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Kind of lost the thread of discussion. Have to admit that I was surprised that CO attachment to hemoglobin was driven by percentage, not by total number of available CO molecules, but I guess if a CO molecule can't get past all the O2 to get to a site, then it can't bind. I can also tell you from when I lived in the nastier parts of LA that a CO hit doesn't last 128 days. The tired, nappy feeling goes away overnight, perhaps due to time, perhaps due to reduction in CO with nightfall. I'd like some clarification on one point. Somebody said: > >The most > >rapid elimination of CO is accomplished by (1) reducing inspired CO to > >zero by removing the victim from contact to CO to insure a maximum partial > >pressure gradient for elimination of CO, (2)increasing alveolar ventilation > >by any appropriate means NOT including CO2 administration, and (3)employing > >high inspired Oxygen tensions to facilitate the dissociation of CO from > >HB..... I had heard that breathing somewhat increased CO2 would help polish out CO since it would dialate your system. Not so? ------- when life hands you lemons, shoot some tequila. ======================================================= Roger Carlson w 310-812-0430 somewhere off Hermosa Beach, CA f 310-812-1363 roger@ch*.sp*.tr*.co* h 310-frogger =======================================================
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