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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — People in a closed room with heater, generator, or car exhaust feel headache, nausea, or confusion — carbon monoxide is odorless.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Headache, dizziness, nausea in everyone in same room.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cherry-red skin (late sign); confusion, collapse, seizures.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Running generator, burning charcoal, or car engine in enclosed space.
Scene hazards: Odorless toxic gas, Multiple victims, Re-entry death risk
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Open doors/windows if quick, then evacuate all people and pets.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 from outside.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If awake — sit in fresh air, loosen clothing. Monitor breathing.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — CPR for unresponsive non-breathing victims.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Say: "Carbon monoxide exposure — multiple people with headache/confusion."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Report source (generator, heater, car) and number affected.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Hyperbaric oxygen may be needed — all symptomatic exposures need hospital evaluation.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT re-enter to turn off appliance if others are already out — tell fire service.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume headache is just flu if multiple people affected.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You can smell carbon monoxide leaking
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — CO is odorless and colorless. Symptoms in a group with a fuel-burning device indoors suggest CO.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Staying indoors to investigate smell while accumulating dose.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Carbon monoxide binds blood instead of oxygen. Victims often feel "flu-like" then collapse without warning.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Common sources: generator indoors, charcoal in closed room, faulty gas heater, car in garage.