“One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.” Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965, bio link)
This first story should never be re-written. It speaks with the truth only found in a pain too deep and frightening for most people’s comprehension, unless they too fall victim to the villain.
Protect yourself and others. Measure carbon monoxide with devices that alert you to the hazard before you get sick with any of the known symptoms of the poisoning like headache, nausea, dizziness, confusion and increased respiratory or heart difficulties. Consult a physician, get tested, but above all, protect yourselves. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
Vanessa Robinson: One night I had my two kids, and the next night my world ...
Herald Sun
CARBON monoxide is odorless. It is invisible and tasteless. When you are dying, you don't know it. In the rented three-bedroom home on Kalimna Drive, Mooroopna, this little family was being poisoned. Their gas heater mounted on the wall was left on low ... Vanessa doesn't like to cry. It's too hard to open the boxes of her children's things. She still needs to get up and go to work every day…. She can't collapse.
She wants people to know her story simply so that they learn how carbon monoxide can kill innocents. There's a lot of work to do.
"I've lost everything. That can't change. My children have lost more - they've lost their lives. They don't get to graduate from grade 6, or have their first girlfriend or buy their first car. I can't change that. "But people can get their heaters serviced every year. They can make sure it doesn't happen to them."
Worldwide issues; an engine is an engine everywhere
Carbon monoxide and small gas powered engines
Oregon OSHA – Construction Depot
Although carbon monoxide's reputation as a silent killer is well known, ... in a warehouse were overcome by carbon monoxide despite the employer's effort to ...
Study recommends preventive measures
NIOSH Evaluates Carbon Monoxide Exposures during Wildland Fire
AIHA – American Association of Industrial Hygienists
NIOSH evaluated employees' exposures to carbon monoxide (CO) during wild land fire suppression activities in a new health hazard ...
House fires and carbon monoxide death; destruction, grief, bravery
Portage man found unconscious in house fire dies
Minneapolis Star Tribune
He was unconscious, and was airlifted to a Milwaukee hospital to be treated for high levels of carbon monoxide. A Portage Daily Register report ( http://bit.ly/OJumDD) says he died two days later. Portage Fire Chief Clayton Simonson says Pribbenow is ...
· 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!
