Tulsa Carbon Monoxide Poisonings Make the News This Week
Two Tulsa carbon monoxide poisonings made the news in the past week. Tulsa, OK has seen at least a couple carbon monoxide poisonings recently in the past couple of months, according to local news sources. One of these was deadly. The deadly carbon monoxide poisoning in Tulsa, OK occurred last month, but the parents of […]
Surviving Victims Released From Hospital After the Niles Hotel CO Poisoning
As of Monday, eight children and one adult have been released from the hospital after the Niles hotel CO poisoning, according to this Michigan news source. The tragedy left a 13-year-old boy, Bryan Douglas Watts, dead. The other children affected were ages 12 to 14. When a hotel employee noticed the children by the pool, […]
Niles Carbon Monoxide Can Look Like Something Else
One of the issues with carbon monoxide is that it can look like other illnesses. In the Niles carbon monoxide poisoning, one person reported that they thought a child had drowned, according to the Huffington Post article. The Quality Inn in Niles, MI was the site of the carbon monoxide death in a child. The […]
Goal Has to Be Zero Carbon Monoxide Disability
Zero Carbon Monoxide Morbidity has to be Demanded No one seems to quite get that the zero carbon monoxide has to be the goal. I spent the day in a meeting in the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commissions hearing room, listening to a strategy aimed at stopping carbon monoxide emissions when they hit 400 ppm. […]
Rochester Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Struck Church
The Rochester carbon monoxide poisoning last Sunday caused eleven people to need medical attention, according to the Democrat & Chronicle. The levels were about 250 ppm in the Rochester, NY church. This is enough to cause people to be sick, and higher levels could have been fatal. One carbon monoxide poisoning this week in Bridgewater, […]
Understanding Carboxyhemoglobin in Niles Hotel Poisoning
Carboxyhemoglobin in Niles Hotel Poisoning? What do references to Carboxyhemoglobin in Niles Hotel mean? Carboxyhemoglobin is the term to refer to the amount of carbon monoxide in the blood, the hemoglobin. Generally, the amount of carboxyhemoglobin is directly related to the amount of carbon monoxide in the ambient air (indoor air) and the length of time a […]
Niles Hotel Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leaves One Dead
/1 Comment/by Attorney Gordon JohnsonBridgewater MA CO Poisoning Sends Two Humans, One Dog to Hospital
Levels in the Bridgewater MA CO poisoning were extremely high, with readings of more than 800 ppm, according to this Massachusetts news source. The story behind the Bridgewater MA CO poisoning was not necessarily typical. An emergency call came in from a resident of a home Tuesday morning. The man who called reporting feeling very […]
No Injuries Reported in Stratford Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
A school in Connecticut dismissed its students early after a Stratford carbon monoxide poisoning scare. The school was initially dismissed early because they thought it was a natural gas leak. The real problem turned out to be a carbon monoxide problem due to a boiler leak. Carbon monoxide comes from fuel-burning appliances, such as furnaces, […]
Need for Hyperbaric Oxygen in Reedsburg Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
The levels in the Reedsburg carbon monoxide poisoning were extremely high. We wrote about this story in our blog Sunday. The levels of carbon monoxide in the Reedsburg, WI home were about 620 parts per million (ppm) in the second floor. The fire department found 240 ppm on the main floor of the home, and […]