“All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten.” Zhuangzi (BC 369-BC 286, bio link)
Protection from ourselves; who is responsible for the air you breathe?
Many medical practitioner’s diagnostic habits exclude testing patients for carbon monoxide poisoning despite the symptoms being presented. People experiencing one or more known symptoms of CO poisoning do not give carbon monoxide a thought when they reach for the aspirin bottle.
These symptoms include reactions that mimic or have similarity to food poisoning, flu, headache, nausea, tiredness, depression, weakness, disorientation, seizures, complicated angina, blurry vision, rapid heartbeat, Parkinsonism, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s symptoms.
Despite all of these known symptoms, they remain to not be enough to instigate testing to confirm or rule out the fact of oxygen displacement by CO as the causal factor. New generations of health professionals may be required to address these symptoms with tests administered as easily as blood pressure, weight & temperature.
Ironically, many of these symptoms are treated with medications that may only numb or dress up the symptoms without providing relief, they may only result in an increase in cognitive or psychological maladies and methemoglobin surges.
An inexpensive, non-invasive carboxyhemoglobin % (COHb%) test can yield vital information in less than 30 seconds of time. A low level carbon monoxide alarm or a personal CO monitor can help prevent many of these symptoms from even starting simply by discovery and immediate corrective action. What are you waiting for? Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Ontario, Canada
Hardeman pushes CO law
London Free Press
If passed, it would make carbon monoxide detectors required in all Ontario homes that have a fuel-burning appliance or an attached garage. The Hawkins Gignac Act is scheduled to have its third reading at the Sept. 10 sitting of Ontario Legislature ...
Update
Several People, Including Children, Transported To Hospital For Carbon ...
WMTV
It was a scary scene overnight in Dodgeville as three adults and five children were taken to the hospital and treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. Mary Jean Thomas has lived behind the family, who she identified as the Berg's, for years. She says ...
Sparks seeks fire safety grant
Reno Gazette-Journal
The Sparks Fire Department is seeking a $55055 federal grant from the Department of Homeland Security to purchase smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors for about 250 of Sparks' oldest homes. The Sparks City Council authorized the fire ...
· Heart Rescue Now This link takes you to a very short video that is a practical demonstration on the proper usage of an AED. This video is tastefully done & demonstrates the step-by-step way one might be able to save a life.
· Please take CARBON MONOXIDE SAFETY CARE during all holiday and everyday activities.
· Carbon Monoxide Survivor A website made by poisoning survivors that brings a view that can only come from those that know what it is like to have been poisoned - as well as live with the long term impact.
· 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-five U.S. states have statutes that require carbon monoxide detectors in certain residential buildings. Updated Nov. 2011
Alaska | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Florida | Georgia | Illinois | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts| Michigan | Minnesota | Montana | New Jersey | New Hampshire | New York | North Carolina | Oregon | Rhode Island | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia
Google Maps to reference the locations referenced in these Internet headlines.
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
Masimo (See the non-invasive RAD-57)
Mahugh Fire & Safety
ESCO Institute
TPI - Test Products International
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
