In the city of Dubno, Rivne region, a 5-year-old girl saved her parents, but died herself.

The child woke up the father and mother when she felt sick, thanks to this it was possible to resuscitate a man and a woman who were poisoned by carbon monoxide. 

"Radio Track" writes about it. 

The tragedy happened the day before.

5-year-old Veronika felt sick and woke up her parents.

It turned out that the family was poisoned by carbon monoxide. 

"Veronika was the first to wake up. She started vomiting and asked to drink. She woke up Serhiy and Olya. Then Olya called an ambulance because she heard that she was not well," said the girl's grandmother, Maria Levchenko.    

Doctors diagnosed carbon monoxide poisoning.

The family was hospitalized unconscious.

The adults were saved, but the 5-year-old girl died.

Doctors resuscitated her for 40 minutes. 

Law enforcement officers are investigating the tragedy as an accident. 

"The ventilation shaft in the kitchen is covered with material. Accordingly, the access of air was limited. In the room where the boiler was, we saw that the ventilation shaft was bricked up," said Mykhailo Savyuk, the head of the investigative department of the Duben district department.

Carbon monoxide poisoning 

In Ukraine, every year during the heating season, doctors record carbon monoxide poisoning. 

Among the symptoms: 

headache, weakness, feeling of fatigue, nausea, rapid breathing, dizziness, confused consciousness.

To

 provide first aid

, the victim must be 

taken outside and an ambulance called

.

You can put a pillow or a folded blanket

under your head  and unbutton tight clothes

.

"

Dangerous compounds that are formed in the human body during carbon monoxide poisoning are unstable. They quickly disintegrate in the fresh air

"

 explained Oleksandr Mykhaylenko, head of the Center for the Treatment of Acute Poisoning.

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