Posted on 9th February 2010 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
Altoona carbon monoxide poisoning, carbon monoxide damage, carbon monoxide grills indoors, carbon monoxide lawyer, carbon monoxide power out, Uncategorized
It is one of the most predictable connections we see in our daily comment on brain injury and the news. If there is severe weather, especially with a power outage, there will be a carbon monoxide story. Candles are OK; fires in fireplaces are OK. Any other substitution for electrical power or heat that involves combustion of fuel indoors, can and will kill.
After losing electric power following a horrific snow storm this week, eight family members in Maryland got sick from carbon monoxide after they used a grill to cook inside.
http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0210/703825.htmlThe people, including several children aged four to eight, were taken to a local hospital after the incident in Burtonsville, Md.
That neighborhood had lost power 4 a.m. Saturday, leaving residents to wake up to freezing temperature.
The family in question brought a charcoal grill inside their house to cook, and it released the carbon monoxide gas.
Firefighters came to the home about 9:30 a.m.
For more information about the risks of carbon monoxide exposure, go to
http://carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com
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Posted on 5th March 2008 by Gordon Johnson in Uncategorized
Altoona carbon monoxide poisoning, carbon monoxide damage, carbon monoxide exposure, CO damage, delayed neurological sequelae, portable generator, Uncategorized, winter headache, winter heart attack
It is probably just the perception from what makes the national news, but Pennsylvania seems to be the hardest hit this winter for Carbon Monoxide poisoning. The latest story to make news on Carbon monoxide exposure takes place in Altoona, PA, where a family of 5 was treated for exposure. The family was exposed to a CO level of 500 ppm, as opposed to what is considered a safe level of 9 ppm. That is more than 50 times a safe level.
For more on this story, click here.One of the disturbing parts to the story is that the the carbon monoxide levels were so high, that the smoke detectors were going off. Smoke detectors are not designed to detect even lethal levels of carbon monoxide, as it is not have the type of substance that leaves a tangible particulate in the air, which is what sets off smoke detectors.
Again, as always, I would remind everyone that a clean bill of health from hospital officials on the day of exposure, does not assure that there may not be long term health consequences. This is especially true with small children and older people. This family had a three year old and a two year old. Carbon monoxide exposure can cause a delay neurological symptoms DNS, which can appear 2 to 40 days after the exposure.
For more information on DNS, click here.
Attorney Gordon Johnson
Chair Traumatic Brain Injury Litigation Group, American Association of Justice
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