Carbon Monoxide (Co) Poisoning - Signs & Symptoms - Skyleader 200 Pilot Operating Handbook

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3.3.25. Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning - signs & symptoms
• Light-hearted and exuberant or vice versa (lethargy, drowsiness, ataxia, inaccurate)
• A greater sense of confidence (paradoxical euphoria)
• Rapid heart rate, rapid breathing
• Discomfort, moods
• Headache, pounding pulse in the temples
• Occasional nausea and vomiting
• 'Cherry red' nail beds and lips, tongue
• Hyperventilation (rapid breathing), coma and shock,
• Death occurs when CO has affected more than 60% of the blood's
heamoglobin
When you smell an exhaust gas odour in the cockpit:
• Close heating
• Open ventilation
• Land as soon as possible
Provided that your ULL aircraft is equipped by heating, purchase and use an CO indicator!
KP 2U POH 05/2022
CO poisoning can lead to death!