AN UNUSUAL CASE OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

A case of suicidal carbon monoxide poisoning by car exhaust inhalation is described. It is unusual in that the subject at the beginning of the incident switched on a cassette tape recorder and recorded his dying sounds. The circumstances of the death were reconstructed experimentally and a correlation between the recorded sounds and experimental concentrations of carbon monoxide in the vehicle has been obtained. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Wright (John) and Sons, Limited

  42-44 Triangle West
  Bristol,   England 
• Authors:
  • Flanagan, N G
  • Wootton, D G
  • Smith, G
  • Goff, D K
• Conference:
  • MEDICINE, SCIENCE AND THE LAW
• Publication Date: 1978-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 117-119
• Serial:
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Carbon monoxide; Exhaust gases; Poisonous gases; Suicide; Vehicle compartments; Vehicle interiors
• ITRD Terms: 7391: Carbon monoxide; 2442: Emission; 1377: Interior (veh); 2146: Suicide
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00183385
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 1978 12:00AM