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Fatal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at a Motel
Melinda Wharton, MD;
Joseph M. Bistowish, MD;
Robert H. Hutcheson, MD;
William Schaffner, MD
JAMA. 1989;261(8):1177-1178.
Abstract
One man died and four other persons required hospitalization following accidental exposure to carbon monoxide at a motel. In spite of prompt diagnosis of the index cases, a search for the source of exposure and for other possible victims was delayed more than ten hours. Subsequent investigation revealed that air conditioning units drew carbon monoxide from the gas heaters for the motel's indoor swimming pools into three adjacent guest rooms through structural defects in the walls. Emergency care providers must remember that in environmental exposures, other persons may continue to be at risk, and efforts must be made to identify them.
(JAMA 1989;261:1177-1178)
Author Affiliations
From the Division of Field Services, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta (Dr Wharton); and the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment (Drs Wharton, Hutcheson, and Schaffner), the Metropolitan Health Department (Dr Bistowish), and the Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Dr Schaffner), Nashville, Tennessee.
Footnotes
Reprint requests to Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232 (Dr Schaffner).
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