemical or generated as a waste product. CO is also a threat in non-industrial settings. For example, many people have died when exposed to high concentration of carbon monoxide gas from automobile exhaust and from using kerosene and wood-burning stoves in poorly ventilated rooms.

Topics covered in this safety video include: most common chemical killers both in industry and the home, symptoms of CO poisoning, central nervous and the cardio vascular systems, zone of exposure, cell destruction, two stages of acute poisoning, fire and explosion hazard, monitoring instruments, flexible exhaust dusts, catalytic devices, prevent its formation, cardio pulmonary resuscitation, proper storage and use of equipment, and if the cylinder begins to leak.

Program comes with a CD-ROM of written materials, including test questions and answers. English title also includes PowerPoint presentation.