Experts are talking about the potential dangers attached to carbon monoxide when authorities continue to investigate the death of Teen Miller Gardner, son of former New York Yankees player Brett Gardner.
Although the cause of Miller Gardner’s death has not been confirmed, Randall Zúñiga, director of the Costa Rica Justice Investigation Agency (OIJ), told reporters at a press conference on Monday that high levels of carbon monoxide pollution were found in the hotel rooms of the Gardner family, which could have caused the teen’s death.
“This takes us to a series of investigations where it seems like this person may have died from inhaling these very dangerous gases,” Zúñiga said.
In the room at the Del Mar Beachfront & Rainforest Resort in the Costa Rica Arena, investigators working in a professional dangerous atmosphere team discovered “high pollution of carbon monoxide pollution,” Zúñiga said.
Hotel officials denied carbon monoxide claims.
The death of former Yaki’s son in Costa Rica has caused experts to alert on healthy travel
“level Hotel room It is non-existent and non-lethal. An error exists in this initial report. As mentioned earlier, we are waiting for a confirmed result to confirm the cause of this unfortunate death. A hotel spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
The spokesman also said the room was “closed out of abundant precautions.”
Miller Gardner, 14, posed with his father, Brett Gardner, a former New York Yankee. Miller Gardner died last month in Costa Rica. His death is currently under investigation. (Contributed by the New York Yankees)
Fox News Medical Contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier says No parents The tragedy of losing a child should be endured forever.
Regarding carbon monoxide, she said gas is “a silent, deadly threat.”
Safir told Fox News numbers, “We often focus on smoke alarms, but carbon monoxide is colorless, odorless and can be overcome before they even realize what is going on.”
Safir says Every family There should be multiple running carbon monoxide detectors, especially near sleeping areas.
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“When we travel (whether we stay in hotels, Airbnbs, or even in RVs), it’s worth considering bringing a portable carbon monoxide monitor for added protection,” she advised.
Miller Gardner, son of former New York Yankee Brett Gardner, passed away, and experts have said carbon monoxide after his death while on vacation in Costa Rica. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
“Symptoms can appear quickly in minutes or hours,” said Dr. Marc Siegel, PhD, a clinical professor of medicine at NYU Langone Health. Including headachenausea, fatigue, dizziness and vomiting. ”
If you think it may be from symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning, the Environmental Protection Agency recommends opening doors and windows, closing combustion equipment and leaving the building.
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Siegel says that timely treatment with oxygen can sometimes reverse Carbon monoxide poisoning.
The number of deaths from non-fire-related carbon monoxide poisoning is increasing between 2009 and 2019, according to a new report released by the CPSC. (iStock)
“It was shocking to me that it took so long to be publicly known as the cause of death when they might be tested in a carbon monoxide test. [Miller Gardener’s] A few hours during his autopsy a few weeks ago,” Siegel told Fox News digits.
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Between 2009 and 2019, death Non-fire related According to a report released by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in March 2023, carbon monoxide poisoning is on the rise.
Fox News Digital approached other comments with OIJ in Costa Rica.
