Link to: CO alarm standards – know when you are protected
“He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.” Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519, bio link)
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New terms have started at technical & vocational schools. Students engaging in the educational steps to be an HVACRE professional, a Medical Assistant, Health Aid, Automotive Engineer, or any other degreed graduate all have one thing in common; they are vulnerable to carbon monoxide poisoning. Those listed above have very important roles in the prevention of carbon monoxide poisoning occurring to others.
The automotive engineer must be the most diligent for personal safety due to the rapid oxidation of the fuel, and the volumes of combustion gasses generated by engines and the foreseeable exposures to the gasses. The number one cause of accidental CO poisoning in the U.S. has been the poison generated by an internal combustion engine, most commonly in automobiles, trucks and transports.
The HVACRE technician must be equally as diligent. You will be entering all kinds of homes and buildings where many sources of CO may be present. Your combustion equipment assessments are vital as is the monitoring of the air while you are in the building. Alerting the occupants, anyone that supervises you, an Authority of Jurisdiction or perhaps someone else that a hazard exists with the combustion equipment or that the air contains a level of CO above the local, recognized evacuation level, is your duty of due diligence. (E for Energy. There are now thousands of trained energy auditors that play an integral role in the Heating Ventilation & Air Conditioning & Refrigeration profession. It is also noted that more community colleges and technical schools have begun Energy Auditor curriculums all around the continent.)
The medical assistant and all health professionals will see perhaps tens of thousands of patients during their careers. You must at minimum know the symptoms of CO poisoning and also know that most patients coming into the office will present one or more of them. Even if your medical office does not have any non-invasive COHb testing systems, or are not willing to draw blood, you can ask questions concerning recent possible combustion gas exposures or if others in their family or co-workers are experiencing similar symptoms. You are on the front lines.
You may not be getting enough education regarding CO poisoning. Only you are the only ones who know that. This website contains enough real time event material to teach a lesson or two about preventing and responding to carbon monoxide poisoning. A scroll back in time for just a few pages presents the tragedies and the triumphs. Scrolling farther, you may note the consistency with which carbon monoxide surprise attacks the unsuspecting, the uneducated and the educated as well. The victims and the survivors are real.
Welcome to your occupation. Your instructors who have guided you here care about you, your safety and your role in carbon monoxide safety. Visit the sponsor and other educational links; there is help there as well. And thank you for all you will do.
You can’t guess with carbon monoxide. Testing is education during, and long after your daily classroom days are over. Bob Dwyer, CSME Carbon Monoxide Safety
CO News Links
Woman, Son Saved By Carbon Monoxide Detector
The Missourian
A woman and her infant son could have died if their home did not have a carbon monoxide detector, Washington Fire Chief Bill Halmich said. Halmich said firefighters responded last Thursday, Jan. 3, to a home at 3195 Highway A, in the Krakow area, to a ...
Madison County Courthouse Closed Due To Carbon Monoxide Levels
WTVQ
The Madison County Hall of Justice Building will be closed until Monday morning January 14, 2013 at request of the Administrative Office of the Courts due to safety concerns. There was a high level of carbon monoxide detected in the building this morning.
Chasing the CO ghost somewhere else
Investigation into Carbon Monoxide Poisoning at Fryberger Arena Inconclusive
Northland's NewsCenter
Duluth, MN (NNCNOW.com) --- The investigation into carbon monoxide poisoning that sent dozens to the hospital at Fryberger Arena in Duluth has closed without any conclusive answers. In November Fryberger arena was evacuated, and several people ...
Follow up
Carbon monoxide levels close Munson Center indefinitely
Las Cruces Sun-News
LAS CRUCES — Amid concerns that carbon monoxide levels are still too high inside Munson Senior Center, 975 Mesquite St., city Fire Marshal Ted Sweetser has ordered the building closed until the source of the gas is found and corrected. City officials ...
Six in 10 homes at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning
Maidenhead Advertiser
More than six in 10 households in the UK are at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, reveals B&Q. The survey of 2,000 homeowners from across Britain highlighted the lack of the basic carbon monoxide alarm in hundreds of thousands of homes. Less than four ...
Schools and Carbon Monoxide News
Carbon monoxide bill gets attention of Cobb schools
Marietta Daily Journal
Sheila Jones (D-Atlanta) last month, proposes the installation of carbon monoxide detectors in all public and private schools in Georgia as of July 1. Personnel from both Cobb and Marietta school districts said they are aware of the bill and have begun ...
"San Diego lawmaker responds to poisoning incident in Georgia school" Bill seeks k-12 carbon monoxide detectors
U-T San Diego
[California schools could soon be required to install carbon monoxide detectors.] Firefighters discovered a carbon monoxide leak in the school's furnace. Weber does not have a cost estimate. Commercial smoke detectors, depending on features, can cost between $15 and $30. The legislation would cover both public and private schools.
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!
