March 28, 2011

“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.”
Kurt Vonnegut

Carbon monoxide sends three to hospital
WANE
 Exposure to carbon monoxide sent three St. Joe men to a hospital Sunday morning, according to the Southeast Fire Department. A Lutheran Air helicopter took the most seriously ill victim to Lutheran Hospital at Fort Wayne. Ambulances took the other two ...

Girls improve from exhaust exposure
KSDK Belleville, Illinois –
One of two cousins who were hospitalized after being exposed to carbon monoxide last week has been released from an area hospital. Jaysha Dunn, 10, was released on Saturday. Alicia Moore, 17, was upgraded to good condition. ...

Be aware of carbon monoxide dangers
Sacramento Bee
 Carbon monoxide is typically thought of as a winter hazard. But the colorless, odorless gas is a danger year-round, and spring presents its own potential carbon monoxide hazards. Carbon monoxide is a hazard anytime and anywhere there is a fuel source ...

Bill in Memory of Woodbury Teen Hopes to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Deaths
Patch.com
 Chuck Wiger introduced a bill last week in memory of Woodbury resident Tyler Lavers, who died at age 19 from carbon monoxide poisoning. The bill, SF1042, would require driver's education teachers to talk about the dangers of carbon monoxide and require ...

Carbon monoxide is latest silent killer at home
International Business Times AU By Alyangka Francheska
Victorian families have been urged to get their gas appliances regularly serviced and checked to stop accidental carbon monoxide deaths in a new campaign featuring the parents of two children who died ...

Flu-like symptoms may be ignored, so carbon monoxide detector can't be
Winnipeg Sun
What you may not know is that they're also the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. “If you're going to bed and you're not feeling good, and you've got flu-like symptoms, you might take some medication, go to sleep and end up never waking up,” said ...

Son's crying saves family from carbon monoxide poisoning
Winnipeg Sun
 The family's Windsor Park home had a serious carbon monoxide leak earlier this month, but without a detector, they were unaware that the deadly gas was permeating in the air. Just before 5 am, Navy began crying, which woke up his parents Jared and Kate ...