CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.”
Henry Van Dyke (1852-1933, bio link)
Measurement trumps guesswork, reduces speculation & misapplications
There is no excuse for health care provider ignorance of knowing what the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are and when presented, how to respond. Patients who are presenting symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning to the health care provider should be tested immediately upon presentation. They should not be sent home without testing. What is the value in not testing?
Why wait for the death or injury from carbon monoxide to occur before taking action? If you are responsible for the air you breathe, start measuring the air you are in at home, in motor vehicles, in public places and especially in places you enter to service or work. Find out what the notification or evacuation levels are for carbon monoxide in air and respond accordingly. Due diligence and duty requires announcing health and safety concerns to the occupants and/or owners of the space. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News links
Children Hospitalized for Exposure to Carbon Monoxide
KIMT
ROCHESTER, MN -- Two children were taken to St. Mary's Hospital's emergency room after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide Monday. According to a statement released by the Rochester Fire Department, responders found high levels of CO ...
Coal-Fired Stoves Cause Hundreds of Carbon Monoxide Deaths in Turkey
Green Prophet
Since 2002, carbon monoxide poisoning has claimed approximately 350 lives in Turkey, according to Turkish Interior Minister İdris Naim Şahin. In the southern province of Gaziantep alone, 2,771 residents were exposed to carbon monoxide poisoning last ...
California
2013 law on carbon monoxide alarms
Sierra Wave
On July 1, 2011 legislation went into effect requiring all single family homeowners to install carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in every California home (rental or not) with attached garages. Owners of multi-family leased, rental, or owner occupied ...
Partygoers suffer carbon monoxide poisoning
World Radio Switzerland
Sixty people suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at a private party in Lausanne on Saturday night. About 100 people were in a basement storage room when the oxygen ran out. By the time rescuers arrived, some of the guests had already lost consciousness ...
Carbon Monoxide - Baltimore County Maryland
baltimorecountymd.com
Baltimore County Fire Chief John J. Hohman. Carbon Monoxide Safety In my 35 years in the Fire Service, I've seen how advances in technology, equipment and ...
Carbon monoxide in food processing, in the news again
FSANZ takes action on carbon monoxide as fish processing aid
FoodQualityNews.com
FSANZ said it is unaware of the domestic food industry using carbon monoxide treatment of fish but estimated that the volume of imported tuna into Australia using carbon monoxide is estimated at around 100 tons per month, with a value of around AUS$12m ...
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:
Carbon monoxide toxicity
Emergency Medicine Ireland - By Andy Neill
Aviators – note:
(PDF) Federal Aviation Administration warning; Carbon Monoxide: a Deadly Menace
Carbon Dioxide earth atmospheric update levels;
Current Data for Atmospheric CO2
· Heart rescue video using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)
· 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.
American Red Cross - disaster relief
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
Every Day is Carbon Monoxide Safety Day!
