RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Carbon monoxide poisoning from Sterno
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 800
OP 802
VO 118
IS 7
A1 Murray, T. J.
YR 1978
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/118/7/800.abstract
AB A high school student became ill and later unconscious while working over a heating table set over three cans of burning Sterno. Measurements of 1000 to 3000 parts per million of carbon monoxide were obtained around and above the apparatus. Although the room was well ventilated there was incomplete combustion of the canned heating fuel because the apparatus was surrounded by aluminum foil, which resulted in poor oxygenation of the flame area. This case demonstrates the hazards of carbon monoxide poisoning from incompletely burned Sterno.