“We have nowhere else to go... this is all we have.”
Margaret Mead (1901-1978, bio link)
Cold and flu season
The overnight temperatures the past two days here have dropped below freezing. The terms "cold and flu" season are upon us and there will be an increase in numbers of people experiencing symptoms. Don’t forget that carbon monoxide poisoning is most often mistaken as flu-like symptoms.
One of the news links posted today discusses the many years the hyperbaric chamber has been used for therapy and experimentation regarding carbon monoxide exposures. There is a reference in this article to their time tested submission that a person not exposed to carbon monoxide has a normally measured COHb of 2-3%. Smokers might be 8% or higher.
Measurement is education. Hyperbaric medicine is relatively new to many health care centers, perhaps under used and still non-existent in many more. Perhaps the benefits of use could become more evident if more COHb testing occurred on symptom presenting patients.
Make sure you have carbon monoxide alarms where you live and sleep. Know that you may still experience some illness symptoms before the alarm sounds if you do not have a low level alarm. If there are not CO alarms where you work or visit, I guess you should… Have carbon monoxide protection and be responsible for the air you breathe, no guessing about it. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News links
Potentially toxic carbon monoxide levels fill East Texas church
KLTV
Officials say the carbon monoxide levels reached more than 400 parts per million, which according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is potentially a deadly level if there is prolonged exposure. The levels inside the building stemmed from the ...
Carbon Monoxide in Croton Homes
Patch.com.
Croton-on-Hudson First Assistant Fire Chief John Munson has sent Patch an important message about carbon monoxide detectors that he and the Croton-on-Hudson Fire Department would like to share with you. As colder ...
Carbon monoxide leak thought to have caused death of popular man Graham ...
This is Grimsby
A CARBON monoxide leak is thought to have caused the unexpected death of a popular 59-year-old man. Graham Beesley was found in his North Cotes cottage, and preliminary investigations suggest he could have been poisoned by gas from a solid fuel ...
Hyperbaric therapy
The air that they breathe
Durham Herald Sun
In the bowels of Duke Health System's clinic building, they are, instead, lifesavers — sealed chambers that can provide pure oxygen to those suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning or an array of other conditions. The seven chambers — the only full ...
AlarmRecycle Urges British Columbians to Recycle Used Smoke and Carbon ...
Waste Management World
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - AlarmRecycle, a provincial recycling program for used or expired smoke alarms, carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, and combination smoke and CO alarms, is urging British Columbians during ...
· 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!
