{"id":21039,"date":"2003-11-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/"},"modified":"2003-11-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-11-26T06:00:00","slug":"poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Carbon monoxide is a silent killer. It cannot be seen, tasted or smelled, but it can cause death. Last year, the Nebraska Regional Poison Center received 302 calls concerning exposures to carbon monoxide. However, this figure can be misleading because carbon monoxide poisoning is often under-reported. Carbon monoxide is produced when fuels burn incompletely, as almost all fuels do to some extent. The major causes of carbon monoxide poisoning include:<\/p>\n<p><UL><br \/>\n<LI>Lack of ventilation in a car.<br \/>\n<LI>Using a charcoal grill indoors.<br \/>\n<LI>Using unvented space heaters.<br \/>\n<LI>Using heating equipment that is in poor repair.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>When fresh air is available and fuel is burning properly, there is little danger of carbon monoxide poisoning. However, operating an internal combustion engine or a poorly adjusted fuel-burning appliance in a closed area without fresh air can become fatal. The following suggestions can help prevent carbon monoxide poisoning:<\/p>\n<p><b>Home:<\/b><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI>Inspect all fuel-burning equipment yearly.<br \/>\n<LI>Vent fuel-burning heaters to the outside.<br \/>\n<LI>Do not use a gas range or an oven for heating a room.<br \/>\n<LI>Never use a charcoal grill or hibachi inside.<br \/>\n<LI>Install a carbon monoxide detector<\/UL><\/p>\n<p><b>Car:<\/b><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI>Leave garage windows and doors open if the car is running.<br \/>\n<LI>Have the muffler and tailpipes checked regularly.<br \/>\n<LI>Open your car windows if the car is stopped for any period of time while the engine is running.<\/UL><\/p>\n<p>Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning including sleepiness, headache, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, shortness of breath and convulsions. The first aid for carbon monoxide poisoning is fresh air.  Then, see a doctor immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Prevention is the best treatment for poisonings. The Nebraska Regional Poison Center offers tips on carbon monoxide poisoning prevention as a free community service. If you suspect carbon monoxide poisoning or if you have any questions, contact the Nebraska Regional Poison Center at (402) 955-5555 in the Omaha metropolitan area or toll-free at 1-800- 222-1222 (from Nebraska and Wyoming).<\/p>\n<p>The Nebraska Regional Poison Center is sponsored by UNMC, Creighton University Medical Center, and University of Nebraska Medical Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about the dangers of carbon monoxide from The Nebraska Regional Poison Center, which is sponsored, in part, by UNMC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","department-unmc-today-todays-headlines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn more about the dangers of carbon monoxide from The Nebraska Regional Poison Center, which is sponsored, in part, by UNMC.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn more about the dangers of carbon monoxide from The Nebraska Regional Poison Center, which is sponsored, in part, by UNMC.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2003-11-26T06:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Karen Burbach\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@unmc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Karen Burbach\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/26\\\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/26\\\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Karen Burbach\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee8fa869fc007fb3f02acf871a6c41d8\"},\"headline\":\"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning\",\"datePublished\":\"2003-11-26T06:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/26\\\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":334,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#organization\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/26\\\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/26\\\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\\\/\",\"name\":\"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2003-11-26T06:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn more about the dangers of carbon monoxide from The Nebraska Regional Poison Center, which is sponsored, in part, by UNMC.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/26\\\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/26\\\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/2003\\\/11\\\/26\\\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/overview-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/08\\\/overview-1.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"University of Nebraska Medical Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/unmcedu\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/unmc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/iamunmc\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/UNMCEDU\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee8fa869fc007fb3f02acf871a6c41d8\",\"name\":\"Karen Burbach\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.unmc.edu\\\/newsroom\\\/author\\\/45c48cce2e2d7fbdea1afc51c7c6ad26\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning","description":"Learn more about the dangers of carbon monoxide from The Nebraska Regional Poison Center, which is sponsored, in part, by UNMC.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning","og_description":"Learn more about the dangers of carbon monoxide from The Nebraska Regional Poison Center, which is sponsored, in part, by UNMC.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","article_published_time":"2003-11-26T06:00:00+00:00","author":"Karen Burbach","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@unmc","twitter_site":"@unmc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Karen Burbach","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/"},"author":{"name":"Karen Burbach","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/ee8fa869fc007fb3f02acf871a6c41d8"},"headline":"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning","datePublished":"2003-11-26T06:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/"},"wordCount":334,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/","name":"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"datePublished":"2003-11-26T06:00:00+00:00","description":"Learn more about the dangers of carbon monoxide from The Nebraska Regional Poison Center, which is sponsored, in part, by UNMC.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2003\/11\/26\/poison-center-warns-against-carbon-monoxide-poisoning\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Poison Center warns against carbon monoxide poisoning"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#organization","name":"University of Nebraska Medical Center","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/overview-1.png","width":500,"height":153,"caption":"University of Nebraska Medical Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/unmcedu","https:\/\/x.com\/unmc","https:\/\/instagram.com\/iamunmc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/UNMCEDU"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/ee8fa869fc007fb3f02acf871a6c41d8","name":"Karen Burbach","url":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/45c48cce2e2d7fbdea1afc51c7c6ad26\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}