Carbon Monoxide Heart Attack?

Am I Having a Carbon Monoxide Heart Attack? Are these cardiac symptoms a carbon monoxide heart attack? It could be as carbon monoxide poisoning can cause a heart attack.By Rebecca Martin Imagine this scenario.  You call 911 because you…

Carbon Monoxide on College Campus

What Parents Should know about Carbon Monoxide on College Campus By Rebecca Martin                   Recently the New York Post published an opinion by Naomi Schafer Riley entitled “Parents need to stop crazy-shopping for…

Natural Gas Leaks or Carbon Monoxide?

Distinguishing Natural Gas Leaks or Carbon Monoxide Is it natural gas leak or carbon monoxide? While the two can coexist, the primary danger from a gas leak is fire and the primary risk from carbon monoxide is poisoning, including death. Gas…

Boat Related CO - Is Public Education Enough?

Boat Related CO Poisonings Keep Happening Old lessons need to be relearned to prevent boat related CO poisonings as they strikes Lake Powell again a generation after 2000 studies. By Rebecca Martin When two brothers died of carbon monoxide…

Tracking the Carbon Monoxide Killer

Tracking the Carbon Monoxide Killer Must be Treated Like a Crime Tracking the carbon monoxide killer must be treated like a homicide investigation, regardless of whether anyone has died because the disability in survivors can be a life robber. By…

Anxiety Following CO Poisoning

Anxiety Following CO Poisoning Can Disable Anxiety Following CO Poisoning disrupts not only the mood of the poisoned person but can disrupt cognitive processes, social integration and neurological function.By Rebecca Martin We often speak…

CO Precautions for Gas Powered Tools

Gas Powered Tools Create Carbon Monoxide Risks The carbon monoxide risk of death and brain damage associated with portable electric generators is the same for other gas powered tools such as concrete saws, power washers and lawn mowers. By…

Identifying Carbon Monoxide in Ambient Air

Detectors Only way of Identifying Carbon Monoxide There is no reliable way of identifying carbon monoxide in indoor air other than to have fully functioning carbon monoxide alarms, as carbon monoxide symptoms are too easily confused with far…

Failures of Response to Carbon Monoxide Dangers

Carbon Monoxide Dangers Require Training and Detection Countless tragedies related to carbon monoxide dangers occur because of delayed recognition of CO, which puts both victims and first responders at risk.   By Rebecca Martin Carbon…

Parents Catalyst for Carbon Monoxide Reform

Carbon Monoxide Reform Comes from Families Impacted Carbon monoxide reform grows organically from the advocacy of the families that are left behind from the worst tragedies. By Rebecca Martin We often highlight the victims of incidents of…