Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at Ice Rink

Published on February 11, 2024

Several ice hockey players and spectators have been treated in hospital after suffering suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in South Australia. A group of 16 people between the ages of 17 and 40 attended Royal Adelaide Hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning after visiting the Ice Arena at Thebarton on Saturday night. Some of the patients needed oxygen while others were observed. All are now in a stable condition and are expected to make a full recovery, Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier said. “Carbon monoxide is a chemical that when it gets into your blood system, it attaches to the haemoglobin (and) means that it’s not so easy for the body to carry oxygen around,” she told reporters....

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