New Standards Must be Established for Hotel Ethics Hotel Ethics and Training must focus more on the safety of guests than just reservation and brand consistency. Franchisors must demand more training of managers and engineers. By Rebecca Martin There are topics we would like to explore in depth regarding the hospitality industry. The hospitality industry […]
Attorney Gordon Johnson was a source for the July 30, 2022 story calling for more carbon monoxide alarms in hotels. Brain Injury Law Group Founder, Attorney Gordon Johnson was quoted in the major piece on carbon monoxide in hotels published Saturday in the New York Times Travel Section: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/travel/hotels-carbon-monoxide.html?searchResultPosition=2 The article entitled: Why Don’t More […]
Stonegate Lodge Eureka Springs Arkansas Evacuated The Stonegate Lodge in Eureka Springs, Arkansas is the latest in a long line of public spaces that has been hit by the avoidable catastrophe that is carbon monoxide poisoning. By Rebecca Martin and Attorney Gordon Johnson Just as we were getting ready to follow up to our last […]
Long Island Chabab Camp carbon monoxide poisoning While 15 people were treating for carbon monoxide poisoning at the Chabab camp on Long Island, most of those didn’t get checked out at the hospital, as should be required. By Attorney Gordon Johnson Early reports are that fifteen people were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning at the […]
Carbon Monoxide Diagnosis Requires Epidemiological Thinking More must be done to improve carbon monoxide diagnosis at hotels and emergency rooms. CO Poisoning must always be considered when multiple people are getting sick contemporaneously. By Rebecca Martin The deaths of three tourists ostensibly due to carbon monoxide poisoning in a Sandals Resort in the Bahamas raised […]
Carbon Monoxide Detectors in the News Month after month, deaths and brain damage occur because hotels don’t put carbon monoxide detectors in all hotel rooms. By Rebecca Martin A headline in The Washington Post says it all: Sandals will add carbon monoxide detectors after 3 deaths in Bahamas, “after” being the operative word. Although information […]
Following the Clues of Carbon Monoxide Exposure Too often important questions are never asked in identifying CO as in the Madison Apartment Carbon Monoxide Exposure. Carbon monoxide poisoning must be ruled out first. By Rebecca Martin Our blog last week about the Bahamian Sandals Resort preceded findings that carbon monoxide exposure had been the culprit […]
Carbon Monoxide Deaths are a preventable tragedy with 20 times more people being left with permanent brain damage than who die from it. By Rebecca Martin This week we learned that since the onset of the Covid crisis 2 1/2 years ago, one million Americans have lost their lives due to the Covid virus. A […]
Sandals Resort Vacation Deaths Still Mystery Vacation deaths continue to happen because hotels and resorts do not exercise due care with respect to carbon monoxide poisoning. By Rebecca Martin The approaching summer is a time to make vacation plans for many Americans not vacation deaths, like what happened at the Sandals Resort in the Bahamas. […]
Warm Weather CO – Preparedness is Key Warm weather CO risks correlate to severe storms and portable electric generator use, which must be used outdoors and no closer than 20 feet to structures. Generators should never be used in garages. By Rebecca Martin Inevitably warm weather brings severe weather advisories. For Part One of this […]