Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, Kavanagh Street, Southbank 3006, Australia.
Forensic Sci Int. 2011 Feb 25;205(1-3):69-72. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.08.029. Epub 2010 Nov 19.
Blood was available for the estimation of carboxyhemoglobin saturation (COHb) in 30 of the 173 persons who died in the Victorian bushfires in February 2009. The ages of these 30 deaths ranged from 3 to 80 years and there were 8 females. 13 cases (43%) were considered negative (less than 5% COHb), 12 (40%) were between 5 and 40% COHb, 2 (6.7%) between 40 and 50% and 3 (10%) were greater than 50% COHb. There were 6 persons either found within a building or a car and the COHb in these cases ranged up to 69% (mean 50%). There were 5 cases where the location was unable to be determined as either indoor or outdoor due to the extensive nature of the fire. The remaining 19 deceased persons were all located outside in the open and the concentration of COHb in these cases ranged up to 30% (mean 19%). Hydrogen cyanide was only detected in two deceased persons at concentrations of 0.5 and 2.7 mg/L, respectively. 13 deceased were found to have soot in the airways following necropsy but this did not correlate with the COHb levels.
在 2009 年 2 月维多利亚丛林大火中死亡的 173 人中，有 30 人的血液可用于估计碳氧血红蛋白饱和度（COHb）。这 30 名死者的年龄从 3 岁到 80 岁不等，其中有 8 名女性。13 例（43%）被认为是阴性（COHb 含量低于 5%），12 例（40%）在 5%至 40% COHb 之间，2 例（6.7%）在 40%至 50% COHb 之间，3 例（10%）COHb 含量大于 50%。有 6 人在建筑物或汽车内被发现，这些情况下的 COHb 含量高达 69%（平均 50%）。有 5 例由于火势蔓延，无法确定其位置是室内还是室外。其余 19 名死者均位于户外开阔地带，这些情况下的 COHb 含量高达 30%（平均 19%）。仅在两名死者的体内检测到氰化氢，浓度分别为 0.5 和 2.7 毫克/升。尸检后发现 13 名死者的气道中有烟尘，但这与 COHb 水平无关。
