The use of carbon dioxide with great care in such cases is said to speed up breathing, so that the patients quickly clear the ether from their systems and suffer less than the usual ill effects from it.
The average case of gas poisoning is not the best kind on which to show the beneficial effect of the Inhalator, according to Doctor Henderson, because of the fact that such cases have usually been under asphyxiation for many hours. During this time, lack of oxygen in the body often produces degenerative changes in the nerve and other body cells. The mere removal of the carbon monoxide and the restoration of the patient's breathing apparatus cannot repair the damage already done throughout the system of the patient.
The great benefit claimed for the use of the carbon dioxide process is in the early treatment of acute cases of gas poisoning, of firemen asphyxiated by smoke and similar cases of monoxide poisoning. Profound harmful changes may take place in the body of the sufferer within a short time in such cases, and slow processes of resuscitation do not save the patient from after effects which may linger for life in disturbed nerve centers and constitutional troubles.
The use of carbon dioxide in the resuscitation process, however, is believed to be capable of clearing the blood so quickly that a person suffering from severe asphyxiation may recover without ill effects if the remedy is used quickly.
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