Letters
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Preventing carbon monoxide poisoning
BMJ 2019; 366 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l4613 (Published 15 July 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;366:l4613
- Sarah J Jones, consultant in environmental health protection,
- Amber Horton, environmental public health programme support officer,
- Huw Brunt, lead consultant in environmental health protection,
- Giri Shankar, professional lead consultant in health protection
- Health Protection Team, Public Health Wales, Capital Quarter 2, Cardiff CF10 4DZ, UK
- sarah.jones27{at}wales.nhs.uk
By improving clinical awareness of the signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning,1 we can reduce this avoidable burden on health and health services.
CO poisoning is under-reported and under-recorded.2 In Wales, there were 1052 hospital admissions related to CO (ICD10 codes T58 and X47), requiring 5084 bed days, between 2005 and 2017. At 2013-14 estimates of £1542 (€1716; $1924) for …
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