04-13-2020, 06:35 PM | #31 |
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
Would they have recovered so quickly from carbon monoxide poisoning? I thought it took hours.
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04-13-2020, 06:57 PM | #32 |
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
You'd feel better on getting fresh air pretty fast, though it will take a while to fully clear your system. CO poisoning is an very common hazard of running a propane heater in an enclosed area.
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04-13-2020, 08:40 PM | #33 |
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
I think the half-life for turning carboxyhaemoglobin back into oxyhaemoglobin is about five hours unless you get oxygen supplementation. About an hour breathing pure oxygen.
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04-13-2020, 09:13 PM | #34 |
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
In addition to Anthony's reply, I can't imagine an ice-fishing hut being so air-tight that asphyxiation could be the cause. Maybe they do exist, and I just haven't seen one, idk. But as for CO poisoning, there are varying degrees of severity, but a diagnostic test is the only way to be 100% certain that was the issue, as far as I'm aware.
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04-13-2020, 09:30 PM | #35 |
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
There are half a dozen or so nitrogen deaths a year in the US. Often mislabeling, if you use a nitrogen tank instead of compressed air of oxygen you pass out with no warning. Going into a area that was nitrogen purged and you just drop. Usually a couple are that and then someone sees them and goes in to help thinking they fainted and drops also and both die.
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04-14-2020, 10:55 AM | #36 | |
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
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May also apply in grain elevators and things for the same reason (don't know if they inert against dust explosions and/or spoilage). The "death conga" (chain of dead people who tried to rescue one another) crops up depressingly often if you are in the accident investigation business. |
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04-14-2020, 11:43 AM | #37 |
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Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
Sure, but you don't need to actually flush it from your system to feel better, you just need to be getting sufficiently pure air that your remaining capacity is adequate.
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04-14-2020, 08:38 PM | #38 |
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
Probably a combination of mild CO poisoning and mild oxygen deprivation, with neither severe enough to cause a major problem on its own (yet). Going from terrible to bad feels great.
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04-15-2020, 04:32 AM | #39 | |
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
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And with that said, this discussion is pointless. This thread is about disease, not CO poisoning, not asphyxiation. Disease... |
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04-15-2020, 05:43 PM | #40 | |
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Location: Denver, CO
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Re: Disease in roleplaying
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His narrative holds up regardless of the cause or causes of his lack of oxygen to the brain. |
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