Helpful guidelines. 1  A 1 mmHg change in PaCO2 above or below 40 mmHg results in 0.008 unit change in pH in the opposite direction. 2  The PaCO2 will decrease by about 1 mmHg for every 1 mEq/L reduction in [HCO3â] below 24 mEq/L. 3  A change in [HCO3â] of 10 mEq/L will result in a change in pH of approximately 0.15 pH units in the same direction.
Michelle Carter, 18, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Conrad Roy III, who died of carbon monoxide poisoning in his idling truck in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, last July.
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. A Massachusetts teenager was facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter after allegedly encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself. Conrad Roy, 18, died of carbon monoxide poisoning while sitting in his truck behind a K-Mart last summer in Fairhaven, according to Boston TV station WBZ-TV.