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Effects of carbon monoxide on health

How CO affects the body, the symptoms of exposure and why it goes unnoticed.

This topic supports

  1. M02.4Explain how carbon monoxide affects the body and why it is so dangerous.

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Carbon monoxide exposure and the body

CO concentration and exposure time combine to raise blood carboxyhaemoglobin and produce symptoms.

Will demonstrate

  • How CO concentration and exposure time combine
  • Carboxyhaemoglobin building up in the blood
  • Typical symptoms as exposure increases

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