Spending time in a pressurized oxygen chamber.
In many cases, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is recommended. This therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a chamber in which the air pressure is about two to three times higher than normal. This speeds the replacement of carbon monoxide with oxygen in your blood.
What medication is used to treat carbon monoxide poisoning?
All patients with symptomatic carbon monoxide poisoning should be treated with 100% oxygen as soon as possible. In severe cases of fire fume intoxication, combined poisoning with CO and cyanides should be considered.
What is the primary antidote for carbon monoxide poisoning?
Oxygen is antidotal for carbon monoxide poisoning and will also help enhance elimination. Continue oxygen until signs resolve or carboxyhemoglobin levels are less than 4%.
When should you not use hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a type of treatment used to speed up healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, gangrene, wounds that won't heal, and infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen.