Long-term Problems Not Tied to the Dose of Carbon Monoxide The dose of carbon monoxide in the blood, does not predict long term outcome once CO gets to a level where symptoms occur – 15% COHb. In the context of medicine/toxicology, the issue of how much of a toxin the body ingests, is often thought […]
Preexisting Conditions Protections- More than an Election Catch Phrase Finally in 2014, preexisting condition protections came into effect in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by prohibiting the insurance market from denial of coverage or benefits based on a patient’s previous health history. This move has been a major issue within the current administration and a […]
The Season for Chicago Carbon Monoxide Chicago carbon monoxide poisonings increase in frequency as the cold is upon us. Daylight savings time is over, the nights are longer and colder. Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching. If you had not already done it, last week’s cold spell probably had you turning on your to heat. For many, […]
Carbon Monoxide Physiology – In Words and Pictures To being our topic of carbon monoxide physiology, we must go back to Claude Bernard, a 17th century physiologist who first discovered the affinity of carbon monoxide for hemoglobin and the mechanics of the toxicology which results. With coal coming into the picture as a primary source […]
Carbon Monoxide in Children Requires Expert Assessment This week I want to cover a difficult subject that has been interwoven into many of our blogs; the impact of carbon monoxide poisoning in children. Children and those with medically compromised health are at greater risk for carbon monoxide poisoning. Children are specifically at greater risk due […]
Hotel HVAC Maintenance Neglect is Systemic Neglect in hotel HVAC maintenance happens because of inadequate training, lack of maintenance standards and thinly capitalized ownership. Over the past couple of months, we have blogged about two main topics, carbon monoxide poisoning in boating and carbon monoxide poisoning in hotels. This week we want to revisit the […]
How to Avoid the Dangers of Carbon Monoxide in Boating Last week we touched on the subject of the dangers of carbon monoxide in boating. Click here for that blog. Though we covered the dangers faced by the public and addressed issues the public needed to be aware of, can we realistically say that public […]
Boating carbon monoxide poisoning Boating carbon monoxide poisoning is a big problem because high performance engine exhaust is not vented away from where people breathe. This week we will focus on a topic which has achieved the status of a fast-rising epidemic in regard to carbon monoxide; boating carbon monoxide poisoning. For many years the […]
Wildfires and Global Health – Toxic Exhaust In thinking about the Wildfires and global health, I thought back instead of forward. My co-author, Attorney Gordon Johnson[1], and I were teenagers back in the late 1960s and early 70s when air pollution was the concern of scientists, environmentalists and a generation becoming aware of the hazards […]
Demand Carbon Monoxide Alarms at Hotel Chains Why is there no guarantee of carbon monoxide alarms at Hotel Chains? In most states, every landlord must supply a carbon monoxide alarm. Most states require them in all new residential construction. For a list of state requirements of alarms, click here. Yet, hotels are every bit as […]