Carbon monoxide poisoning to firefighters
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Why are active on-duty firefighters likely to experience the adverse health effects from inhaling 300 ppm of carbon monoxide faster than nonactive off-duty firefighters who inhale the same concentration of the same substance? Explain your answer using the chemicals/process involved.
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The principle behind carbon monoxide poisoning is explained for both active and non-active firefighters.
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CO is a gas just like CO2 and O2. When we breathe in air not containing CO, the O2 gas molecules bind with Fe (heme) to form a Fe-O2 complex. This travels the bloodstream where O2 is released to the muscles and other parts of the body. This happens because the equilibrium between free O2 and the ...
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