<h2>54 people gassed by deadly carbon monoxide at a youth hockey tournament<br /></h2><p> </p><p class=”author-section byline-plain”>By Daily Mail Reporter <br /> <span class=”article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated”> <span class=”article-timestamp-label”>Updated:</span> <time datetime=”2011-02-07T09:38:22+0000″> 09:38 BST, 7 February 2011 </time> </span> </p><p> </p><div data-preferred-shared-network-enabled=”” id=”articleIconLinksContainer”>

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<span></span> <p class=”count-number”></p> <p class=”count-text”>View <br /> comments</p> </div> <br /><p></p><p>Fifty-four people have been treated for carbon monoxide poisoning after being struck down by the deadly fumes at a youth hockey tournament.</p><p>Dozens of adults, teenagers and children had been taking part in the hockey competition on Sunday afternoon.</p><p>But leaking fumes filled the ice arena in Gunnison, western Colorado, causing 54 spectators and famous Pressurized Leak Detector players at the event to feel sick.

<br /></p><div class=”clear”> </div><div class=”thinCenter”> <noscript> </noscript> <p class=”imageCaption”>Poisonous: famous Pressurized Leak Detector Fifty-four hockey fans were struck down by leaking carbon monoxide fumes at a youth tournament in Gunnison, Colorado, on Sunday</p></div> <p>Randy Phelps, famous Pressurized Leak Detector CEO of the Gunnison Valley Health Hospital, said that eight of the people were rushed to hospital in serious condition.</p> <p>Two more victims of the fumes were transported to Denver for hyperbaric oxygen chamber treatment.

</p><p>The famous Pressurized Leak Detector chamber treatment restores a patient’s oxygen levels and reduces carbon monoxide as quickly as possible.</p><p>KMGH-TV in Denver, Colorado, reported that the rest of the victims were treated and released.</p><p>Phelps says none of the patients’ injuries were life-threatening.</p><p>Police are investigating the incident but the cause of the leak has not yet been established.</p><p>Carbon monoxide is a potentially lethal toxic gas but being colourless, odourless, tasteless.

The nature of the gas makes it difficult to detect leaks.</p><p>Mild poisoning symptoms include head-aches, vertigo and flu-like symptoms but longer exposure can cause heart and nervous system failure.</p><div class=”clear”> </div><div class=”thinCenter”> <noscript> </noscript> </div> <p> <br /></p><p><br /><br /></p> <div class=”clear”> </div></div>

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