Friday, April 5, 2013

Carbon Monoxide News April 5, 2013 - posts updated frequently - Every day is a carbon monoxide safety education day. Scroll back in time and balance the carbon monoxide stories with the lessons learned.

Link to: CO alarm standards
Know when you are protected

“We're driving fast
from a dream of the past
to the brave new world”

Steve Miller Band (listen to Brave New World)

These following links may be of some use to you:
The World Clock - Time Zones by timeanddate.com
Google Maps
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American Red Cross - disaster relief
Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution - U.S. EPA
Heart rescue using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace - Federal Aviation Administration
Carbon monoxide toxicity
- Emergency Medicine Ireland
Carbon Monoxide Survivor
- Views from those who have been poisoned.

After the fact check list for carbon monoxide poisoning death prevention

1. Low level carbon monoxide alarming devices are in all buildings (personal choice – wherever you are)

2. Appliances with potential to produce CO are monitored and combustion gas is controlled out of indoor breathable air

3. All rescuers are wearing or carrying low level carbon monoxide alarming devices

4. Rescuers have onsite capabilities of victim COHb% analysis and procedural protocols for reaction

5. Everyone knows they have a role in carbon monoxide safety, everyone

Walk into buildings measuring for carbon monoxide. Your test instrument may be the only one in the building. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety

CO and Air Quality News Links
Firefighters check for carbon monoxide after Plymouth woman is found dead in ...
This is Plymouth

A spokesperson for the local fire service said: "Two fire appliances from Greenbank attended a report of a potential carbon monoxide leak inside a property after a person was found deceased by the ambulance crew. "The fire service entered the property ...

Bowling alley Sto-Kent Family Entertainment Center evacuated due to carbon ...
NewsNet5.com

STOW, Ohio - Sto-Kent Family Entertainment Center in Stow is shutdown indefinitely after dozens of people were evacuated from the bowling alley due to a carbon monoxide leak.

Learn some basic chemistry, please!
Pocono Record

Shouldn't there have been at least one editor or proofreader who knows the difference between CO (carbon monoxide) and CO2 (carbon dioxide)? High school chemistry, anyone? I pray that the legislators considering the bills know the difference. Both CO ...

Sharing Lessons From Sandy Could Mean Healthier Recovery Next Time Around
NJ Spotlight

Add deadly carbon monoxide poisoning from improperly vented generators and toxic mold to the many health hazards visited on the state by Hurricane Sandy. That helps explain why healthcare providers from New Jersey's first responders to the state's top ...

Brave new world
Sustainable Industries

In fact the only thing in recent years that slowed global carbon dioxide emissions causing climate change was a global recession that shuttered industrial output, shook consumer spending, and stymied the McMansion and SUV arms race in America, one of ...
Who is responsible for the air you breathe?
Take control inside your homes.


The lowest U.L. 2034 & CSA 6.19 carbon monoxide alarm test point is:
70 PPM to 149 PPM –
resist one hour, must alarm before 4 hours
Please read the alarm information on the package and in the instructions.


Increased education, awareness can prevent carbon monoxide poisoning
Minnesota Department of Commerce

SAINT PAUL, MN – Each year about 50,000 people visit emergency rooms in the United States for CO poisoning, and more than 500 die each year from this silent, odorless, colorless gas. As part of Winter Hazard Awareness Week (November 5-9), the Minnesota Department of Commerce warns Minnesotans of the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and to take steps to avoid this “silent killer.”

Carbon monoxide kills, founder sends warning
Carbonmonoxidekills.com

Carbon Monoxide Information Website ... Carbon Monoxide Useful Links · Contact ... Get the Top ten carbon monoxide safety tips sent to your inbox:

· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.

Consider low level protection for carbon monoxide and smoldering fire detection problems; don't leave anyone behind.

National Conference of State Legislatures
Carbon Monoxide Detectors State Statutes

Twenty-seven U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2011
Alaska
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The following companies are acknowledged for their continued support of carbon monoxide safety education and this daily news blog. They may just have what you are looking for.
Fieldpiece Instruments

The Energy Conservatory
IntelliTec Colleges
CO Experts CO-Experts Model 2014 Brochure
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International

Note this distraction from carbon monoxide poisoning:
Bald Eagle Camera Alcoa Bald Eagle Camera, Davenport, Iowa.

A friend of mine notified me that the pair of bald eagles has returned to their nest along the Mississippi River in Davenport, Iowa. The Alcoa Company has their web cam up and running and viewing of the nest is possible during daylight hours, Central Standard Time, US. The
Alcoa Eagle website gives a good history of the pair and the company’s involvement with them. If you haven’t viewed this site through the hatching and growth of the eaglets, I think you may find it to be quite a live sight to see when you may have those periodic spare moments. This link will be posted on this site for those people who may wish to capture the link and watch the cycle of life of this nesting pair.

What does this have to do with carbon monoxide safety?
It is just a live web cam, perhaps a distraction from the headlines of death and injury. Please become aware of the air you breathe. Measurement is education. Measure your air accurately when measuring carbon monoxide.
Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety