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Show I DEADLY GAS IF " CARE NOT TAKEN Expert Says Motorists Should Be Careful in Warming-Up Car "Don't warm up your onplno In the H jrarnfre with nil tlio door? and windows H olbsed," wains Fred M. Rosscland. chief of tho public safety division of H the National Safety council, in calling 1 the attention of motorists to tho dan-H dan-H rer of automobile exhaust leases In un-ventljated un-ventljated rooms. Although many cases of fatal carbon monoxide asphyxiation occur In private garages fl every fall and winter, especially in nortiom communities, still the hazard H does not receive the attention it de- K .-cf ;is a mera.ee. H "A running motor In a garage 10x20 Bj feet with doors and windows closed H will in five minutes produce enough H carbon monoxide gas to Induce H asphyxiation," says Kooscland. H "It the engine continues to run, tho H concentration mounts steadily toward H a rapidly latal amount. If It Is neces- vary to run a motor fur any length of H time, take care to see that there is sufficient ventilation to keep the air 1 H clear. Tho deadly carbon monoxide H contained in the exhaust gas creeps H upon one and does its work without H "Tho victim falls insensible before H ho realizes that anything is wrong. A H slight dizziness Is the only warning H Exercise of a little forethought In glv- H ing the garage gjcfflcleiit ventilation HI while tho engine is running will e 1 i m - HHVJ Inate the danger." HHl i" cse of carbon monoxide aspliyx- HHl iatlon from automobile exhaust gases. HHJ immediate application of the prone HHl pressure method of resuscitation is HHJ immediately and absolutely necessary HHal Even a couple of minutes' delay after HHbI breathing has stopped may bo fatal HHH a Quarter or half an hour Is almost HHH always fatal. The next step after ro- HHl storing spontaneous breathing is to HI iiccc-lc-rnte the. elimination oi carbon HHHjj monoxide from the blood. Carbon HHHn monoxide unites with the blood ant HH displaces the oxygen. Left in tho HHH blood It attacks the brain with dlsas- HHb lrous results to the victim. HHbI Extensive experiments carried on HHH recently by Dr. Vandell Henderson of HHHI Yale university and Drs. H W. Hag- HHH gard and A. L. l'rince showed that tho HH1 only certain method of displacing the HHH carbon monoxide was through the in- Hj halation of u mixturi i i ;-n and j HHH carbon dioxide. Most municipal gas i Hj companies an now equipped tta th H apparatus for reviving victims of car-' HHMJ !bon monoxide poisoning. HHHJ "But preventive measures are much I HHMj 'more to be desired than the use of re- HHH eu citation knowledge in bringing a' HHB victim of automobile exhaust gas back' HHHJ ,to consciousness," Rosscland cpritln- HHb ued. "In this case the open door is HHHJ :lhe safeguard. If necessary to run HHHj your motor for any length of time HHI vinuov-- Just remember this an J HHR pass the same information on to your HHl friends. It may save a life." |